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W. MARTIN JONES, JR.
W. Martin Jones, Jr., an attorney at law, prac- ticing at the bar of Rochester, his native city, was born December 20, 1874, and is a son of W. Martin and Gertrude M. (Nicholls) Jones, who are mentioned on another page of this work. He was educated in Professor Hale's preparatory school, in the Mechanics Institute and in the Uni- versity of Rochester, from which institution he
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was graduated in the class of 1899, with the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts. He began the study of law while yet in college and was admitted to the bar in 1901. He read law in the office of his father, a distinguished and learned attorney, en- joying the benefit of practical experience in the office. Since his admission, he has engaged in practice in Rochester, and his clientage is con- stantly increasing, having connected him with many important litigations.
Mr. Jones is a member of the Rochester Bar Association and belongs to the Independent Order of Good Templars, a fact which indicates his position on the temperance question. He is a republican in politics, being a member of the Twelfth Ward Battalion. He is also a member of the American Institute of Civics, of the Universal Peace Union, and of the National Geographic So- ciety. These connections indicate much of the character of the man, showing an advanced posi- tion on many questions of state and national im- portance. He has studied closely those things bearing upon the sociological and economic con- ditions of the country and he stands at all times for progress, reform and improvement, using the most practical methods in working toward ideals.
On the 12th of October, 1904, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Isabella R. Gurtler, a native of Scotland, and they have one daughter, Gertrude Isabella.
WILLIAM B. MANN, M. D.
Not all who become followers of the medical profession attain success therein. It demands special fitness, a ready sympathy combined with quickness of perception in determining what rem- edies are needed for the peculiar condition of the patient and these qualities must be added to a broad, comprehensive and accurate knowledge of the principles of the medical science. In all of these particulars Dr. William B. Mann, a pioneer physician of Brockport, is well qualified for his chosen work and has thus achieved success.
The doctor is a native of Kendall, Orleans county, New York, born June 15, 1838, his parents being Joseph and Evelyn (Barrow) Mann. The father was a native of Saratoga county, New York, and the mother of Genesee county. Joseph Mann, a farmer and prominent man in all local affairs, held the office of supervisor for many years. He was descended from a long line of ancestors who were chiefly loyalists and served in the early wars. The subject of our sketch is the sixth in descent from Richard Mann, the planter of Mann's Hill, Massachusetts.
Dr. Mann pursued his early education in the public schools and later entered Ballston Insti- tute, after which he attended Hobart College. He left there in his sophomore year to take up his medical studies at Albany Medical College and completed his professional education at the Uni- versity of Buffalo, from which he graduated in 1861.
On September 17, 1861, by competitive exam- ination, he received his appointment as assistant surgeon in the navy, his commission coming from President Lincoln, January 24, 1862. For a time he was aboard the ship Miami, being most of the time in service in the sounds of North Carolina. He engaged in the first fight at Vicksburg, New Orleans, and with the "Ram" Albemarle. Though he saw a great deal of fighting he never received a wound. In 1865 he resigned and came to Brock- port, where he has been in practice for over forty years. He has gained a liberal patronage and his success in administering the remedies necessary for alleviating human suffering has won for him a desirable reputation. At the present time he is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society and of the State Medical Society of New York, and also enjoys his companionship with Cady post, G. A. R., of Brockport, of which he was surgeon for many years.
On November 7, 1865, Dr. Mann was married to Miss Evelyn S. Clark, the daughter of Dr. Horace Clark, his medical perceptor. They are the parents of five children now living: Dr. Horace J. Mann, of Brockport; James, a successful at- torney at law; Sophronia; Theodore, the popular clerk at Chandler's pharmacy ; and Marjorie.
Dr. and Mrs. Mann are members of St. Luke's church, where the Doctor has been a vestryman for many years. He is a Royal Arch Mason and one of the oldest members in Rochester, of Hamilton chapter, but now a member at Brockport. He is a successful practitioner, constantly overburdened by demands for his services, both professionally and socially, though he does not look for business but attends only the calls made upon him. He is a man of the highest and purest character, genial in disposition, patient under adverse criticism and always friendly towards his brother practi- tioners.
H. HERBERT CAMPBELL.
H. Herbert Campbell, who throughout his busi- ness career has been engaged in merchandising in the town of Gates, where he is also serving as post- master, received appointment to the latter position on the 13th of August, 1890, and has since re- mained in the office. His fidelity to duty stands
DR. WILLIAM B. MANN.
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as an unquestioned fact in his career and in all of his business life he has displayed unqualified in- tegrity and probity. Mr. Campbell is a native of Gates, having been born here on the 8th of October, 1869. His grandparents were Henry and Marietta (Dyke) Campbell, natives of Peekskill, New York, and of Vermont respectively. They came to Monroe county in childhood with parents who were pioneers of this locality. Their son, Edward C. Campbell, father of our subject, was born in Rochester, January 18, 1836, and his entire life was spent in Monroe county, his death occurring in Gates, May 19, 1906. For many years he was engaged in the flour, feed and grain business, operating in that line at the time of his demise. He was, however, a man of affairs who conducted many lines of business and met with success in his various undertakings. for he allowed no obstacle or difficulty to deter him if it could be overcome by honest, persistent effort. He was thoroughgoing in all that he did and the same characteristics which won him success and ad- vancement in business also made him a popular official. He was a life-long republican and served as a member of the town board for more than forty years. He was likewise postmaster of Gates, was supervisor for a number of terms and was justice of the peace for about thirty years. No higher testimonial of his capability and fidelity could be given than the fact that he was so long retained in these offices. Reared on a farm in Irondequoit, at the age of thirty years he removed to Gates, where he spent his remaining days. In this town he bought fifty acres of land, which he platted into village lots. and which are now a continuation of Rochester. He built and sold over fifty buildings which he erected on that fifty-acre tract. For twenty-five years he carried on business as 'a con- tractor and builder and thus contributed in sub- stantial measure to the growth and improvement of the community. On the 15th of November, 1865, he married Miss Cynthia C. Waring, who was born in Irondequoit, February 28, 1840, and there resided up to the time of her marriage, her parents being James and Mary (Hipp) Waring, the former born in the eastern part of New York and the latter in New Jersey. In childhood, how- ever, they became residents of Monroe county, New York, and Mr. Waring was a very prosperous farmer and business man and also very popular. He was a son of Isaac and Cynthia (Crosby) Waring and the latter was a representative of the Crosby family that was founded in New England at an early period in the colonization of the new world, while later representatives of the name settled in Phelps, New York, where they became known as a very wealthy and aristocratic family. The death of Edward C. Campbell occurred in Gates, May 19, 1906, and was the occasion of very deep and widespread regret because of his value
as a citizen, as an official and as a friend. His widow still survives and vet occupies the home which he erected at Gates and in which he spent much of his life. In their family were two chil- dren: H. Herbert; and Edward C., the latter his father's successor in the feed and coal business at Rochester:
H. Herbert Campbell acquired his preliminary education in the public schools and afterward at- tended the Rochester Business College. When he had put aside his text-books he sought a favorable business opening and his initial step into the com- mercial world was in the line of general mer- chandising, in which he has since continued. He established a store at Gates that he has since car- ried on, keeping a well selected line of goods, while his well known honesty in business trans- actions has secured for him a constantly growing trade. The block in which he does business was erected by his father and is now owned by the son. On the 13th of August, 1890, he was appointed to the position of postmaster of Gates, in which capacity he has served continuously since. One rural route has been established and the office to- day does three times the business it did when he was appointed, being one of the largest offices of the fourth class.
In 1897 occurred the marriage of H. Herbert Campbell and Miss Ella McAuliffe, a native of Springfield, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Samuel McAuliffe. They have one son, H. Ray. Reared in the locality which is still his home, well known to its citizens from early boyhood, the fact that he has many stanch friends here and is held in the highest regard by all who know him is an indication that his strong traits of character are such as win confidence and regard and work for honorable manhood.
DWIGHT H. ALLEN.
Dwight H. Allen, who has a good clientage as a real-estate dealer in Rochester, was born in the town of Bergen, Genesee county, New York, Janu- ary 26, 1873. His parents, Edwin and Emma (Pitcher) Allen, were also natives of this state and spent the greater part of their lives in Genesee and Orleans counties. The paternal grandfather, Albe C. Allen, a native of Vermont, came to the state of New York at an early period in its de- velopment and settled at Honeoye Falls, where he engaged in the drug business. He continued a resident of that place until his death, which oc- curred when he was ninety-four years of age, while his wife, Mrs. Harriet (Hughes) Allen, died when over sixty years of age. The maternal grandfather, Joseph Pitcher, was born in Con- necticut and for some time lived at Parma, where
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he followed the occupation of farming. He died when about seventy years of age and his wife, Mrs. Louisa Ashley Pitcher, when seventy-eight years of age. Their family numbered four chil- dren, including the daughter Emma, who became the wife of the Rev. Edwin Allen, who was a minister of the Presbyterian denomination, began preaching in the Tombs in New York city and afterward went west to Michigan, laboring in that state in a ministerial capacity for five or six years. He then returned to New York and was connected with the pastorate of various churches in Orleans and Genesee counties. His efforts were of no re- stricted order but proved a strong and potent in- fluence for moral development in the various communities where he lived. He died in 1894, at the age of sixty-one years and his memory yet remains as a blessed benediction to those with whom he came in contact. His widow still sur- vives and the members of their family were Elmer W., Edwin P., Herbert E. and Dwight H. The eldest son is traveling salesman for a shoe house and resides at Williamsport, 'Pennsylvania. Ed- win P. Allen died January 9, 1907. He was an attorney at law and also engaged in the real-estate business in partnership with his brother Dwight H., under the firm name of Allen Brothers. He was recognized as a prominent young man in the profession of the law and was, moreover, very prominent and popular in college circles, being a crewman of the eight-oar crew of Cornell Univer- sity, which holds the world's championship. Her- bert E., is engaged in the wool business in Oswego, New York.
Dwight H. Allen was a resident of Genesee county, New York, to the age of eleven years and spent the succeeding five years in Orleans county, followed by three years passed in Erie county. His education was acquired in the public schools of these different localities and following his arrival in Rochester he attended the Rochester Business University. His education completed, he went to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the shoe business for a year. Upon his return to Rochester he began dealing in real estate and was in partnership with his brother, Edwin P. Allen, until the latter's death. Since that time Dwight H. Allen has been alone. He has made it a point to thoroughly acquaint himself with property values and his close application and unremitting industry constitute the basis of his success.
On the 22d of April, 1894, Mr. Allen was mar- ried to Miss Lillian Fidinger, a daughter of John C. and Louise (Moke) Fidinger. Mrs. Allen be- longs to the North Presbyterian church. Mr. Allen gives his political allegiance to the repub- lican party and he is a member of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Rochester Automobile Club. His strong traits of character are such as
command confidence and good will in every land and clime and therefore in his adopted city he has gained many friends among those with whom he has been brought in contact.
REV. GEORGE PATTON, D. D.
A life great in its simplicity, its loyalty of pur- pose and its splendid accomplishments for Chris- tianity have caused the memory of the Rev. George Patton to be held as a sacred treasure by all who knew him. He was pastor of the Third Presby- terian church of Rochester from 1871 until his death in 1897, although during the last three years his position was that of pastor-emeritus. Perhaps no other minister of the gospel has for so long a period been connected with a Rochester church, and it is certain that the life of no other has been more potent for good and for the moral progress of the people of this city than has that of Rev. Patton.
A native of the Emerald isle, he was born on the 24th of December, 1828, and was brought to America by his parents when a little child of only two years. His early life was spent in the city of Philadelphia, where he came under the pastoral care of the Rev. John B. Dales, D. D. Having acquired a common school education, he then learned the shoemaker's trade, expecting to make it his life work, but such was his development in Christian activity, especially in the superin- tendence of the Bible school held in connection with his church, that his power became evident to his pastor and others. Speaking of his life at this time, one who knew him well said: "We never met with a young person so devoted to his Master's business, so unselfish, so ready to help the least of the Lord's little ones. Every one, whether old or young, loved him." The recog- nition of his latent powers and possibilities led his pastor and others to talk with him upon the subject of acquiring a more advanced education and thus qualifying himself for more active and useful duties in life. Accordingly he matricu- lated in the University of Pennsylvania as a . member of the class of 1851, and in due time was graduated. In the meantime he determined to devote his life to the work of the ministry and to this end completed a four years' course in the Theological Seminary at Newburgh, New York. He was then licensed to preach by the presbytery of Philadelphia in 1855 and was ordained by this presbytery in June, 1856. His first pastorate was at Seneca, Ontario county, New York, and from the beginning he proved himself a power in the world for the righteousness of the race. He con- tinued at Seneca as the loved pastor of his flock
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for fifteen and a half years, and in 1871 he accepted the call to be pastor of the Third Pres- byterian church of Rochester, where he continued until his death. He remained as the active pastor until 1894, when he was succeeded in this position by the Rev. R. D. Harlan, while Rev. Patton became pastor-emeritus.
In the year 1856 Rev. Patton was married to Isabella McElroy, who was born and reared in Philadelphia. They became parents of five chil- dren, of whom three are yet living: Margaret J., who resides with her mother; Mary, who is the wife of W. S. Marshall, of New York city, by whom she has two children, Mary Marshall and George Patton Marshall, aged respectively thirteen and ten years ; and William Patton, who has been upon the road with a company since 1893. He writes his own plays and has been very successful in their presentation. Both of the daughters are most highly educated. In 1872 Rev. Patton pur- chased the home which his widow now occupies and which has since been the family residence- the location being No. 53 Prince street.
When he was called to his final rest his position in the ministry was attested by the fact that many of its most distinguished representatives attended the funeral service, including Rev. G. B. Halleck, D. D., Rev. N. J. Conklin, Rev. C. A. Evans, Rev. J. H. Elliott, Rev. J. S. Root, Rev. T. M. Hodgman, Rev. H. P. V. Bogue, Rev. J. M. McEllunney, Rev. G. L. Hamilton, Rev F. N. Lindsay, Rev. W. L. Page, Rev. Byron Bosworth, Rev. Charles F. Hubbard, Rev. J. H. Williams, and Dr. W. H. Hubbard, of the Assem- bly Herald. The Third Presbyterian church has placed an appropriate tablet in the church in his memory. He lives today in the lives of those with whom he came in contact, who felt his influence and have followed his precept and example.
Perhaps no better estimate of his work can be given than in the memorial of the Presbyterian ministers which was read at a special service held in his honor and which read as follows: "Because of monthly services conducted by him in the interest of children, he was known in Seneca as the 'children's preacher.' All the young people loved him and to a remarkable degree he won the intimate confidence of the young men of the com- munity. Blessed with such health and vigor that he was out of his pulpit on account of sickness only a single Sunday in this long pastorate, he zealously prosecuted the work of preaching and pastoral service in the neighborhoods round about his church. And as a result very many who had been outsiders became identified with his congre- gation. Twice during his ministry there it became necessary to enlarge the church and edifice and the comparatively feeble church of barely a hundred members was built up into one of the largest and most important 'country churches' in the entire
Presbyterian connection. It grew into a model rural church. And to this day the memory of its devoted pastor of years ago is fragrant there. Since the year 1871 Dr. Patton has sustained the pastoral relation to this Third church of Roch- ester, except that for the last three years his rela- tion was that of pastor emeritus. Here, too, his work, if not so phenomenal in outward features and results as in the church at Seneca, has been eminently successful and important. During his pastorate the church has removed to its present conspicuous and fortunate location and erected the costly and beautiful sanctuary which it now occupies. In membership and in all the ele- ments of prosperity and power it has advanced under his leadership with steady and strong growth. It was in recognition of his ministerial ability that in 1891 Hamilton College conferred upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Divin- ity. As a preacher Dr. Patton was not character- ized so much by brilliancy as by deep hearted earnestness and genuine goodness. The Bible was to him without qualification or question the inspired word of God. He was a careful and candid student of this word. The truth which he mined out of its rich depths, digging for the hid- den treasure, became the substance of his preach- ing. His beliefs were clearly conceived and strongly held. The blowing winds of modern doctrine, the sweeping currents of modern relig- ious tendencies, did not even perplex his bearings, much less swerve him from his course. To bring the unsaved soul into saving relations to the di- vine and only Redeemer; to bring the saved soul into living relations to the truth that sanctifies; ever learning more and more through the Spirit in his own experience that he might lead his people into broader spiritual knowledge and richer Christian life-this was the one thing he did as a minister of Jesus Christ. He was continually pouring into his church the wealth of his own life, the fervency of his own faith, the power and inspiration of his own Christ-like character. And after he had given place in the pastorate here to his honored and beloved successor, retiring to the relation of pastor emeritus upon conditions so generous that he might have withdrawn from active service if he had wished to do so, his zeal did not die down nor his industry flag. In the church at East Avon and then in Grace church in this city he wrought on to the very end of his life, not content with what he had done but eager to achieve some further crowning deed in his golden age. He fell in the furrow that his own ploughshare was turning and with the seed still scattering from his hand- blessed though rare privilege of the aged worker. Our beloved brother was a man of broad and capable mind yet without arrogance; simple and sweet hearted as a child: of quiet demeanor and
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genial bearing; of warm sympathies and loyal friendships, a beautiful example of the meekness and gentleness and self control, the faith and hope and love of the true Christian. As he grew in years his spirit rounded and mellowed and beau- tified till his face, which could so easily become alert and luminous with feeling, came to bear habitually the effect of quiet trust, the softened tone of the saint's abiding peace. Dear man of God! How much he has been to us all. The text suggests another thought which should be comforting to us today. As the ripening of the grain is the end in view in its planting, so the reaping of the grain is the end in view in its ripening. The husbandman plows and sows and cultivates for the sake of the autumn ingathering. His corn having been brought with such labor and care up to readiness for harvesting, he does not then neglect it, leaving it out in the fields to perish ungathered. The shout of the reapers and the song of the harvest home are the crown of all the season's work. And God's purpose concerning us includes first our ripening and then our reaping. It is not at all His thought that we shall remain here forever in these earthly fields of growth and culture. Dignified as our present life may possibly be, noble and blessed as it really is when developed according to the divine intention, there is that in waiting for us which is far better. The end to which this earthly life is advancing us, if we are living it worthily, is the heavenly glory. To the Christian who comes to his grave in a 'full age,' death only fulfills the office of a reaper. He gathers the sheaf into his bosom and garners it safely in the heavens. After he has accom- plished the mission of his earthly life death minis- ters unto him introduction into that life and growth and service which are to this present as the autumn reaping to the spring sowing. Every real growth, every worthy development, every noble achievement of his life here has taken hold upon the honor and the power of his life there. He finds that every day of his earthly years was an opportunity for rising by so much the higher into the glorious destinies of eternity ; that every increase in grace, every advance in holiness, every right adorning of the doctrine of Jesus Christ in his character and life here was just another step in his upward climbings to the high positions and trusts in the kingdom of heaven. God has a reason, therefore, for keeping his faithful ones here until their 'full age' is reached, until they are ripe for what else of life and service He. intends for them. But he also has a reason for gathering them in in their season. In the spirit- ual as truly as in the natural realm the harvest crowns the springtime and the summer. And this reason has prevailed, I am sure, in the case of our departed brother. He was rully ripe and his death was just a reaping. If our estimates of his
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