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1851, Ira Bellows; 1849, W. M. Huntington 1852-53, Hornee Wheeler; 1854, William C. Row- ley; 1837, Thomas Wilcox; 1858, Isaac II. Suth- erland; 1859-60 and 1863, Daniel Kingsley; 1861, Jarvis Lord; 1864, N. K. Welch; 1865-12 and 1879, Patrick Malone; 1873-74, Francis B. Shear- er; 1875-77, 1880 and 1888-97, George A. Goss; 1878 and 1884-85, Samuel H. Stone; 1881-83 James M. Wiltsie; 1886-87, Thomas Spiegel : 1898, Burton N: Wiltsie; 1899-1903, Charles G. Schoen ; 1904-07, Jared W. Hopkins.
Riga .- 1821 and 1824, Joseph Sibley; 1822-23 and 1825-26, Joseph Thompson; 1827-29, Phineas Smith; 1830, Thomas Bingham; 1831-32, Hub- bard Hall; 1833-35, Elilm Church; 1836, John R. Smith; 1837, Asa Adams; 1838-40, Lucius Lilly ; 1841, Spencer Smith; 1842, James R. Flynn: 1843-44 and 1851-53, Aretas Adams; 1845-49, Ashbel A. Hosmer; 1850, Dennis Church; 1854- 55, Paul Knowles; 1856-57, Volney Lacy; 1858- 61, George Brown; 1862-63, Zophar Willard; 1864-65, M. J. Molloch; 1866-69 and 1876-78. Henry W. Davis; 1870, James W. Craig; 1871, James P. Knowles: 1872-75 and 1881-84. George Savage; 1829-80, Stewart Church; 1885-89, Os- car S. Babcock; 1890-91, William S. Church ; 1892-97. Henry J. Snyder; 1898-1903, James L .. Sackett; 1904-05, John Lemmon; 1906-02, Wil- liam L. Ormrod.
Rush .- 1821-31 and 1841-17, Peter Price; 1832-34, Simon M. Coe; 1835, Alfred Jones ; 1836- 38, John P. Stull; 1839, 1848-49 and 1851, Na- than Jeffords; 1840 and 1854, Joseph Sibley; 1850, Henry B. Hart; 1852 and 1855, John B. Crosby; 1853, Wells Clark; 1856-58, Owen D. Crosby; 1859-67, 1869-20 and 1872-73, Thomas J. Jeffords; 1868 and 1871, Hosea Martin; 1874- 76 and 1892, George H. Houck; 1822-78, Charles M. Green; 1879-82, 1890-91 and 1896, Joseph H. Sherman; 1883-86, 1893-95 and 1902-03, David Martin ; 1887-89 and 1898, Byron A. Diver; 1904- 07, Morris E. Kinsey.
Sweden .- 1821-23, Silas Judson; 1824-25. James Seymour; 1826-29 and 1810, Joseph Ran- dall ; 1830-35, 1843-47 and 1819, Robert Staples: 1836-38, 1851-53 and 1863-61, Samuel H. Davis; 1839 and 1811-12, Nathan Palmer; 1818, Hum - phrey Palmer ; 1850, Asa Rowe; 1854-58, Fred- erick P. Root; 1859-60, Chauncey S. White; 1861. Henry Root; 1862 and 1865-66, Thomas Cornes;
1867, W. C. Fairbank; 1868-69, Luther H. Gor- don; 18:0-11, Franklin F. Capen ; 1872-73, Elijah W. Young; 1874-75, Ira Crawford; 1876-78, Lu- vins T. Underhill; 1879-81, William J. Edmunds; 1882-84, George W. Sime; 1885-87, Henry L. White; 1888-89, Frank E. Williams; 1890 and 1892, Alfred M. White; 1891 and 1893, George L. Smith; 1891-98, Benjamin F. Gleason; 1899- 1903, John Sntphin; 1904-07, Charles E. Shafer.
Webster .- 1840, 1843, 1817, 1850-51 and 1856. Byron Woodhull; 1841, William Corning; 1812 and 1844, Alpheus Crocker; 1815, William Wood- hull; 1846, William Hall; 1818, Alexander Mel- vin : 1849, Nelson Stearns; 1852, 1855 and 1867, Thaddeus Van Alstyne; 1853, 1857, 1861 and 1869, 11. Nelson Curtice; 1851, Willis Wilmot ; 1858-59, Horace Holt; 1860, 1861-66 and 1868. Charles S. Wright; 1862-63, Luther Curtice; 18;0-71, Thomas Wright; 1872-76, John H. Whitbeck; 1877-78, Lewis J. Billings; 1879-80 George L. Conrow; 1881-84 and 1898, Charles Goetzmann; 1885-89, Frank M. Jones; 1890, Burton E. Sperry; 1891-97, Ansel E. Wright; 1899-1903, Frank F. Jones; 1904-07, George F Harris.
Wheatland,-1821 and 1826-27, John Garbutt; 1822-23, Rawson Harmon; 1824-25, Levi Lacey; 1828, Isaac I. Lewis; 1829, William Garbutt; 1830-31 and 1844-45, Duncan MeVean; 1832-33, - Reed; 1834-36 and 1839, John McVean; 1837-38, Theron Brown; 1840-11 and 1843, Juch Blackmer; 1843, Lewis Goodrich; 1846-47, Elisha Harmon; 1848, George R. Hall; 1849, 1851-54, 1825-76, 1879-83 and 1899-1900, Philip Garbutt : 1850, Ephraim Blackmer; 1855-56, William Welch; 1857-59, Ephraim Finch; 1860-63. Sam- pel Scofeld; 1864-67 and 1821-54. Donald Mc- Naughton; 1868, W. G. Ashby; 1869, Volney P. Brown; 1870 and 1878, T. R. Sibley; 1822, J. Julian McVean; 1884-86, Charles T. Brown; 1887 and 1889-90, William C. Page; 1888, Ste- phen Bennett; 1891-92, Edward S. Brown; 1893- 95, George 11. Pope; 1896-97, Simon W. MeDon- ald; 1898, Marvin Williams; 1901-07, Charles D. Nichols.
Rochester-The Whole City .- 1834, Abraham M. Schermerhorn, E. D. Smith and Horace Hook- er; 1835, Jared Newell, Joseph Medbery and Charles J. IFill: 1836, Maltby Strong. Joseph
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Medbery, Thomas 11. Rochester and Elisha B. Strong.
First Ward .- 1837, Lyman D. Langworthy ; 1838, Thomas J. Patterson; 1839, Ely J. Patter- son; 1840, Alfred Hubbell : 1841, Eleazer Conkey ; 1842-43, Samuel B. Dewey; 1844, 1816, 1848-49 and 1856, John Haywood; 1845, Ambrose Cram : 1847, Johnson I. Robins; 1850, I. B. Swan; 1851. George Gould; 1852, John Whitney; 1853, Abram Karnes; 1854. Thomas Kempshall; 1835, 1866 and 1869-70, Henry Churchill; 1857-58, William S. Thompson; 1859-60, Benjamin M. Baker; 1861-63 and 1865, Hamlin Stilwell; 1861, Dudley D. Palmer; 1867, Joseph Curtis; 1868, Charles HI. Stilwell; 1871, 1875-78, 1885 and 1893, Lu- ther A. Pratt; 1872, Alonzo G. Whitcomb; 1873, Frank W. Embry; 1874, William F. Holmes; 1879, William W. Carr; 1880-81, 1889-92 and 1894-1905, James W. Clark; 1882-83, Dwight Knapp; 1884, Edward F. Stilwell; 1886-88, Lewis Sunderlin : 1906-02, Joseph Stallknecht, jr.
Second Ward .- 1837, John Williams; 1838-39. Elijah F. Smith; 1840, Seth C. Jones; 1841-42. John Allen: 1843, William Buell; 1844, William W. Alcott: 1845-46, George H. Mumford; 1847- 48, Joel P. Milliner; 1849-51, John Crombie; 1852, Lewis Selye; 1853 and 1863-66, Ezra Jones ; 1854, William E. Lathrop; 1855-56 and 1867. George Arnold; 1857 and 1860, John H. Thomp- so1 ; 1858-59. Hamlet D. Serantom ; 1861, Samuel M. Hildreth; 1862, William C. Rowley; 1867 and 1870, George Arnold; 1868, John Barker; 1869 and 1871, Thomas 'T. Spragne; 1872-73 and 1875. Charles A. Pool; 1874, Ansel A. Cornwall; 1876 and 1880, James Day; 1877, Thomas Pryor ; 1878- 29, Michael M. Keenan; 1881, George Wait; 1882, Conrad B. Denny; 1883-81, George B. Wes- ley ; 1885 and 1887, John Eckhardt; 1886, Wil- liam Sullivan; 1888, Joseph Langridge; 1889, William Leach; 1890, William B. Cooper; 1891, George H. Nagel; 1892, Edward A. Frost ;* 1893. Thomas W. Ford: 1894-1901, William Thompson ; 1902-03, Patrick M. Quirk ; 1904-07, John G. Ideman.
Third Ward .- 1837, Thomas H. Rochester ; 1838, Erasmus D. Smith; 1839, Everard Peck; 1840-42, James M. Fish; 1813, Simon Traver;
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1844, Henry Cady; 1845, - Smith; 1846 and 1854, Samuel Miller ; 1847, Zina H. Benjamin; 1848, William H. Cheney; 1849, E. F. Smith; 1850, James Chappell; 1851, 1853 and 1855. Charles J. Hill; 1852, Nathaniel T. Rochester : 1856, John Crombie; 1857-58, William Churchill; 1859-67, Amon Bronson; 1868-71, Thomas C. Montgomery; 1872, James L. Brewster; 1873-75, Henry E. Rochester; 1876-78, Charles F. Pond; 1829-82, Frank M. Bottum; 1883, Thomas Peart ; 1884, George Morgan; 1885, David D. Clancy; 1886-88, Thomas W. Atkinson; 1889-91. Edward A. Frost ; 1892-93, William Ryan ; 1894-95, Thom- as W. Ford; 1896-1901, Edward F. Wellington; 1902, Willis K. Gillette; 1903-07, Charles S. Owen.
Fourth Ward .- 1837, James H. Gregory; 1838, Thomas Kempshall; 1839, James W. Smith ; 1840, William Griffith ; 1841, John Hawks; 1842, Asahel S. Beers; 1813, Schuyler Moses; 1844, Robert Haight; 1815 and 1850, Matthew G. Warner; 1816-42, John Miller; 1848-49, T. B. Husband; 1851 and 1868, James C. Campbell; 1852, Simon La Brewster; 1853, Alonzo K. Amsden; 1854, Alvah Strong; 1855, Harvey Prindle; 1856, Ed- ward Roggen; 1852, Hiram Smith; 1858, James Me Manns; 1859, O. P. Chamberlain; 1860, Wil- liam MeCarthy : 1861. William H. Burtis; 1862, George N. Deming; 1863, G. S. Copeland; 1864 and 1866, H. S. Redfield; 1865, W. V. K. Lan- sing; 1867. W. S. Kimball; 1869-70. James Kane; sr .; 18;1 and 1889-91, Lyman M. Otis; 1872, Royal I. Mack; 1873-24, John B. Hahn; 1875, Henry S. Helard; 1876-80, James E. Hayden; 1881-82, Charles Watson; 1883-84, Charles Ernst ; 1885, David Copeland ;, 1886-87, Albert Schoen; 1888. Charles F. Hetzel; 1892. George H. Nagel; 1893, William Thompson; 1894-1905, Henry J. Thompson : 1906-07. Henry W. Morse.
Fifth Ward .- 1837, Jured Newell; 1838, Hor- ace Hooker; 1839-10, Levi A. Ward; 1841-12, Rufus Keeler : 1843 and 1845, l'eter W. Jennings; 1814. Elisha B. Strong; 1846, W. B. Alexander ; 1847. David R. Barton; 1848 and 1855, Philander G. Toby; 1849, Harvey Humphrey; 1850-51, Mitchell Loder: 1852-54, Joshua Conkey; 1856, N. C. Bradstreet; 1857, John Rigney; 1858, Wil- liam R. Gifford; 1859 and 1871. William W. Bruff; 1860-61. William Carroll; 1862, Patrick J. Dowling; 1863-68, Patrick Conolly; 1869, Wil- liam Guggenheim; 1870, Michael Kolb; 1872,
"Bly an iniquitous art of the legislature, in 1692, the desis nations of the second, third, fourth and fith wards were inter. changed. for purely partisan purpners, but two years later the rightfut nomenclature was restored, largely through the efforts of the Rochester Historical society.
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George J. Knapp; 1873, Herman S. Brewer; 1874-75, John Dufner; 1876-77 and 1879, Charles Englert; 1878, William Emerson; 1880-81, Con- rad Bachmann; 1882 and 1884-85, George Caring ; 1883, Roman Ovenburg; 1886-88, Joseph T. Cox; 1889, Chauncey A. Runyon; 1890-91, Samuel W. Bradstreet; 1892-93, Lyman M. Otis; 1894-95, Edward Hoellrigl; 1896-98, James Briggs; 1899- 1903, M. C. Grannon; 1904-07, M. W. Nelligan.
Sixth Ward,-1852-54, Robert Syme; 1855-56, Hiram Davis; 1857, Robert R. Harris; 1858, John Q. Wagner; 1859, George C. Maurer; 1860, Evan Evans; 1861, William Shepherd; 1862-63, Wil- liam Sidey ; 1864-66, Charles H. Williams; 1867- 68, Joseph Schutte; 1869-21, Quiney Van Voor- his; 1872-74, Francis Boor; 1875, Willis C. Hadley; 1876, Samuel Rosenblatt; 1877-79, Wil- liam S. Falls; 1880, Joseph Hoffman; 1881, Abram J. Cappon; 1882, William Perry; 1883, Valentine Hetzler; 1884-91, Abram Stern; 1892, Baron A. Meade: 1893-1903, Edward F. Ells- worth; 1904-07, George L. Meade.
Seventh Ward .- 1852, William I. Hanford; 1853, John Rigney; 1854-55, John H. Babcock; 1856, Aaron Erickson; 1857, Jarvis M. Hatch; 1858, Alexander W. Miller: 1859, M. G. Warner; 1860-61, Edward M. Smith; 1862-63, Edwin Tay- lor; 1864, Byron M. Hanks; 1865, D. B. Beach ; 1866, F. D. W. Clarke; 1867, J. W. Steward; 1868-70, Porter W. Taylor; 1871, Frank N. Lord ; 1872-73, George F. Loder; 1874-77, Charles H. Webb; 1878, Maxcy N. Van Zandt: 1879-81. George Heberling; 1882-86, Charles C. Meyer: 1887-88, George Engert; 1889, George W. Steitz; 1890-91, George P. Draper; 1892, Charles A. Young; 1893-95, C. F. Gottschalk; 1896-97 and 1904-05, A. B. Wolff; 1898-1903, William J. Quin- lan ; 1906-07, I. E. Lazarus.
Eighth Ward .- 1852, Zina H. Benjamin; 1853, Asa B. Hall; 1854, Henry L. Fish; 1855, Henry B. Knapp; 1856, William Cook; 1857, Sidney Church; 1858, Samuel W. D. Moore; 1859, Joel B. Bennett; 1860-64, 1870 and 1874-75, Benjamin McFarlin; 1865-66, Sylvester Lewis; 1867-68, Daniel Warner; 1869, M. J. Glenn; 1871, Charles P. Achilles; 1872 and 1885, Nicholas Brayer; 1873, William F. Parry; 1876-77, William Wright; 1878, Leonard Henkle; 1879, Maurice Leyden; 1880-1881, Bernard O'Kane; 1882-84, James P. Tumilty; 1886, Patrick J. Martin ;
1887, Thomas Salter; 1888-89, John Rice; 1890, William Haitz; 1891, Frank Horn; 1892-93, John Mauer; 1894-97, George J. Wunder; 1898-99, Joseph J. Schlesinger ; 1900-03, Christian Nagel; 1904-07, William S. Beard.
Ninth Ward .- 1852, W. Barron Williams; 1853 and 1856-57, Daniel Gatens; 1854, James C. Coch- rane; 1855, Lysander Farrar; 1858, Francis Brown; 1859, O. L. Angevine; 1860-61, Thomas C. Gilman; 1862, John H. Wilson; 1863 and 1865-67, Lewis Selve; 1864, William J. Sheridan; 1868, M. S. Fairchild; 1869-70, Charles S. Baker; 1871, A. N. Whiting; 1872, William C. Stone; 1873, Thomas McMillan; 1874-75, 1885-86 and 1890, Frederick Miller; 1876-79, George W. Ja- cobs; 1880-83, Martin Joiner; 1884, Frederick E. Conway; 1887-89, William S. McKelvey; 1891, John H. Ashton; 1892, Robert Bryson; 1893, John Hl. Creegan; 1894-97, Charles Wells, sr .; 1898-99, Edgar Parkman; 1900-07, Joseph Tozer.
Tenth Ward .- 1852 and 1858-59, Hubbard W. Jones; 1853, George Peck; 1854, William B. Al- exander; 1855, James L. Angle; 1856-57 and 1863, David Wagner; 1860, Louis Ernst; 1861, Daniel B. Loder; 1862, Henry Suggett; 1864 and 1869-71, DeWitt C. Ellis; 1865-66, A. H. Bil- lings; 1867, George Breck; 1868 and 1872, Isaiah F. Force; 1873, Bernard Haag; 1874, Douglas Hovey ; 1875-76, Daniel Lowrey; 1877, Ethan A. Chase; 1878-80, Harry C. Jones; 1881, Henry E. Shaffer; 1882, George Weldon; 1883-84, Bartholo- mew Keeler; 1885, John Cline; 1886-90, Joseph Carberry; 1891, Baron A. Meade; 1892 and 1902- 05, John H. Ashton; 1893, William W. Arm- strong 1894-95, John R. Kay; 1896-97, James Gorsline; 1898-1901, Charles L. Yates; 1906-07, George Y. Webster.
Eleventh Ward .- 1858, Charles Wilson; 1859, Francis A. Adelman; 1860, Jacob Waldele; 1861- 62, August Haungs; 1863, Frederick Zimmer; 1864, J. W. Phillips; 1865 and 1867-68, Louis Bauer; 1866, Charles S. Baker, 1869-70. Thomas M. Flynn; 1871, Thomas Mitchell; 1872, George B. Swikehard; 1873-75, Jacob Gerling; 1876, John Greenwood; 1877, Thomas McAnarney; 1878, Reuben Punnett; 1879-81 and 1884-85, John Brayer; 1882-83, William Wolz; 1886 and 1888-89, Joseph Yawman; 1887, John N. Ehr- hart; 1890-91, John Burgess; 1892, D. M. An- thony; 1893 and 1900-01, William Haitz; 1894-
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99 and 1902-05, George J. Knapp; 1906-07, T. H. Jameson.
Twelfth Ward .- 1859, Philip J. Meyer; 1860, Lyman Munger; 1861 and 1865-66, Alexander McWhorter; 1862 and 1864, Patrick Barry; 1863, James L. Angle; 1867 and 1875-76, George V. Schaffer; 1868, George Ellwanger; 1869-70, Jo- seph L. Luckey; 1871, John W. Deuel; 1872, Henry Bender; 1873, William C. Barry; 1874, Nicholas Gutberlet; 1877-78, William Gibbs; 1879, Conrad Eisenberg; 1880-82, Philip Weider; 1883-84, D. Clinton Barnum; 1885, David Abeles; 1886-87, Alvin Block; 1888-90, Henry G. Cook; 1891, William Strutz; 1892-93, John O. Vogel; 1894-85, George Weldon; 1896-1901, George W. Clark; 1902-07, Griff D. Palmer.
Thirteenth Ward .- 1863, John Soeder; 1864, Philander Davis; 1865-67 and 1872, Christian Widman; 1868, George P. Davis; 1869, Henry S. Brown; 1870-71, Frederick Loebs; 1873, Freder- ick Lauer, jr .; 1874, John Nothaker; 1875, Frank X. Bradler; 1876-78, Olaf Oswald; 1879-81, John A. P. Walter ; 1882, Stephen Rauber; 1883, Carl F. Gottschalk; 1884-86, James H. Brown; 1887, Charles A. Young; 1888-89, Abraham Marsielje; 1890-91, John Mauder; 1892-93 and 1896-99, Henry Oberlies; 1894-95, Frank L. Hewitt; 1900- 03, Edward Wallis; 1904-07, Frederick F. Rem- mel.
Fourteenth Ward .- 1865-66, Samuel S. Par- tridge; 1867-70, John Stewart; 1871, Richard H. Warfield : 1872, Abram Boss; 1813, Charles F. Hetzel; 1874-72, William H. Dake; 1878, John J. Burke; 1879-80, Thomas Crane; 1881-87 and 1889-90, Thomas Gosnell; 1888, William S Campbell; 1891, Clark Douglas; 1892, William Strutz; 1893-95, Jacob Allmeroth; 1896-1901, George H. Smith; 1902-03, Frederick G. Schulz; 1904-07, William Horcheler.
Fifteenth Ward .- 1874, John C. O'Brien; 1875-76, Henry Klinkhammer; 1877-79, James H. Curran; 1880-81, Anthony H. Martin; 1882, Henry Kondolf; 1883, John Foos; 1884, George J. Held; 1885-90, Samuel A. Ketcham; 1891. Frank Fehrenbach; 1892, 1894-95 and 1902-04, James Malley; 1893 and 1896-99, John F. How- ard; 1900-01. John J. Mechan; 1905, Albert Brayer; 1906-07, L. A. Ackerman.
Sixteenth Ward .- 18:4. Henry E. Boardman : 1875. George J. Farber; 1876-78, Henry B. Mc
Gonegal; 18:9, John W. Stroup; 1880-81, Alex- ander Button; 1882, John Vogt; 1883, Chauncey Nash; 1884, Oscar F. Brown; 1885-86, Caleb K. Hobbie; 1887-89, Philip Mohr; 1890, Thomas Doud; 1891, HI. F. Remington; 1892, A. J. Pot- ter : 1893-95 and 1898-99, M. J. Ragan; 1896-97, George A. Lane; 1900-01, Frederick Rohr; 1902- 05, H. T. MeFarlin; 1906-07, Andrew A. Ritz.
Seventeenth Ward .- 1892, Herbert J. Wilson; 1893, Edward Rosenbauer; 1894-97, Joseph Kel- ler ; 1898-1907, George M. Schwartz.
Eighteenth Ward .- 1892-95, Edward Engle- hart; 1896-99, Henry Bareham; 1900-03, Peter W. Seiler ; 1904-07, Herbert B. Cash
Nineteenth Ward .- 1892, Jacob Johnson; 1893-95, John Barnett; 1896-1901, C. H. Tron- son ; 1902, Arthur Warren; 1903-07, Edward P. Baumann.
Twentieth Ward .- 1892, Edward H. Ruby; 1893, Frank W. Love; 1894-97, C. F. A. Young; 1898-99, William J. Schmitt; 1900-01 and 1904- 05, Jacob L. Guerinot; 1902-03, John Frear; 1906-07, Conrad Grenner.
Twenty-first Ward .- 1905, William L. Man- ning : 1906-07, Abram De Potter.
Twenty-second Ward .- 1906-07, Frank Lux.
Chairmen of the Board .- 1821, Matthew Brown, jr .; 1822-25, Simon Stone; 1826-31, 1841-43 and 1847, Peter Price; 1832, Nathaniel T. Rochester; 1833, James H. Gregory; 1834, Abraham M. Schermerhorn; 1835, David S. Bates; 1836 and 1848, Ephraim Goss; 1837, John P. Stull; 1838-39, Moses Sperry ; 1840, Isaac Lacey; 1844, Elisha B. Strong; 1845, Enoch Strong; 1846, Robert Staples; 1849, John Haywood; 1850- 51, Daniel E. Lewis; 1852, W. Barron Williams; 1853, Joshua Conkey; 1854, Benjamin Smith; 1855, Lysander Farrar; 1856 and 1868, James H. Warren; 1857, Frederick P. Root; 1858, William S. Thompson; 1859-60, Ezra M. Parsons; 1861- 62, 1864-65, 1869 and 1872, Thomas J. Jeffords; 1863, James L. Angle; 1866 and 1873-74, Donald McNaughton; 1867, Jerome Keyes; 1870-71, De- Witt C. Ellis; 1875, Homer C. Ely; 1876-77 and 1889, George A. Goss; 1878, George W. Jacobs; 1879-80, Henry A. Deland; 1881, Philip Garbutt; 1882, E. A. Cross; 1883, James M. Wiltsie; 1884, Leonard Burritt; 1885, Charles Strong; 1886, Jesse B. Hannan; 1887, Henry L. White; 1888,
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Oscar S. Babcock; 1890, William H. Sours; 1891- 92, Lyman M. Otis; 1893-94, Ansel E. Wright; 1895-97, James H. Redman ; 1898-99, Edward F. Wellington; 1900-01, George Herbert Smith; 1902-03, Edward F. Ellsworth; 1904, Albert P. Beebe; 1905-06, Griff D. Palmer ; 1907, Charles S. Owen.
Clerks of the Board .- 1821-24, Josiah Sheldon ; 1825, Moses Chapin; 1826-29, Samuel L. Selden;
1830-36, A. S. Alexander; 1837-49, Nathaniel T. Rochester; 1850-51, James L. Angle; 1852-53, Calvin Huson; 1854-59, M. G. Warner, jr .; 1860, George C. Putnam; 1861, Elwell S. Otis; 1862- 67, Charles P. Achilles; 1868, Frank B. Hutchin- son ; 1869-74, 1876-82 and 1884-87, William Oli- ver; 1875, George Breck; 1883, Homer C. Ely; 1888-92 and 1894-1902, Charles U. Bastable, 1893, Earl H. Slocum ; 1903-07. Willis K. Gillette.
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BIOGRAPHICAL
HENRY C. BREWSTER.
It is the records of such men as Henry C. Brew- ster that stand as contradictory evidence of the statement, too often heard, that America is given over to the spirit of commercialism; that busi- ness and naught else claims the attention and efforts of our leading men. Rochester knows Henry Brewster as a financier of eminent ability hnt knows him moreover as a public-spirited citizen. as a man of benevolences, of kindly purposes and high ideals. The great interests of the country at large-politics. the church and the charities -- have made claims upon his attention, claims that he has fully met, and while the business activity und prosperity of the city have been greatly ang- mented through his labors, her public welfare has profited by his efforts and his history is one which reflects honor and credit upon Monroe county and the state at large.
Rochester may well be proud to nminber him among her native sons. The ancestral history is one of close connection with America through many generations. His parents were Simon L. and Editha (Colvin) Brewster. The father, who was born in the town of Griswold, New London county. Connecticut, in 1811, acquired his edu- ention in the common schools and afterward he- came connected with the business interests of his native town. For ten years he was there en- gaged in manufacturing and in his thirtieth year he removed to Rochester. New York, where for eighteen years he was a prominent representative of mercantile interests. On the expiration of that period he retired from business life in 1859. but four years afterward again took his place in the business world, being elected president of the Traders Bank in 1863. Two years subsequently this was reorganized under the national bank act under the name of the Traders National Bank and Simon T .. Brewster continned as ite presi-
dent until his death, which occurred in August, 1898. He was therefore for more than a third of a century at the head of this important finan- cial institution and under his guidance it took rank among the leading moneyed concerns of the Empire state. Its business covered every depart- ment of banking and its financial strength, based upon the well known reliability and business methods of its president and other stockholders and officers, secured to it a constantly increasing patronage. In 1844 Mr. Brewster was united in marriage to Miss Edithn Colvin, a daughter of Hiram D. Colvin, of Rochester. She died in 1899.
The ith of September. 1815, was the natal day of Henry C. Brewster, who was reared amid the refining influences of a home of culture. Between the ages of six and eighteen years his time and attention were largely given to the acquirement of an education and he then became a factor in finan- cial circles, entering the Traders National Bank in the fall of 1863. No parental influence smooth- ed his pathway or released him from the arduons work which constitutes the basis of advancement and success. It was personal merit that gained him promotion as he mastered the various tusks assigned to him in the different positions which he filled in the bank. He realized that there is no excellence without labor and in the years which followed he so thoroughly acquainted himself with the banking business that in July, 1868, he was chosen by the vote of the directors to the office of enshier, in which he continued to serve for more than twenty-six years. He was then elected to the vice-presidency in the fall of 1894 and five years later succeeded his father as president of the Traders National Bank, since remaining at the head of the institution.
For forty-four years Henry C. Brewster has been a factor in financial circles in Rochester, his psofulness and activity constantly increasing as
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time has passed. He was for many years the first vice-president of the Rochester Trust & Safe Deposit Company and for a considerable period was president of the Genesee Valley Trust Com- pany, which was organized by him. In 1893 he became the founder of the Alliance Bank of Roch- . ester and for nearly seven years served as its first vice-president. He was the first president of the Rochester Clearing House Association, in which capacity he served for five years, and he became a charter member of the chamber of com- merve, of which he has twice served as president, and for two terms he was its first vice-president. As a financier he is known and honored through- out New York. In 1899 he was elected to the presidency of the New York State Bankers' Asso- ciation, which he had assisted in organizing five years before, acting as its vice-president during the first year of its existence. He was also vice-presi- dent of the American Bankers' Association from the state of New York for live years. His course has ever been such as would bear the closest in- vestigation and scrutiny. There is in him a native sagacity and a weight of character that well qualify him for leadership and command for him admiration and confidence. No trust reposed in him lins ever been betrayed in the slightest degree and in fact his entire career has been an exemplification of the old and time-tried maxim that honesty is the best policy.
His broad humanitarianism has led to his sup- port of varions charitable and benevolent inter- esta and, while report says that he gives generous- ly in cases of need, he has always done so in most unostentatious manner. In fact he is opposed to display of any character and is never given to weighing any act in the scale of public policy. Principle has guided his conduct and shaped his course and his views of life are based upon a recognition of individual responsibility and the brotherhood of man. He has served as one of the trustees of St. Peter's Presbyterian church and is connected with the Rochester Homeopathie llos- pital as a member of the board of governors. He acted as its first treasurer and has done much in the interests of that institution. Socially he is connected with the Genesee Valley and the Coun- try Clubs of Rochester, while his membership re- lations also extend to the I'niop Lengne Club of New York city and the Strollers' Club of New York. In these societies which foster patriotism, historical research and an appreciation of the hon- or which is ever due to a worthy ancestry, he is also known. lle is a member of the Society of Mayflower Descendants, being eligible by reason of the fact that his ancestry is directly traceable ta Elder William Brewster, who crossed the At- lantie in the historie vessel which brought the first settlers to New England. He is likewise a
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