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supreme judge of the state. He carries on a gen- eral practice, which is extensive and of an impor- tant character. He is remarkable among lawyers for the wide research and provident care with which he prepares his cases, At no time has his reading ever been confined to the limitations of the questions at issue. It has gone beyond and compassed every contingency and provided not alone for the expected but for the unexpected, which happens quite as frequently in the courts as out of them. His legal learning, his analytica! mind, the readiness with which he grasps the points in an argument, all combine to make him one of the strong lawyers nt the bar of Rochester.
On the 25th of October, 1877, Mr. White was married to Miss Elizabeth M. Laey, of Scottsville, Monroe county, and they have two sons : Ernest I ... who is assistant cashier in the office of the city treasurer; and R. Walter. Mr. White and his family are meumbers of St. Peter's Presbyterian church, in which he has been an elder for twenty- six years, and in its work he takes an active and helpful interest. He stands for all that is upright and just in man's relations with his fellowmen and his influence is ever given on the side of the true and the beantiful.
GEORGE Y. WEBSTER.
George Y. Webster, attorney at law and super- visor of the tenth ward of Rochester, was born at Vineland. New Jersey. March 30. 18;8, his par- ents being Charles M. and Ella ( Young) Webster. both of whom were natives of Monroe county. New York. whence they removed to New Jersey and subsequently to Virginia. The father was a pro- duce merchant, and, having returned to Rochester. is now living retired. At the time of the Civil war he enlisted in Company A. Third New York Cav- alry, and served until the fall of 1865. He held the rank of sergeant and was on active duty every day.
George Y. Web-ter, accompanying his parents on their removal to Virginia in his boyhood days. pursned his sindies in the district schools, the little "temple of learning" being a Ing building. After coming to Monroe county he pursued his educa- tion at Parma and later in the public schools of Rochester. from which he was graduated. After completing a course in Rochester Free Academy he entered the University of Rochester and was graduated in the class of 1901, the degree of Bache- In of Arts being at that time conferred upon him. His professional preparation was made as a law student in the office of McGuire & Wood, attorneys of Rochester, who directed his reading until he was admitted to the bar in 1903. He has since
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engaged in practice on his own account and al- though one of the younger members of the legal fraternity has attained a position of more than ordinary distinction and is destined undoubtedly to win still higher honors as a lawyer. His record is notable in that he is the youngest member ever elected to the board of supervisors, being chosen as the representative of the tenth ward in 1905. He is now serving on the law committee, on the comuittec on barges and canals, the bridge com- mittee and on several of the regular standing com- mittees. He is also an officer in several corpora- tions.
On the 1st of June, 1905, Mr. Webster was mar- ried to Miss Mabel L. Boddy, the first graduates of the University of Rochester to wed. They are well known in the city where they reside, having a large circle of friends here. Mr. Webster is a member of the Sons of Veterans and of the Delta Upsilon, a college fraternity. He has taken quite an active interest in athletics, was captain of the college baseball team for three years, and for some time held the state championship in hurdle racing. In fact, he is widely known throughout New York as one of the enthusiastic athletes. He is now concentrating his time and energies upon his pro- fession in a way that argues well for the future and he is a member of the Rochester Bar Associa- tion.
JOHN DESMOND.
John Desinond, praetieing at the bar of Roches- ter, his prominence indicated by the fact that he is vice president of the New York State Bar Asso- ciution, was born in the town of Parma, this state, April 15, 1854, his parents being Bartholo- mew and Nancy ( Foley) Desmond, both of whom were natives of Ireland. The father settled in Monroe county, New York, in 1849. He was a farmer by occupation and for many years carried on that pursuit, his death occurring in 1892. His wife survived him for abont ten years, passing away in 1902. They had a family of eight ehil- dren, five of whom are living.
John Desmond was reared upon the old home- stead place and attended the country schools, wherein he mastered the elementary branches of English learning. He afterward entered the Brockport Academy and taught for several years in the country and village schools, but he re- garded this merely as an initial step to other pro- fessional labor and in 1876, at the age of twenty- two years, he took up the study of law, being ad- mitted to the bar on the 4th of April, 1879. He immediately began practice in the city of Roch- ester, where he has built up a large clientele. As
the years have passed he has been associated with several partners, but is now alone. The zeal with which he has devoted his energies to his profes- sion, the careful regard evinced for the interests of his clients and an assiduons and unrelaxing at- tention to all the details of his cases have brought him a large business and made him very success- ful in its conduct. His arguments have elieited warm commendation, not only from his associates at the bar, but also from the beneh. He is a very able writer; his briefs always show wide research, careful thought and the best and strongest reasons which can be urged for his contention, presented in cogent and logical form and illustrated by a style unusually lucid and clear. His standing among his professional brethren is indicated by the fact that they have honored him with election to the office of president of the Rochester Bar As- sociation, in which position he served from De- cember, 1904, until December, 1905, while at the present writing he is vice president of the New York State Bar Association. He was one of the committee and also a member of the sub committee of the state bar association that investigated the charges made against Judge Warren B. Hooker, one of the most famous investigations that has occurred here for many years.
On the 18th of Angust, 1880, Mr. Desmond was married to Miss Flora Butts, of Greece, Monroe county, and they have one daughter. Laura M. Desmond. The family are connected with the Unitarian church and Mr. Desmond is a gentle- man of broad humanitarian principles as is proven by his active co-operation in many movements to alleviate or ameliorate the hard conditions of life for others. He was manager of the State In- dustrial School for five years, from 1891 until 1896, and is a member of the Genesee Valley Club. In citizenship he is public-spirited and while hold- ing high ideals he has always recognized the prac- tical utility of the opportunities at hand. His time and energies have naturally been given most largely to his profession and he has met with splen- did success therein. Well versed in the learning of his profession and with a deep knowledge of human condnet, with great sagacity and marked tact, he stands as a peer of many of the ablest members of the New York har and is an honor to the profession which has honored him.
EUGENE C. DENTON.
Eugene C. Denton, engaged in the general prac- tice of law in Rochester, was born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. December 10, 1865, his parents be- ing Stephen E. and Ann F. Denton who were na- tives of Orange county, New York. The father
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was a paper manufactmer and for a number of years carried on business in Fitchburg, Masssachu- setts, where he died in 1868. His widow still survives and is now living in Rochester.
Eugene C. Denton, having acquired his prelim- inary education in the public schools, afterward attended Canandaigua Academy, in which he pre- pared for college, being graduated with the class of 1883. He then entered the University of Roch- ester in the fall of the same year and completed a classical course by graduation in 1×82, at which time the degree of Bachelor of Arts was con- ferred upon him. Entering professional circles, he took up the study of law with the lale Martin W. Cooke and after thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar in 1889. He continued as managing clerk for Mr. Cooke for one year and in 1890 went abroad, being absent for six months, during which time he visited various conutries and gained an intimate knowledge of many por- tions of Europe.
l'pon his return to his native land Mr. Denton opened a law office in Rochester in Jannary, 1891, and in 1895 became associated in practice with GeorgeF. Sloem under the firm style of Slocum & Denton, the relation being maintained until April. 1900, since which time Mr. Denton has practiced alone. He is well versed in all the departments of jurisprudence and condneis a general practice, having now a large and distinctively representa- tive clientage. He discharges his professional du- ties with a sense of conscientions obligation, his devotion to his clients' interests being proverbial and at the same time he never forgets that he owes a still higher allegiance to the majesty of the law.
Mr. Deulon is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon, a college fraternity, while in the line of his profession he is connected with the State and the Rochester Bar Associations. Pleasantly situated in his home life. he was married on the 17th of May, 1904. to Miss Mary HI. Brown. of Roches- ter, a daughter of Harvey W. Brown. He is a trustor of the University of Rochester and of the People's Rescue Mission and vestryman of Christ Episcopal church.
JULIA COX.
Julia Cox is a daughter of Dennis Cox. who came to Rochester with his family at an early day. He had welded Mary Wynne, and both remained residents of this city until called to their final rest. Dennis Cox was engaged in the shoe business here at an early day but died in the year 1860, His widow, long surviving him, passed away in 1896.
Patrick, a son, came to Rochester with his par- ents and in partnership with his brother Michael established a shoe factory, which they conducted together for a number of years. After the death of his brother, Patrick Cox continued the business alone and developed an extensive and important shoe manufacturing industry which became known all over the country. He had a splendidly equipped factory and not only kept in touch with the prog- ress made in business but was a recognized leader along progressive lines for the improvement of the output and the extension of his trade. He also erected a large office building in Rochester known as the Cox building. He was a very enterprising, 'wide awake and successful merchant and manu- facturer and carried on the business in connection with the assistance of his sister Julia until his death, which occurred in 1900. Miss Julia Cox then remained nt the head of this large productive industry for some time, after which she sold out.
Patrick Cox was the father of eight children, of whom five are still living, and the eldest son, Charles Cox, is now carrying on a jobbing busi- ness in Rochester and looking after the real-estate interests of the family. He is a young man of good business ability and enterprise, displaying an aptitude for successful management. The Cox family is one of the best and most favorably known in this section of the country, having established and built up one of the leading productive indus- tries of Rochester. They have also become the owner of considerable valuable realty in the city. Miss Julia Cox and her two sisters reside at their home on Portsmouth Terrace in Rochester, which they erected fifteen years ago and which is the cen- ter of a most gracious and charming hospitality.
CHARLES WILLIAM SIL.COX.
Charles William Silcox, secretary of The Robe- son Cullery Company and of the Rochester Stamp- ing Company, was born at Venice, New York, September 18. 186 ;. His father, John Silcox, was a merchant miller of Locke, New York, where he still resides. His wife, Mrs. Sarah (Whiting) Silcox, is now deceased. The family is of English lineage.
Charles W. Silcox acquired his education in the public and high schools of Moravia, New York, and in Colgate University. After completing his educalion he entered mercantile business with J. Harris & Sons and was in their employ from 1886 until 1893, when he became secretary and general sales manager of the Rochester branch of The Robeson Cutlery Company, manufacturers of jexket and bulcher knives and razors, wilh fac- tories at Perry, New York. Employment is fur-
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nished to ahont four hundred people and the en- terprise is therefore an important industrial con- ceru of the state. Mr. Silcox is also secretary and general sales manager of the Rochester Stamp- ing Company, manufacturers of silver and nickel plate housefurnishing goods, employing six hun- dreil men. Both concerns sell their products direct to the retail trade through a corps of about fifty salesmen. As secretary of this concern, Mr. Silcox has made for himself a creditable position in the business world. A man of much natural ability, combined with strong determination and laudable purpose, his success in business from the beginning has been uniform and rapid. His connection with any undertaking insures a prosperous outcome of the same, for it is in his nature to accomplish what he undertakes. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business and in his dealings is known for his prompt and honorable methods, which have won for him the deserved and unqualified confidence of his fellow- men.
On the 9th of July, 1900, Mr. Silcox was mar- ried to Miss Ada M. Blanchard, a daughter of Porter H. and Helen E. Blanchard of Elmira, New York, The extensive circle of their friends is proof of the possession of those social qualities which win warm regard and good will. Mr. Silcox is a mem- ber of Genesee Falls lodge, No. 502. F. & A. M .; Hamilton chapter, No. 62, R. A. M .: Monroe com- mandery, No. 12, K. T .; and Damasens Temple of the Mystic Shrine. He is also a member of the Oak Hill Country Club and of the First Baptist church, in which he is first assistant superintend- ent of the Sunday school, while in other depart- ments of church work he is actively and helpfully interested. His entire business career has been conducted along lines that have gained for him un- qualified confidence as well as success and his po- sition is a ereditable one in commercial and social circles.
GEORGE P. GOULDING.
George P. Goulding Antes his residence in Mon- roe county from 18:3, and as an inventor of a number of useful devices is well known, his inven- tions including a fog signal for sailing vessels and a bottle stopper and washer, on which he has se- enred patents. Hle has also secured patents on a stopper for ink bottles and a brush for a bottle washer. Captain Goulding was born in Colling- hamn, Nottinghamshire, England, June 1. 1833. a son of George and Eliza (Curtiss) Goulding, who were natives of Lincolnshire, England. The father emigrated to America in 1836 and took up his
abode in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the mother settled in the same city in 1834. She passed away there, and the father now resides in Lincoln, Nebraska, having reached the very advanced age of ninety-five years. He was one of the first four 'settlers of Milwaukee, the others being Messrs. June, Burns and O'Neil. The father took Walk- er's Point, now the south half of the city, and sold the same for three hundred dollars.
Captain Goulding is one of two children born of his father's marriage, his sister Elizabeth, being now deceased. At the early age of ten years he became a sailor and in 1851 came to America. He located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, joining his fath- er, who had been there since 1836. The son re- 'mained there for thirteen years, during which time he followed the Great Lakes. In 1861 he came to New York, settling in Buffalo, where he lived until 1873, in which year he took up his abode in Rochester and has been a resident of Monroe county since, the past sixteen years having been spent in Charlotte. During his life as a sailor he was captain on the Baltic and the brigan- tine Hutchinson and was mate on several vessels. Upon going to Rochester he established botiling works, being the first man to bottle beer in 1875. After three years' connection therewith he sold his bottling works and took a position as superin- tendent of the bottling department of the Roches- ter Brewery, which position be filled during the succeeding sixteen years, or until the brewery was sold to the English syndicate, when he came to Charlotte and has since made his hotne in this vil- lage. He has devoted much of his time to the in- vention of various devices, for he possesses con- siderable genius. These devices include a fog sig- nal for sailing vessels, a bottle stopper and a bottle washer. a stopper for ink bottles and a brush for a bottle washer, on all of which he has secured patents, and in addition to these he has offered many suggestions to his business associates, all of which have proved of much value but on which he has seenred no patent. Since coming to this village Mr. Gonlding has also given much of his time to yachting and is now the owner of the Scotch cutter "Madge." this vessel being brought to New York to be sold after having defeated every vessel of that class in the old world. Mr. Goulding has also won thirteen prizes with this vessel on the lakes.
Mr. Goulding has been twice married. He first wedded Sarah James, by whom he had five chil- dren, all of whom are now deceased, and after losing his wife he was married a second time, this union heing with Emma L. G. Hume. Since com- ing to Charlotte he served for three years as super- intendent of light and water, and for two years, from 1900 until 1902, was president of the village. He gives his political support to the democracy, and is an honorary member of the Genesee Yacht
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Club. Mr. Goulding is a man of broad mind and public spirit, who by perseverence, determination and honorable effort has overcome the obstacles in his path and won success.
EDWARD C. CAMPBELL.
Edward C. Campbell, connected with large busi- ness interests as a wholesale and retail dealer in grain and coal at Rochester, was born in the vicin- ity of this city, June 18, 1825, his parents being Edward and Cynthia ( Waring) Campbell, both natives of Irondequoit. The father was a son of Henry H. and Marietta (Dyke) Campbell. He was born in 1835 and died May 19, 1906. He rep- resented the town of Gates on the board of super- visors for twenty years and was justice of the peace for thirty years. In the public schools of Rochester, Edward C. Campbell, Jr., pursued his education to the time that he entered the employ of his brother, a grocery merchant on Lyell ave- nue, with whom he remained until twenty-one years of age. Since that time he had been con- nerted with the coal and grain trades and has extensive mining interests in the coal regions. The business is conducted along wholesale and retail lines and the annual sales of both coal and grain are extensive. Mr. Campbell is yet a young man but has demonstrated his force in the business world, possessing native sagacity and keen fore- siglit which make his judgment safe and reliable and constitute his actions resultant factors in the Requirement of success. He has various business connections aside from that already mentioned, his investments being judiciously placed with the result that a gratifying annual income is secured.
Mr. Campbell was married about eight years ago to Miss Jessie Roche of Rochester, a daughter of John Roche, and they have two children. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he is a member of the Rochester Canoe Club.
EDWARD B. FENNER.
On the list of those men whose professional records are a credit to the city appears the name of Edward B. Fenner, who in the practice of law made a creditable record, and was recognized as one of the strong attorneys of the Rochester bar. A native of the Empire state, he was born in the town of Henrietta, Monroe county, March 10, 1839, his parents being Abel I .. and Marietta ( Russell) Fenner, both of whom were natives of New York. The maternal grandfather, Jonathan Russell, came from Maine to Rochester in 1807.
when western New York was largely an unbroken wilderness. He made a clearing in the midst of the forest, developed a tract of land and carried on farming. His home was a little log cabin which he built on what is now the site of the West Brighton hotel, and there the mother of our sub- ject was born. Joseph Fenner, the paternal grand- father, was born in the town of Fairfield, Herkimer county, New York, and came to Monroe county in 1816, driving across the country with ox-teams and sled. He was thirteen days on the way, owing to the condition of the roads and the extremely lei- surely manner in which his team traveled. He brought all of his effects with him on the aled and perched upon the sarne vehicle were the mem- bers of his family. He entered land in the town of Henrietta, casting in his lot with the pioneer settlers and aided in the arduous task of develop- ing a new country. He continued to reside upon the old homestead until his death and thus it will be seen that both the Fenner and Russell families were established in this county in early pioneer times. In the Fenner family were but two chil- dren, Edward B. and Emma E., the latter the wife of Henry Martin, who resides on the old Fenner homestead.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Edward B. Fenner in his boyhood days. He attended the country schools and assisted in the work of the farın. Later, however, better educational privi- leges were afforded him and he matriculated in Amberst College, from which he was graduated in 1867. He then taught school for three win- ters but he regarded this nierely as an initial step to other professional labor. It was his desire to become a member of the bar and to this end he read Blackstone before he completed his college course. He later regularly took up the study of Jaw and was admitted to the bar in June, 1868. For a short time he was a law clerk in the office of Selden & Bacon at Rochester, after which he had an opportunity to enter upon active practice for himself in the office of H. H. Woodward. Pro- fessional advancement is proverbially slow and the young man did not know whether he could win sureess or not but he knew that he would do so if earnest effort and close application could gain it, and with the hope that the future held something bright in store for him he married, although he had not at that time a single client. As cases were entrusted to him, however, he succeeded in demonstrating to the public his ability to handle intricate legal problems and within a compara- tively short time he had built up a very good prac- tice. He was an active representative of the pro- fession from 1868 until his death in 1907 and for for many years was accorded a prominent place
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in the ranks of the legal fraternity in Rochester. In 1877 he was elected district attorney and was re-elected in 1880-a fact which showed his fidelity and ability in the first term. Previously he had served for one year as collector of tolls on the canal in 1834. lle was, however, never an active poli- tician in the sense of office seeking outside the path of his profession, as he preferred to concentrate his energies upon the building up of a good prac- tice, feeling that the interests of his clients de- manded the greater part of his time and attention.
On the 2d of December, 1868, Mr. Fenner was united in marriage to Miss Virginia M. Taylor, a daughter of Enoch Taylor of the town of Col- lins, Erie county, New York. They have two Eving children: Burt 1 .. , who is an architect in New York city of the firm of MeKim, Mend & White; and Edward B., a senior lieutenant in the United States navy, who has recently been ordered to the new cruiser, Milwaukee, which has just been put into commission. He is a graduate of the naval academy at Annapolis and was one of four students who received the gold star for schol- arship.
Mr. Fenner was a Mason and his life exemplifies the spirit of the eraft. In his business enreer he showed unfaltering perseverance and deter- mination. While he was a representative of two of the oldest families of the county and was there- fore not muknown in Rochester when he entered upon the practice of his profession here, he took up a work in which wealth, influence or acquain- tance availeth little or naught. The individual has to prove his capability and Mr. Fruner was not afraid of that close application, thorough prep- aration and carnest study which are so essential to snecess at the bar. Thus it was that for many years he occupied a prominent place among the leading lawyers of Rochester.
REV. ALGERNON SIDNEY CRAPSEY.
Rov. Algernon Sidney Crapsey, who has re- cently entered upon the active work of putting into practice his ideas and theories upon the ques- tion of Christian sociology, was for twenty-eight years the popular and valued rector of St. An- drew's Episcopal church in Rochester, and was numbered among the ablest representatives of the ministry who have done effective work for Chris- tian progress in this city. He was born in Cin- cinnati, Ohio, June 28, 1817. His father, Jacob 'T. Crapsey, was a member of the bar of that city, while the mother Rachel Crapsey, was a
daughter of Thomas Morris, United States senator and one of the early leaders of the abolition move- ment.
Dr. Crapsey acquired his education in the com- mon schools of Cincinnati and entered into busi- ness life at the early age of eleven years as an employe in the dry-goods store of Cole & Hopkins. . He spent eighteen months in that way and then returned to school. He was afterward employed for six months in a hardware store and in 1862, in response to the country's enll for troops, he be- came a member of Company B, Seventy-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a musician, although but fifteen years of age. Lying on the field without covering in the late fall and winter months he contracted Jung and heart trouble and was sent home. After going to the front he had not served as a musician but carried a musket and did full duty as a soldier. When he had been at the front for four months, however, his health failed and he returned home. He then engaged as store- keeper as a member of the firm of Watson & Com- panv at the salt mines of the Kanawah river in West Virginia and later he was bookkeeper for Charles N. Morris, a printer in Cincinnati, Sub- sequently he went to the dead letter office in Wash- ington, D. C., where he filled a vacancy for about six months and on the expiration of that, period he engaged in bookkeeping for the firm of Sacket & McKey of New York city in 1865. Eighteen months were there passed, after which he began studying for the ministry of the Protestant Episco- pal church, for he had determined to devote his life to this holy calling.
Accordingly Dr. Crapsey entered Stephens Col- lege, at Annandale, New York, where he contin- ved for two years and then spent three years as a student in the General Theological Seminary, of New York city, from which he was graduated in 1822. In June of the same year he was ordained deacon and in 1872 he was appointed to servire on the deacon staff of Trinity parish in New York city. In September, 1873, he was ordained to the priesthood and appointed to a position on the officiating staff of Trinity parish with work at St. Paul's chapel. In May, 1874, he was promoted to a permanent position as assistant minister of Trinity parish, where he remained for five years, or until 1879, when he resigned to accept the rectorship of St. Andrew's church, at Rochester, New York. He held that position for nearly twenty-eight years, from June, 1879, until Decem- ber, 1906, when he resigned and at his own request was deposed from the ministry. wishing to enter upon other Christian work. In addition to his parochial work he was mission preacher of the parochial Mission Society for the United States and preached at an Annual Mission for over ten
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years in New York city. Philadelphia, Detroit, Omaha and the Bermuda Islands and had retreats for men and women, continuing his labors of this character at various times and in various places.
Dr. Crapsey has always been recognized as a fluent, able and carnest speaker, convincing in argument, logical in his deductions and strong in his reasoning, his utterance prompted by his. firm belief in the truth of what he was saying. He is, moreover, a writer of force and fluency. He is the author of various works, including the Five Joyful Mysteries, the Five Sorrowful Mysteries, the Voice in the Wilderness, Life of Sarah Thorn and the novel called The Greater Love. He is likewise the anthor of a series of lectures entitled Religion and Politics, the twelfth lecture of the series containing historical statements which were characterized by ecclesiastical authorities of the church as heretical. The first committee appointed to investigate reported that while they did not agree with him they found no canse for action. The standing committee, not satisfied with this report, preferred formal charges and the case was brought before the court of the diocese, held at Batavia, New York, April 8-25, 1906. The court sustained the charges and sentenced the accused to suspension. Dr. Crapsey appealed to the court of review held in Cato, New York, September 4 to October 9. The court of review asserted that it had no jurisdiction over the matter and the first issue was accepted so far as the charges pre- ferred were concerned. The question at issue was "The Origin of Jesus." Dr. Crapsey asserted his- torically that Jesus was the son of Joseph of Nazareth. It was maintained that this was con- trary to the teaching of the church, yet it was not claimed that his assertion was untrue. Not de- siring to remain in the ministry under suspension Dr. Crapsey formally withdrew and asked deposi- tion, which was accomplished by act of the bishop ni St. Paul's church at Buffalo, December 4. 1906.
Dr. Crapsey has always been a man firm in sup- port of his honest convictions and the step which he took in this matter was a characteristic one. No coercion could be strong enough to cause him to deviate from a course or support a proposition in which he did not fully believe. He has a most extensive circle of friends and followers in Roch- ester and he has long been recognized as one of the
ablest divines of western New York. Perhaps no better indication of the position and ideas of Dr. Crapsey could be given than by quoting from a published "talk" with the Doctor, who said: "Will you kindly allow me space to announce that after a careful consideration as to my duty and at the instance of many men and women resident in our city, I purpose to resume stated work in Rochester as a minister to the physical, moral and spiritual life of the people. It is my intention to continue the preaching of the truth as the Spirit of truth shall give me utterance and to submit my teach- ings to the judgment of the intelligence and con- science of those that gliall hear me. To set forth ancient revelations in the light and by the aid of more recent revelations of divine wisdom will be the desire of my heart. I believe that God is with us, as He was with our fathers, and it is this pres- ent God that I would know and make known to the people. It is my intention also to exercise the pastoral office, to visit the sick, to comfort the sorrowful and to care for the needy. I am to be at the call of any who may desire my service. I wish also to work in the future, as I have in the past, for the social uplift of the people and for the civic righteousness of the community. To carry ont these designs I shall need the organic assist- ance of those who think that my efforts in these regards will be of benefit to them and to others. Having secured from the trustees of the Unitarian church, on the corner of Temple and Cortland streets, the use of the auditorium of that church, I invite all those who may be interested in this enterprise to be present Sunday night, April ?, at the place mentioned at the hour of eight o'clock, that we may confer together concerning the best method of carrying out these, our intentions. I will begin my spiritnal work at that time by con- ducting a short office of worship and by preaching a sermon, after which the conference will take place, assuring you and my fellow citizens that my sole desire is to spend the last years of my life in that service to which all my previous years have heen devoted."
On the 24 of June, 1875, Dr. Crapsey was mar- ried to Adelaide Trowbridge, a daughter of Mar- cus H1. Trowbridge, editor of the Examiner at Catskill, New York, and unto them have been horn nine children. of whom seven are yet living.
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