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DONALD J. TILLOU, M. D.
Among the young men of professional importance in Elmira is Dr. Donald J. Tillou. He was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1894, and is a son of Daniel and Flora (Baker) Tillou, both natives of Elma, New York. They were educated in Buffalo and for many years the father engaged in merchandising in that city, but his attention is now given to agricultural pursuits. He is a republican in politics and his fra- ternal connections are with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mrs. Tillou has taken a leading part in its activities.
Donald J. Tillou was the fifth in order of birth in a family of seven children. He attended the public schools of Buffalo and East Aurora and completed his edu- cation in the University of Buffalo, which awarded him the M. D. degree. He filled the position of interne at the Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital in Elmira and on June 15, 1918, entered the service of his country. He was first sent to Camp Green- leaf and then to Camp Johnston, Florida. He was commissioned first lieutenant and received his honorable discharge on the 1st of February, 1919. He at once returned to Elmira and is now discharging the duties of superintendent of the Chemung County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. He also acts as school physician of Elmira and is a member of the medical staff of the Arnot-Ogden Memorial Hospital.
On July 28, 1918, Dr. Tillou was married to Miss Ada Woodward, who was born in Elma, New York, and attended the public schools of East Aurora, New York. She was graduated from the high school at East Lansing, Michigan, also studied in Chicago, Illinois, and pursued a two-year course in the State Agricultural College at Lansing, Michigan. Dr. and Mrs. Tillou have a daughter: Jeanne. Dr. Tillou's pro- fessional connections are with the Elmira Academy of Medicine, the Chemung County Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is identified with the Masonic order, the Omega Epsilon Phi fraternity, and the City and Country Clubs.
ARTHUR JAMES STRAUB.
Stepping from the high school into the banking business, in which he has been engaged ever since his boyhood and in which he has steadily risen to positions of high responsibility, Arthur James Straub, cashier of the Livonia State Bank of Livonia, Livingston county, New York, always finds time for matters that are designed to help and improve the community. Fond of outdoor life and fishing, he is especially inter- ested in the work of the Boy Scouts and furthers it by every means in his power, as of incalculable value to the youth of the nation. The Livonia State Bank is one of the most important financial institutions of Livonia and has prospered steadily under the conservative management of its able cashier. He was born on September 25, 1890, at Gowanda, New York, the son of Charles J. and Agnes (Quigley) Straub. His
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father was in the business of carriage manufacturing and spent most of his life in the section where Arthur J. was born. The name is indicative of German origin, Joseph Straub, paternal grandfather of Arthur J. and the first of the family to settle in New York state, being a native of Baden, Germany, from which he came about 1850 and located at Gowanda, where he remained until his death in 1901.
Arthur James Straub acquired his education in the grade and high schools of Gowanda and in the high school of Hamburg, New York, graduating from the latter school in 1909. His first position was in the Bank of Hamburg, where he started work as a clerk, and where in the course of time he filled various other positions up to that of bookkeeper. Mr. Straub left this bank on November 1, 1915, to take the position of assistant cashier of the Peoples Bank of Hamburg, with more responsi- bility and a higher salary, and remained in this position with the bank for a trifle over three years. On January 1, 1919, Mr. Straub took another upward step on the ladder, and became cashier of the Livonia State Bank, which had just been founded, and he has been with this bank ever since. The institution has had a prosperous career under his able guidance. It began business with a capital and surplus of thirty thousand dollars which, in five years after the start, stands at Forty-five thousand dollars, has average deposits of over six hundred thousand dollars, and about two thousand accounts from depositors all over Livingston county.
Mr. Straub was married on October 11, 1916, to Hilda Marie Smith, daughter of Henry C. and Rose Smith of Hamburg, New York. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Straub: Maurice Arthur was born on January 23, 1918; and Robert James was born on December 11, 1921. Mr. Straub is a member of the Knights of Columbus, and he and his wife attend St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church of Livonia. He is a republican in politics, but not actively interested in political affairs, aside from doing his duty as a citizen.
WILLIAM J. MALONEY.
For forty years the name of Maloney has figured conspicuously in commercial circles of Dansville in connection with the nursery business, and the work begun by the father is being ably carried forward by his two sons, William J. and Albert E. Maloney, who have inherited his progressive spirit and administrative powers, as well as his admirable traits of character. The elder son, William J. Maloney, was born in Dansville, August 3, 1879, his parents being Thomas and Mary (O'Hara) Maloney, the latter also a native of this village. The father immigrated from Ireland to the United States, settling in Dansville, and in 1884 embarked in the nursery business, sub- sequently admitting his three sons, Edward H., William J. and Albert E., to a partner- ship. He was very successful in his undertaking and built up a large trade through enterprising methods and honest dealing. He retired from business in 1905 and spent the remainder of his life in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former labor, passing away in 1917. His wife was called to her final rest in 1905.
William J. Maloney obtained his early education in a parochial school of Dans- ville and afterward became a student in the Rochester Business Institute. After completing his course he returned to the village and entered the government service, working for three years as a mail carrier. In 1908 he was joined by his brother Albert in organizing the Maloney Brothers Nursery Company and today the firm is num- bered among the largest growers in western New York. The company handles nursery stock of all kinds and does an extensive business, being a recognized leader in this line, and issues an attractive and comprehensive catalog, through which most of its sales are made.
On the 11th of June, 1906, Mr. Maloney was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Kerschner of Dansville, and they have two sons: Howard and William. Mr. Maloney is a republican in politics and during the World war devoted much of his time to patriotic work, doing all in his power to promote the success of the various Liberty Loan Campaigns. Mr. Maloney is a director of the Livingston County Trust Com- pany of Geneseo, New York. He is a man of broad humanitarianism and is always found in the vanguard of every movement looking toward the accomplishment of real and practical good. He is a director of the Dansville General Hospital, a munic- ipal institution, of which Joseph Stiegler is the president, and he was chairman of the committee which secured by subscription a fund of one hundred thousand dollars for its equipment and remodeling. He is vice president of the Child Welfare board of Livingston county and serves the Dansville Board of Trade in a similar capacity. He
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is a faithful communicant of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic church and belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the local Rotary Club. Mr. Maloney's activities have touched the general interests of society to their betterment, and a life of great useful- ness has won for him the unqualified esteem of his fellowmen.
PHILIP EDWARD LONERGAN.
One of the well known younger members of the Elmira bar, and a member of the law firm of Stanchfield, Collin, Lovell & Sayles, is Philip Edward Lonergan, son of James and Katherine (Lonergan) Lonergan. He was born in Binghamton, New York, April 16, 1877, but received his early education in grammar school No. 4 in Elmira, also in the Free Academy of this city. He received the Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1900 and was also a student in the law department of his Alma Mater. After a rest of two years he secured a position in the law office of Reynolds, Stanchfield & Collin and in 1904 was admitted to the bar. He is now a member of the firm of Stanchfield, Collin, Lovell & Sayles, the outgrowth of the other firm. This firm is recognized as one of the leading law firms of western New York and has been retained as counsel by the New York Central, the Erie and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western railroads, the Elmira Water, Light and Railroad Company, the Chemung Canal Trust Company and other large corporations.
Philip E. Lonergan is a member of the City Club of Elmira and the Golf & Country Club. In religious faith he is a Roman Catholic. He is a Rotarian and his professional standing is indicated by the fact that he has been honored with the presidency of the Chemung County Bar Association, which office he is now holding. His interest in the welfare of his home city is deep and sincere and at one time he served as a member of the Elmira Planning Commission. He has conformed his practice to the highest ethics of the profession and has exemplified all the qualities of a useful and desirable citizen.
HAROLD GLEASON.
Harold Gleason, head of the organ department of the Eastman School of Music and well known in musical circles of the east, was born in Jefferson, Ohio, April 26, 1892. He was the son of C. M. and Cora (Gillis) Gleason, also natives of Ohio and residents there until the family moved to the Pacific coast in 1900. In Pasadena, Cali- fornia, Mr. Gleason's father was made secretary and treasurer of the Model Grocery Company, of which he was an executive until his death in 1907. Besides his wife and son, Harold, he was survived by another son, Raymond, who is now deceased.
Harold Gleason received his early education in the grammar and high schools of Pasadena. Later he became a student at the California Institute of Technology, which he left in 1912 to begin a concentrated study of the organ, piano and theory under M. F. Mason, Ernest Douglas and Homer Grunn. Mr. Gleason came east to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1917, and studied with Lynnwood Farnam. Music in connection with settlement work has always interested Mr. Gleason, and in Boston he became director of the Boston Music School Settlement. Before coming to Rochester, Mr. Gleason lived for a year in New York city, where he was organist of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church, one of New York's most important posts. He also spent some time abroad studying with Joseph Bonnet, the noted French organist. In 1920 Mr. Eastman engaged him to come to Rochester as his private organist. He has since been made the head of the organ department of the Eastman School of Music, and is director of the Hochstein School of Music. His interest in social welfare work has led to his appointment as one of the executive committee of the National Federation of Settlements. He ranks with the foremost concert organists in this country, and has been engaged by the Aeolian Company to make records of his playing. He has been very successful as an instructor and has a large class of pupils at the Eastman school. Mr. Gleason has a wide reputation as a designer of organs and was engaged to design all of the seventeen organs in the Eastman School of Music and Theatre.
Mr. Gleason was married to Miss Marian Norris, in Pasadena, California, on October 12, 1916. Of their three children, Allen H. was born in Riverside, Cali- fornia, on February 4, 1918; Charles Norris and David were born in Rochester, the
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one on June 20, 1920, and the other on November 5, 1923. Mr. Gleason is a member of the Corner Club of Rochester, the Organists' Guild, and the National Association of Organists, and has been honored with the vice presidency of the last named organization.
JAMES FRANCIS CROWLEY.
James Francis Crowley is a successful young attorney of Batavia who is actively engaged in the general practice of law as a member of the firm of Burroughs & Crowley. He was born in Batavia, Genesee county, New York, on the 27th of May, 1892, his parents being Frank J. and Louisa B. (Smith) Crowley. The father, who has been a lifelong resident of Batavia and was formerly engaged in business as a concrete contractor, is now living retired in the enjoyment of well earned ease. The first representative of the family in western New York was James Crowley, the paternal grandfather of Mr. Crowley of this review, who emigrated to Canada from Ireland and became an officer in the Canadian army. It was about the year 1830 that he settled in Le Roy, Genesee county, this state, where he spent the remainder of his life, becoming well known and highly esteemed throughout the community.
In the acquirement of an education James Francis Crowley pursued a high school course in Batavia, where he also attended St. Joseph's Academic School, while subse- quently he spent one year as a student in the medical department of the University of Buffalo. Having determined to prepare for law practice, however, he then entered the law department of the University of Buffalo, from which institution he received the degree of LL. B. upon his graduation in 1917. Following his admission to the bar in 1919 he entered upon the active work of his chosen profession in Batavia, in association with William E. Webster, with whom he continued in practice until the latter's death on the 11th of April, 1922. Thereafter he practiced independently until December, 1922, when he formed a partnership with Bradford J. Burroughs, under the firm name of Burroughs & Crowley, which has been maintained to the present time. A sketch of B. J. Burroughs may be found on another page of this publication. The partners are accorded an extensive clientage of a general character, but Mr. Crowley is principally interested in criminal law and in surrogate work, in which field of professional activity he has already won an enviable reputation. He is a member of the Genesee County Bar Association.
Mr. Crowley is a republican in politics and an active worker in the local ranks of the party, being a member of the county committee. In 1922 he was the candidate of his party for the office of city attorney. Because of physical disability he was rejected for active military service at the time of the World war, but his strenuous efforts in local war work impaired his health to such an extent that he was confined in a hospital for more than six weeks. Mr. Crowley is a member of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce and is inquisitor of Rochester Legion No. 61, L. O. O. M. He also belongs to the Sons of Veterans, to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and in the Loyal Order of Moose, is past dictator. He is a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church. His leisure hours are devoted to music as a member of the Genesee Male Quartet, and he is also fond of outdoor sports.
ROBERT H. CARROLL.
Robert H. Carroll, who as president of the R. H. Carroll Corporation occupies a prominent position in Rochester's realty and business circles, was born in Toronto, Canada, February 21, 1882. His father, James Carroll, was a native of Ireland who emigrated to Canada early in life and there married Mary J. Crawford, who was a Canadian by birth. James Carroll died when his son Robert was but a youngster and his widow later married Daniel Kerr, the family all removing to Rochester about 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr continued to reside in this city until both passed away in 1922.
Robert H. Carroll was reared in Toronto, Canada, attended the public schools of that city and entered on his business career as an employe of Eaton's store in that city. Soon after coming to Rochester he entered the insurance field as a sales- man and was thus identified for seven years. His success in that line of business afforded him means with which he went into business on his own account. He chose the real estate business as his chief field of activity, however, continuing his insur-
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ance writing as more of a subordinate interest. After two years he took a partner into the firm, which became the Towner-Carroll Company. After a couple of years of successful operations, Mr. Carroll withdrew from the Towner-Carroll Company and organized the R. H. Carroll Corporation, with himself as president. This firm operates extensively in the general real estate and insurance business and has nego- tiated many important transactions, about fifty per cent of the business being done in the valuable property of the down town section. The R. H. Carroll Corporation has acquired an extensive and high-class clientele through its clean business methods and occupies a prominent place among the foremost firms of Rochester in its line. Mr. Carroll is a member of the Rochester Real Estate Board, of which he is now the treasurer, and also belongs to the National Real Estate Association.
Mr. Carroll is a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and his political allegiance is given to the republican party. He is a leader in the men's work of the Trinity Lutheran church, where he has taught a Men's Bible class for the past twelve years. His clubs are the Washington, Rochester Automobile and Rochester Ad Clubs, while he also belongs to the Rochester Historical Society and the New York Archaeo- logical Society.
In Rochester, on the 17th of August, 1910, Mr. Carroll was united in marriage to Miss Theresa L. Kosbab, a daughter of August and Amelia Kosbab of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll have a daughter, Ruth Esther, who was born on October 21, 1911, and in addition to her studies in the Rochester public schools she is taking musical train- ing at the Eastman School of Music. For nearly twenty-four years Mr. Carroll has been identified with the business interests of Rochester, and while his activities have brought him substantial success, they have also contributed to the city's growth and development. His residence is at No. 230 Bryan street.
E. PAYSON CLARK.
Rochester is a monument to the aggregate efforts of many business men of vision, initiative and executive force, and with the history of its commercial develop- ment the Clark family is closely associated. The progressive spirit of the family has been inherited by E. Payson Clark, who is ably managing the coal business which owes its existence to his father. Mr. Clark was born August 21, 1890. His great- grandparents were Peter and Roxy (Bouker) Clark, the latter a native of Auburn, New York. Their son, Edward Payson Clark, the grandfather of the present bearer of the name, was born on the family homestead at Conesus, Livingston county, where he followed the occupation of farming. Later he moved to Rochester and engaged in the life insurance business, with which he was connected until his death in 1914. He was married to Miss Aurelia Durbon, who was born in Elmira, New York. They were the parents of Edward H. Clark, who was born in Conesus, August 30, 1869, and who spent the greater part of his life in Rochester. He was an organizer as well as treasurer of the Richardson Corporation and was also interested in several other businesses of the city, including the C. M. Walker Corporation. He founded the E. H. Clark Coal Company, one of the oldest and most reliable firms of this character in the city. In Rochester he was married to Miss Adah May Goodwin, who was born in Henderson, Kentucky, June 18, 1869, and they became the parents of two sons: William H. and E. Payson, of this review. Mr. Clark died November 3, 1922, at the age of fifty-three, and is survived by the mother, who is still a resident of Rochester.
E. Payson Clark supplemented his public school training by study in the Uni- versity of Rochester and then entered the employ of the J. Hungerford Smith Com- pany, manufacturers of syrups for soda fountains. He remained with that corporation for five years, acting as assistant sales manager, and on the expiration of that period embarked in the real estate business. Later he withdrew from that field and became associated with his father in the fuel business, of which he has been general manager since the latter's death, and the mother is also a member of the firm. The company has ever enjoyed an unassailable reputation for integrity and straightforward dealing and in directing the business Mr. Clark displays keen sagacity and administrative power. He is also secretary of the Walker Corporation, of which he is likewise a director.
On the 20th of June, 1913, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Marie Adelaide Whitbeck, of Rochester, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis H. Whitbeck, the former of whom is conducting a large insurance business in this city. Mr. Clark is a member of the Brick church of Rochester and the nature of his recreation is indicated
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by his connection with the Oak Hill Country Club and the Rochester Automobile Club. He is one of the progressive, energetic members of the Chamber of Commerce and loy- ally supports every project destined to prove of benefit to Rochester and its citizens.
HERVEY C. FINCH.
From an early age the life of Hervey C. Finch has been one of unabating in- dustry, and in thoroughness and the mastery of every detail of the duties that have devolved upon him lies the secret of the success which has brought him from a minor position in railroading to the vice presidency of the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company. He was born in Washington, D. C., July 15, 1866, a son of Hervey C. and Mary (Dorman) Finch, and when a boy of twelve he became a wage earner. He was employed in a general store at Flemington, New Jersey, until he reached the age of eighteen and then entered the service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Mr. Finch remained with that company for eleven years, being steadily advanced as his services became of greater value, and in 1895 he became vice president and general manager of the Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Company, which offices he has since filled, with headquarters in Retsof, Livingston county. He has been identified with the road throughout practically the entire period of its existence and his name is inseparably associated with its history. He readily solves the many problems which are con- stantly arising in connection with the management of the business and superior executive ability has enabled him to secure a high degree of efficiency in the operation of the system. The line extends to Caledonia and the company has twenty-seven miles of trackage, serving the Retsof and Sterling salt mines.
On the 7th of October, 1891, Mr. Finch was married to Miss Christiana Capner and they have become the parents of two children: Frank and Grace. The son is a veteran of the World war. He was commissioned a second lieutenant and served overseas with the Coast Artillery. Fraternally Mr. Finch is a Mason and his political support is given to the republican party, while his religious views are in accord with the doctrines of the Presbyterian church. He enjoys the esteem of many friends and fully deserves the honor that is accorded the fortunate individual who has fought and won in the great battle of life.
ROSCOE ARTHUR HAGEN.
One of the well known younger business men of Rochester is Roscoe Arthur Hagen, president of the Star Palace Laundry, which was established by his father more than fifty years ago. He was born July 22, 1880, in Rochester, the only child of his parents, Arthur T. and Emma (Chapman) Hagen. His father is mentioned at length elsewhere in this work. '
In his youthful days Roscoe Arthur Hagen attended Schools Nos. 11 and 14 in this city, later was a student in Bradstreet's preparatory school and then entered the University of Rochester as a special student. A business rather than a profes- sional life appealed to him, so he gave up his university work before graduation to enter the commercial world as an apprentice in the J. S. Graham Machine Shop, where he remained for two years. Mr. Hagen then entered his father's employ to learn the laundry business in the Star Palace Laundry, as in the ordinary course of events the son would succeed his father in the business. The young man began at the bottom. His first work was in the washroom. He studied carefully each successive step of the laundering processes, and by actual performance of the work mastered most of the essential details of the mechanical end of the business. His experience with the J. S. Graham Machine Shop, in which he familiarized himself with laundry machinery, has proven very valuable to him in his later career in the laundry business. Subsequently, of course, he took up the question of business man- agement, so at the time of his father's death in January, 1917, he was well equipped by actual experience to assume the duties of president of the company, which posi- tion he has since filled. The Star Palace Laundry employs about one hundred and twenty-five people, is one of the most up-to-date and completely equipped plants of its kind in the state and has long since been the foremost industry in its line in Rochester. Mr. Hagen has continued the high standards of quality and service
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