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Mr. Taylor was formerly identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, joining the organization while operating in the oil fields in Findlay, Ohio, 1898-1906. He is a member of the Episcopal church and casts his ballot for the candidates of the democratic party. He is a man of high personal standing, of marked business ability and enterprise, and the sterling worth of his character is attested by all with whom he has been associated.
FREDERICK N. C. JERAULD, M. D., F. A. C. S.
Intensive study, broad experience and a natural aptitude for his chosen vocation have brought Dr. Frederick N. C. Jerauld to a position of prominence in medical circles of Niagara Falls, his native city, and his services as a surgeon have been of great value to the community. He was born February 3, 1871, and his parents were Dexter Ray and Harriet Cornelia (Dunlap) Jerauld, the former a native of Bennington, Vermont, and the latter of Connecticut. They were married in Niagara Falls and three children were born to them, two daughters and a son, Frederick N. C. being the youngest member of the family. The father came to this city in 1838, when a young man, and embarked in the dry goods business, subsequently becoming manager of the Cataract House, which he operated in association with a partner.
In the acquirement of an education Frederick N. C. Jerauld attended the public schools of Niagara Falls and the De Vaux College of this city, afterward entering the University of New York, which in 1893 awarded him the M. D. degree. This was followed by postgraduate work in Vienna, Berlin and London and in 1895 he opened an office in New York city, in which he resided for three years. He spent the period from 1898 until 1903 in Alaska, traveling throughout that country, and in 1903 re- turned to Niagara Falls, where he has since made his home. He is the only specialist in industrial surgery in the city and his professional services are retained by the Niagara Falls Power Company and other large corporations operating in this district. Dr. Jerauld is a skillful surgeon and utilizes every opportunity to keep himself up to the highest standard of efficiency in practice. In April, 1917, when our country entered the World war, he joined the United States Medical Corps and in January, 1918, he was sent overseas, returning to America in February, 1919. He was com- missioned a captain and rose to the rank of major. He was with the British troops from January, 1918, until August of that year and was then transferred to the United States forces in France. He was assigned to duty at the base hospitals at Chateau Reau and at Orleans, France, and after the armistice was signed he was sent to Savigny, in that country. After his return to the United States he was placed in charge of the orthopedic unit at Camp Lee, Virginia, and was there stationed until released from military duty.
In Buffalo, New York, on May 7, 1901, Dr. Jerauld was married to Miss May
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Huddleston, a native of St. Paul, Minnesota, and a daughter of Thomas Huddleston of Buffalo. She comes of English ancestry and the family is related to that of Presi- dent Cleveland. They have become the parents of two children: May Ruth, the wife of Paul H. Taylor, who is connected with the Mason-Hamlin Piano Company and resides in Boston, Massachusetts; and Frederick N. C., Jr., who is a member of the senior class of the DeWitt Clinton School at Newton, Massachusetts.
Dr. Jerauld is identified with the Masonic order and conforms his life to the teach- ings of the Episcopal church. As health officer he worked effectively in behalf of his fellow citizens and for six years was the incumbent in that position, serving from 1905 until 1910, inclusive. He is a member of the Niagara County Medical Society and has been honored with a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons. He has attained high standing in his profession and his life is devoted to the good of hu- manity.
LEMAR M. ANDREWS, M. D.
Leadership in the practice of medicine in Warsaw, Wyoming county, New York, is rightfully accorded Dr. Lemar M. Andrews, not because of his large practice, or years of service in the community, but because he has made continuous progress as a representative of the medical fraternity, and is still closely in touch with that onward movement which is bringing the practice of medicine to higher standards. Dr. Andrews' fame is based upon his carefulness in the diagnosis of a case and his correctness in applying remedial agencies to the needs of his patients. He was born in Warsaw, May 7, 1871, the son of Albert A. and Delia H. (Keeney) Andrews. His father was a jewelry merchant, who passed most of his life in Warsaw and died there in November, 1916. Dr. Andrews' grandfather was the first of the family to locate in Warsaw, about 1835, and the Doctor is the only descendant of the family left. On the maternal side, Dr. Andrews is the descendant of Amos Keeney, who was the second settler in Warsaw in 1803.
During his boyhood the education of Lemar M. Andrews was gained in the grade and high schools of Warsaw, and his professional studies were pursued at the Cleve- land University, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. and from which he was graduated in the class of 1896. The same year he began the practice of medicine in Pike, New York, and remained there until 1902, when he moved to Warsaw, opened an office, and has here practiced continuously since until the present time, and has a large general practice. Dr. Andrews has had two years of postgraduate work, one in the University of Buffalo, at Buffalo, New York, and one in the Post graduate Hos- pital in New York city. He is a member of the Wyoming County, the New York State and the American Medical Associations. In addition to his private practice Dr. Andrews has been health officer for the towns of Warsaw and Middlebury for about twelve years.
Dr. Andrews was married on April 12, 1899, to Mary A. Lorish, daughter of Judge A. J. and Mary S. (Williams) Lorish of Warsaw, where the former was on the bench for a number of years. Two children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Andrews: Donald L., born in November, 1900, is a student at Syracuse University, New York, member of the class of 1925; and Lois C., born in April, 1907, is a pupil in Geneseo Nor- mal School. Dr. Andrews is a republican in his political views, fraternally is a member of the Masonic order, being a thirty-second degree Mason, and in his religious con- victions he is a member of the First Congregational church of Warsaw. His three interests are motoring, outdoor life and his profession.
HARRY THOMAS PERFIELD.
One of the best known and most highly regarded among the younger bankers of western New York is Harry Thomas Perfield, cashier and director of the Bank of Genesee in Batavia. He was born in Batavia, Genesee county, New York, on the 1st of October, 1887, his parents being Thomas J. and Mary J. (Boucher) Perfield. His paternal grandfather, Patrick J. Perfield, who was the first representative of the family in the Genesee country, came from Pennsylvania about the year 1840 and here spent the remainder of his life. Thomas J. Perfield, the father of Harry T. Perfield, was proprietor of a hotel in Batavia for more than thirty-five years and enjoyed an extensive acquaintance throughout the community, which mourned the
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loss of a substantial and respected citizen when he passed away on the 6th of May, 1910.
Harry Thomas Perfield obtained his early education in the grade and high schools of his native city and acquired his more advanced intellectual training in Niagara University, while subsequently he pursued a course of study in the Rochester Business Institute. Following his graduation therefrom in 1908 he entered the employ of the Genesee County Loan Association, with which he continued as clerk for two years. On the expiration of that period he secured a clerical position in the Bank of Batavia, with which institution he remained for twelve years, winning promotion as he demon- strated his ability and fidelity in the discharge of the duties entrusted to him. It was in 1922 that Mr. Perfield assumed the cashiership of the Bank of Genesee, in which capacity he has remained, his efforts contributing in no small measure to the growth and success of this strong financial institution.
On the 24th of July, 1913, in Batavia, New York, Mr. Perfield was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Murphy, daughter of Martin and Ellen Murphy of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Perfield have one child, Rosemary C., who was born on the 10th of May, 1914, and is now attending St. Joseph's parochial school in Batavia.
Mr. Perfield gives his political support to the republican party and is actively interested in local affairs of a public nature. He has membership in the Chamber of Commerce and the Batavia Club, while fraternally he is identified with the Benevo- lent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Columbus. He is also a communicant of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic church and enjoys the friendship and high esteem of those with whom he has come into contact in the varied relations of life. Aside from his activities in the field of banking he is an enthusiastic participant in the work of civic improvement. Outdoor sports afford him pleasurable recreation when leisure permits.
MAX HENRY ELBE.
Among the influential and prosperous business men of Niagara Falls is numbered Max Henry Elbe, the proprietor of one of the oldest and best known jewelry stores in the city, and his name also figures prominently in connection with real estate opera- tions. He was born September 17, 1871, and is one of the city's loyal and enterprising sons. His parents were Henry and Jennie (Goldsmith) Elbe, the latter of whom was born in Eisenstadt, Austria, January 14, 1849, and came of a family whose members were noted for their scholarly attainments, winning distinction as clergymen and as educators. The mother came to the United States about 1866 and was married on December 5, 1869, at her brother's home in New York city. The father was born in Hamburg, Germany, November 4, 1841, and the name is a corruption of Alva or Alba. The family is of Portuguese origin and according to the ancestral records one of its representatives was a sailor on the vessel on which Columbus made his voyage of discovery to America. A branch of the family emigrated to northern Germany about 1492, settling near the River Elbe, at which time the name was changed to its present form.
Henry Elbe migrated to England in 1854 and entered the service of the British Merchant Marine, with which he was connected for several years. He qualified as outer channel pilot and was with Livingston in Africa. At the outbreak of the Civil war he was owner and master of a ship out of New Orleans, Louisiana. He was ยท impressed into the Confederate service and his vessel was sunk in an engagement with Federal gunboats. He rendered gallant service in the Confederate navy and was cited for bravery in extinguishing a fire in a magazine. He was severely wounded during the battle of Shiloh and captured by the Union forces. He was paroled from Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and there became a citizen of the United States. Coming to Niagara Falls, he purchased the jewelry store of Joseph B. Meyers, who had acquired the business in 1855. It was founded in 1845 by Thomas Brown, and in 1864 Mr. Elbe became owner of the establishment, which he conducted successfully for twenty- three years, acquiring an enviable reputation for honorable, straightforward dealing.
His son, Max Henry Elbe, received a public school education and was first employed in the clothing store of Elbe & Amberg, of which his father was one of the proprietors, his partner being the late Max Amberg. In 1887 he took over his father's jewelry store, which has since been conducted under the name of Max H. Elbe, and for sixty years the business has been operated by members of the family. He carries a large and well selected stock of domestic and imported goods, handling everything in the jewelry line that is novel, attractive and beautiful in color, design and work-
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manship. He caters to a discriminating class of patrons and his thorough knowledge of the business enables him correctly to gauge their requirements. He is also secre- tary-treasurer of the Elbe Realty Company, a close corporation, owning, buying, selling and renting real estate. Bessie E. Owens of New York city is president, and Sigmund G. Elbe of Denver, Colorado, was vice president until his death on December 17, 1924. The former is a sister and the latter was a brother of Max Henry Elbe of this review. Mr. Elbe owns much valuable property and is recognized as an astute, far-sighted business man, of ripe experience and unerring judgment.
For twenty-six years Mr. Elbe has been a member of the New York National Guard, which he joined September 10, 1892, becoming a private in the Forty-second Separate Company, and a corporal on March 16, 1897. He was made a sergeant of Company E, Third New York Volunteer Infantry, May 1, 1898, and served in the Spanish-American war from May 17 until December 6 of that year. He became first sergeant of Company E, First Battalion, February 18, 1901; first lieutenant inspector, Small Arms Practice, First Battalion, Third Infantry, New York National Guard, March 27, 1902; first lieutenant adjutant on March 1, 1906; and captain adjutant of the Third Regiment, July 15, 1912. He received his full and honorable discharge March 17, 1913, and after the United States entered the World war he reenlisted, becoming first lieutenant of Company E, Seventy-fourth Infantry, New York National Guard, on November 7, 1917, and captain of that company on December 6 of that year. He served as captain of Company L, of the Seventy-fourth Infantry, in 1918, and since December 7, 1920, has been major of the One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Infantry, with headquarters at Niagara Falls. He rose from the ranks through merit and devotion to duty, and on May 28, 1923, was decorated in recognition of twenty- five years of faithful service. During the World war Major Elbe was chairman of the Home Service and Civilian Relief sections of the Red Cross for western New York. With the assistance of Eugene Girard, who was the originator of the plan, he formed the Associated War Relief committee, which established the first war chest in the country. He was chairman of the committee of ten, who collected and disbursed nearly a million dollars in two years during the progress of the war at an expense of less than three per cent and furnished every dollar of war relief for all agencies. During the existence of the committee no other appeals were made to the people of this city for any war relief purpose, and the work performed by its members was of great value and importance.
In Buffalo, New York, October 15, 1906, Mr. Elbe was married to Mrs. Bell Rosenberg Ullman, a daughter of George and Rose (Rothschild) Rosenberg, the latter of whom was born in Syracuse, this state, September 1, 1843. The father was born in Stuttgart, Germany, November 4, 1841, and became one of the founders of the Fashion Park Clothing Company of Rochester, New York. At the outbreak of the Civil war he offered his aid to the Union, joining the Thirteenth New York Volunteer Infantry, of which he was made a sergeant. He was captured by Confederate troops during the battle of Bull Run and was confined in Libby prison until paroled. The hardships and privations which he was forced to endure during that period destroyed his health and resulted in his death at the age of forty-nine years.
Mr. Elbe is vice president of Temple Beth El and his political support is given to the republican party. He is a member of the Army and Navy Clubs of New York and Buffalo and is also identified with several fraternal organizations. He is a patriotic, public-spirited citizen whose influence upon the life of his community has been of the highest order, and an exemplary character has won for him the unqualified esteem of his fellowmen.
FRED HOOKER GORDON.
Fred Hooker Gordon, vice president and treasurer of the Yates Coal Company of Rochester, occupies a prominent position in the wholesale and retail coal trade circles of western New York. He was born in Brockport, New York, April 9, 1881, a son of George C. and Ida May (Hooker) Gordon, and comes from a family that for con- siderably more than a century has been prominently identified with the development of this part of the state. Luther Gordon, the grandfather of Fred H. Gordon, was one of the outstanding figures in the lumber business, industrial and banking circles of Brockport and western New York, and his only son, George C., was equally prominent in the banking and business circles of Brockport, being at the time of his death on August 25, 1898, president of the First National Bank of Brockport, presi-
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dent of the Brockport Loan & Building Association and a trustee of the Fidelity Trust Company of Buffalo.
Fred Hooker Gordon was reared in Brockport and received his more advanced education at the State Normal School, of which he is a graduate, and at Phillips Academy of Andover, Massachusetts, where he completed a scientific course with the class of 1902. He began his business career in the First National Bank at Brockport and soon displayed natural aptitude as a banker. He was serving as vice president of that institution when he resigned in 1910 to become an official of the Yates Coal Company, one of the largest and most important companies in its line of business in western New York. In taking up his work with this company Mr. Gordon readily evinced a familiarity and ability that have carried him forward to a position of prominence in coal trade circles and at the same time been a contributing factor to the growth and prestige of the company.
On February 3, 1906, Mr. Gordon was married to Miss Florence De Moss Robin- son, a daughter of Lucius W. and Ruth (De Moss) Robinson and a member of a prominent Rochester family. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon have two sons, both of whom were born in Brockport: Fred Hooker, Jr., born June 23, 1909; and Lucius Robinson, born July 25, 1912. Appreciative of the social amenities of life, Mr. Gordon is well known in club circles, being a member of the Rochester Club, the Genesee Valley Club, the Rochester Country Club, the Rochester Yacht Club and the Automobile Club of Rochester. He is also a member of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, while his religious affiliations are with the Episcopal church. Mr. Gordon is regarded not only as one of Rochester's strong and able business men, but also an excellent type of her best citizenship.
WILLIAM S. GOUINLOCK.
William S. Gouinlock is an active and successful representative of industrial interests in Batavia as president of the Climax Corporation, manufacturers of struc- tural steel, ensilage cutters and other implements. He was born in Seaforth, Ontario, Canada, on the 14th of November, 1881, a son of William C. and Margaret (Strachan) Gouinlock. The father practiced medicine in the city of New York for a time prior to his removal to Seaforth, Ontario, where he resided for a number of years and engaged in business as a salt manufacturer until 1882. In that year he made his way to Warsaw, Wyoming county, New York, where he spent the remainder of his life and became an active and prominent figure in business affairs. He continued in the manufacture of salt until 1898, when he sold his interests to the National Salt Company, of which he became one of the officers. It was in 1901 that he organized the Warsaw-Wilkinson Company for the manufacture of ensilage cutters, in the conduct of which concern he continued active to the time of his death, and he was also officially identified with the Brown Knitting Company and the Warsaw Button Company. Wil- liam C. Gouinlock was likewise the organizer of the Rock Glen Salt Company of Rock Glen, New York. In his demise, which occurred in 1914, the city of Warsaw sustained the loss of one of its foremost business men and highly respected citizens.
In the acquirement of an education William S. Gouinlock attended the grammar and high schools of Warsaw and subsequently continued his studies in the Massachu- setts Institute of Technology at Boston, from which he was graduated in 1905. After putting aside his textbooks he became connected with the Warsaw-Wilkinson Com- pany, in the service of which concern he filled various positions until 1920. In 1910, with his father, he organized the Batavia Machine Company, which Business, later operated by William S. and Harold Gouinlock, was merged in 1920 with the Warsaw- Wilkinson Company, under the name of the Climax Corporation, of which William S. Gouinlock has since remained at the head. The concern furnishes employment to more than one hundred men in the manufacture of ensilage cutters, and ships its product to every part of the United States.
On the 7th of November, 1910, in Warsaw, New York, Mr. Gouinlock was married to Inez A. Linzy, daughter of Albert J. Linzy of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Gouinlock have become the parents of two children: George, who was born on the 15th of September, 1913; and Margaret, whose natal day was July 29, 1919. Mr. Gouinlock is a stanch republican in politics and has membership in the Chamber of Commerce. He also belongs to the Stafford Country Club and is very fond of golf and other out- door diversions. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the First Presbyterian church and he is also a worthy exemplar of the teachings and purposes
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of the Masonic fraternity, as an adherent of which he has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Mr. Gouinlock has used his time wisely and well since starting out in the business world and his enterprise and energy have brought him prominently to the front as a prosperous manufacturer of Batavia.
RILEY ALLEN.
Riley Allen, a pioneer in the development of the oil fields of Allegany county, has been a leading operator for the past forty-three years and now has holdings in every oil field in the United States. He is also prominent as a dairyman and farmer of Al- lentown, a village which he laid out and plotted in 1881. He was born in the town of Wirt, Allegany county, New York, on the 18th of November, 1847, his parents being Clinton DeWitt and Susan (Russell) Allen, the former a native of Monroe county, this state.
Clinton DeWitt Allen came to Allegany county in the '40s and purchased from the Holland Land Company a tract of land in Wirt, later moving to Alma, where he died when Riley Allen was about fifteen years of age, and he was the eldest of his father's family of seven children, one son and six daughters. Young Riley was thus compelled very early to assume heavy responsibilities, and developed a strong reliance that has been a factor in his business success. He was denied the educational ad- vantages he craved, his schooling being limited, but being a man of unusual native ability he has acquired a most valuable practical education, attaining through his efforts a most enviable success.
Riley Allen attended the district schools in the acquirement of an education and when still quite young engaged in lumbering in the town of Scio, Allegany county, and in the forests of Pennsylvania. He was among the first to undertake the work of oil development in his native county, being a partner of O. P. Taylor, who here discovered oil and drilled the first well. The firm of Allen & Taylor drilled its first well at Sawyer Station, which was later known as Allentown. Mr. Allen was also a member of the company that began drilling the first well in Richburg, on the 28th of April, 1881, and has been a leading operator through the intervening years to the present, now having holdings in nearly every oil field of the country. In 1897 his wells in Allegany county and others fully numbered over six hundred. In many states he has personally drilled for oil. In addition to his activity as an oil producer he con- ducts farming and dairying operations in Allentown, where he built and owns the cheese factory. He is also a director of the First Trust Company of Wellsville, New York, a stockholder in various local and outside concerns and serves as treasurer of the Wellsville Fair Association. Mr. Allen is an honorary member of the New York State Oil Producers Association. His interests are thus varied and of important char- acter and his sound judgment and excellent business ability have constituted valuable elements in the successful control of various enterprises.
Mr. Allen enjoys the distinction of being one of the oldest Masons in Allegany county and became a Noble of Ismailia Shrine at Buffalo in 1888. Seven years later he attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. He is also identified with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks in Bradford, Pennsylvania. His political support is given to the republican party where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections he casts an independent ballot. Mr. Allen has always been much in- terested in and liberal toward all objects he deems deserving of his aid, and recalling his own lack of opportunity for education, he has ever taken a deep interest in the Allentown public schools, which have been benefited by his personal efforts and liberal- ity, and for many years he served on the board of trustees. Allegany county has long numbered him among her most highly respected and prosperous native sons.
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