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Mr. Reichard was married, in Perry, on June 24, 1916, to Miss Elizabeth McDon- ald, daughter of John and Martha McDonald of Perry. Mr. Reichard is a republican in his political affiliations, but has always held quite independent views, rather than adhering to the tenets of his party without any modification. He is a member of the Baptist church and is also identified with the Masonic order. He has never lost his boyhood love of animals and outdoor life. He is fond of the light harness horse and
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has owned a number of excellent animals of that class. In fact, so devoted is Mr. Reichard to his horses that much of his leisure time is spent with them and planning for their care and training.
SCOTT H. PERKY.
Scott H. Perky was born in Denver, Colorado, August 30, 1880, the son of Henry D. and Susanna M. Perky, to whom extended reference is made on another page of this work. He was educated at Cornell University, where he took his master's degree in political science, traveled extensively, and later studied sociology for three years at Columbia University, with the intention of applying his knowledge to writing. He became interested in economic cooperation and in 1916 helped to organize the Coop- erative League of America, of which he was the secretary until 1919. In that year he went to live in the Adirondacks and resume his writing.
Mr. Perky had never been able, however, entirely to set aside the urge to inven- tion, inherited perhaps, from his father, the inventor of shredded wheat, nor the memory of his long association with his father's inventive interests, and after making a number of inventions concerning the cereal food industry, in 1920 he finally per- fected his conception of an ideal whole wheat biscuit cereal, muffets, and he was fortunate enough to be able to devise a satisfactory mechanical process for manu- facturing his product. This resulted in his removal first to New York city and then, in 1923, to Batavia, New York, where a factory was secured and large automatic machinery was designed and installed. At the time of this writing Mr. Perky's enterprise is most promising, for muffets are meeting with a popularity surprising even to the inventor.
Mr. Perky was married in 1919 to Katharine de Selding, and they have a daughter, Susanna Melissa, born in 1920, and a son, Joel de Selding, born in 1924. Mr. Perky has a country home, "Apple Acre," on the eastern edge of Batavia.
WILLIAM HAWKINS COON.
William Hawkins Coon, who has been a successful practicing attorney of Batavia for the past quarter of a century, maintaining his office at No. 53 Main street, is also filling the positions of corresponding secretary of the Holland Purchase Histori- cal Society and first vice president of the Federation of Historical Societies of the Genesee Country. His birth occurred at Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, New York, on the 22d of December, 1875, his parents being James Shields and Harriet May (Hawkins) Coon, both of whom are deceased. The father was also a lawyer by profession.
In the acquirement of an education William H. Coon pursued a high school course in Batavia to the time of his graduation in 1894, while during the following year he was a student in the Rochester Business University. He read law in the offices of Le Seur & Lent at Batavia from 1896 until 1898 and in the years 1899 and 1900 attended the College of Law of Cornell University as a special student in law-not as a candidate for a degree. It was in June, 1899, in Rochester, that Mr. Coon was admitted to the bar at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department. Through the intervening period of twenty-six years he has been actively engaged in law practice in Batavia, where his clientage has assumed extensive proportions and has connected him with considerable important litigation. His fidelity to the interests of his clients is proverbial; yet he never forgets that he owes a higher allegiance to the majesty of the law. Mr. Coon made an excellent record as district attorney of Genesee county, in which capacity he served from 1908 until 1916.
The military record of Mr. Coon covers service in the Sixty-fifth New York Volunteer Regiment, in which he enlisted on the 24th of June, 1898, for military duty in the Spanish-American war and from which he received an honorable dis- charge on the 17th of November following.
In early manhood Mr. Coon was united in marriage to Miss Ida Grace Saile, who died May 5, 1924. Mr. Coon was married May 19, 1925, to Miss E. Julia Kearney, of Bath, New York, and they make their home at No. 2 North street in Batavia. Mr. Coon is a consistent member of the First Baptist church of Batavia, while fra-
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ternally he is identified with the following organizations: Batavia Lodge, F. & A. M .; Batavia Lodge, B. P. O. E., and Batavia Lodge, I. O. O. F. Throughout his life he has taken an active interest in athletics as a player and coach in track and football teams and is also a musician of more than ordinary ability, having for many years been a member of various bands and orchestras and at present a director of the Batavia Festival Orchestra. With a nature that could never be content with medioc- rity, he made every effort to perfect himself in his profession and has firmly estab- lished himself in public regard as an able lawyer and a citizen of worth.
JOHN RAYMOND PHILLIPS.
John Raymond Phillips ably filled the position of secretary of the Batavia Cham- ber of Commerce from the 1st of January, 1922, until his resignation in March, 1924. He was born in Buffalo, New York, on January 4, 1884, his parents being Martin and Ann (Quilty) Phillips. The father, who came to western New York from Massachus- etts about 1870 and departed this life about 1890, devoted his attention to the grain business in Buffalo for many years.
John Raymond Phillips acquired his education in the grammar and high schools of his native city and in the Buffalo State Normal School. As a member of the: United States navy from 1901 until 1905 he saw service in the Philippine Islands during the uprising there and was also in China during the Boxer outbreak. Upon leaving the navy he entered Georgetown University of Washington, D. C., where he continued his studies until 1907. Mr. Phillips then became associated with the Lackawanna Steel Company of Lackawanna, New York, with which he was identified until 1916, receiving a thorough training in the manufacture of steel. After severing his connection with this corporation he filled a position in the income tax division of the United States internal revenue department until 1921, being located in western New York. During the year 1921 Mr. Phillips represented the Mohawk Iron & Steel Company of Buffalo in the dual capacity of secretary and treasurer, and on the 1st. of January, 1922, he accepted the position of secretary of the Batavia Chamber of Commerce. His labors in this connection were attended with excellent results, for he was instrumental in the establishment of the following plants in Batavia: Gipso- lite Wall Board Company, employing about two hundred men; Batavia Iron Works, employing over two hundred men; and the Doehler Die Casting Company, which fur- nishes employment to more than two thousand men and which every city in the western part of New York was anxious to attract. It was largely due to the efforts of Mr. Phillips that the company gave Batavia the preference. In addition to the concerns mentioned Mr. Phillips was responsible for the Minor Shoe Company remaining in Batavia and so effectively convinced the corporation that it should remain that it has built a large addition to its factory and is now employing about six hundred hands.
Mr. Phillips was married in Buffalo to Martha Masters, daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Patterson) Masters of that city. Mr. Phillips is a Catholic in religious faith and has membership in the Batavia Club, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Spanish-American War Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Army and Navy Union and the Buffalo Navy Club, of which he has been the president since 1917. He supports the men and measures of the republican party and takes a normal interest in politics.
HANFORD KENDALL HARDY, M. D.
Dr. Hanford Kendall Hardy is engaged in the practice of medicine in Rushford,. Allegany county, and possesses all of the qualities necessary for success in his chosen profession. He is a native of the village and has always been loyal to its interests. He was born November 7, 1890, and his parents, Lucian E. and Anna (Kendall) Hardy, are highly esteemed residents of this community.
After his graduation from the Rushford high school Hanford Kendall Hardy entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo and won his M. D. degree: in 1916. He served as an interne at the Buffalo General Hospital and the Emer- gency Hospital of that city and there enlisted in the United States army, joining Base Hospital Unit No. 23. He was commissioned a first lieutenant and spent about. twenty months in France. He returned to this country in the spring of 1919 and was discharged with the rank of captain. Dr. Hardy has since followed his profession
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in Rushford and is now enjoying a large practice, while he is also discharging the duties of health officer. He is thoroughly familiar with scientific principles of his profession and through constant reading and close study of the cases that come under his care, is continually enlarging his field of usefulness.
On the 7th of June, 1916, Dr. Hardy was married to Miss Ada Owen of Exonia, Wisconsin, a daughter of the Rev. Hugh and Elizabeth Owen, the former a Presby- terian minister. Dr. and Mrs. Hardy have a daughter: Elizabeth Anne, born on November 1, 1921. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and his political views are in accord with the platform and principles of the republican party. He is identified with the Allegany County and New York State Medical So- cieties and his fraternal relations are with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He subordinates all other interests to the demands of his profession, and inspired by high ideals of service, has already established his position among its able and progressive representatives.
CARL C. ADE.
In professional circles of Rochester and vicinity, Carl C. Ade has rapidly made his way to the front, and the nature and importance of the projects intrusted to his care indicate his standing as an architect and the confidence reposed in his ability. He is a product of the city and was born March 10, 1892, a son of Charles W. and Anna (Schlegel) Ade. For many years they have been residents of Rochester, to which city the father came when a boy of fourteen and the mother as a child of thirteen. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ade, namely: Harry B., Ben- jamin M., George, Anna M., Hilda L., Marguerite and Carl C.
Carl C. Ade obtained his elementary education in Public School No. 14 of Rochester and then entered the Mechanics Institute, which he attended for two years, studying architecture. His first position was that of draftsman for Joseph H. Ober- lies, a well known architect of this city, and he was afterward in the service of F. A. Brockett and Otto Block, former architects. In 1912 Mr. Ade began his independent career as an architect and had just secured a foothold in his profession when the United States entered the World war.
Early in May, 1917, he enlisted in the Engineer Corps of the United States army, and after several months of intensive training at American University, Washington, D. C., was commissioned second lieutenant of engineers and assigned to the Engineer Depot at Washington, D. C., in charge of hospital and warehouse construction. In January, 1918, he was sent to Porto Rico as engineer officer in charge of construc- tion of army cantonment to accommodate forty thousand Porto Rican troops. Upon the completion of this work he was promoted to first lieutenant of engineers and assigned to Camp Travis, Texas, in charge of warehouse and hospital construction. After several months in Texas he was assigned to engineer troops and ordered to a port of embarkation for foreign service. It was while en route that the armistice was signed. After the signing of the armistice he was assigned to Camp A. A. Humphrey, Virginia, until his discharge in January, 1919, after twenty-one months in service.
Upon his return to Rochester he found it necessary to rebuild his business, which has made rapid strides in the past six years, far exceeding his anticipations. He is specializing to a considerable extent in the construction of school buildings, having designed in the past twelve years between twenty-five and thirty. Among the more recent are a four hundred and fifty thousand dollar high school building in Lyons, New York, and a three hundred and fifty thousand dollar high school in Webster, New York. At the present writing he has under construction school build- ings in Newark, Elmgrove, Barnard, Spencerport and Gates, New York. Among his earlier school buildings were the Kodak high school and Stone Road school, which are now a part of the Rochester school system.
In addition to the school buildings Mr. Ade has designed industrial plants for the Shinola Company, Rochester Motors Corporation, Union Tool Company, Harper Laboratories, and numerous others, also salesrooms and garage buildings for the Gallagher Motor Company, Monroe avenue; Fred T. Jensen, East Main street; Iron- dequoit Masonic Temple, St. Paul boulevard; and numerous other buildings were de- signed by him. His work is the expression of a high and enduring art, manifesting splendid adaption to specific needs, combined with beauty in form and design, and has won for him the favorable attention of the general public as well as the appreciation
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of others able to judge from technical and artistic standpoints. Mr. Ade is most conscientious and painstaking in the execution of contracts and his thorough relia- bility has been one of the secrets of his noteworthy success. He also has other busi- ness interests, being a director of the Genesee Housing Corporation, whose offices are situated in the National Bank building.
In Rochester, on the 31st of January, 1918, Mr. Ade was married to Miss Laur- etta J. Bohrer, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William G. Bohrer of this city. Mr. Ade is a member of Doty-Magill Post of the American Legion and also belongs to the Rochester Club, Rochester Ad Club and Kiwanis Club. He is affiliated with the Zion Lutheran church and his professional connections are with the Rochester Society of Architects and the American Institute of Architects. Along fraternal lines he is identified with the Masonic order, belonging to Rochester Lodge, No. 660, F. & A. M .; Ionic Chapter, No. 210, R. A. M., Cyrene Commandery, No. 59, K. T .; Lalla Rookh Grotto, No. 3; and Damascus Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
At the outset of his career he exhibited that spirit of enterprise and devotion to duty that have since been his salient characteristics and his energy and perseverance, reinforced by natural talent for his chosen line of work, have enabled him to accom- plish much for one of his years. Mr. Ade has been a constant student of everything pertaining to his profession and Rochester is indebted to him for some of its choicest ornaments.
HARRY PEASE.
During a residence of almost a quarter of a century in Livonia, Livingston county, New York, years devoted to the practice of law, Harry Pease has gained an enviable reputation as a sound and brilliant practitioner and a reliable adviser on any legal problem submitted to him. His practice is large and general in scope, and he num- bers among his regular clients many of the leading business men and industries of the town. He was born November 30, 1871, in Livonia, the son of Henry C. and Hannah B. (Hoag) Pease, the father having been a farmer all his life in Livingston county and near to Livonia.
Harry Pease was reared on his father's farm and began to acquire his educa- tion in the grade and high schools of Livonia. He made a good record in these and later was given the benefit of a course at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, New York, from which he graduated in 1893. After his graduation Mr. Pease imme- diately began the study of law in the office of W. H. Bowman in Rochester, New York, and after three years of hard application was qualified to pass the necessary examina- tion and was admitted to the bar on November 30, 1896, his twenty-fifth birthday. After his admittance Mr. Pease remained in Rochester and practiced law with Mr. Bowman for one year, at the expiration of which time he opened an office of his own and continued in practice for three years, with results that were most satisfactory. In 1900 he removed to Livonia as offering a more promising field, and has been busily engaged in the practice of his profession in the town ever since. Mr. Pease is counsel for the Bank of Livonia, has been a justice of the peace, and has a general practice that extends into many of the adjoining counties. He is not a member of any clubs or societies, any spare time that he has being passed in study.
Mr. Pease was married on October 11, 1905, to Sila L. Davis, daughter of Joseph N. and Elizabeth Davis of Honeoye, New York. In his political views Mr. Pease is a democrat and takes a deep interest in politics as a citizen, not as an office-seeker. His religious associations are with the Universalist church, of which he is an active mem- ber. He is interested in motoring and in public reading, formerly having devoted much time to the latter and had acquired quite a reputation for his elocutionary abilities, but of late has practically abandoned his activities along that line. Mr. Pease's paternal grandfather, Harry Pease, was the first of the family to settle in Livingston county.
GEORGE B. ROOTH, JR.
Banking institutions have been termed the heart of a commercial body, indicating healthfulness of trade, and it is a well known fact that a substantial bank does more to produce stability in a community than any other institution. In this connection George B. Rooth, Jr., has rendered valuable service to his community, and as presi- dent of the First Trust Company of Wellsville he is ably guiding the destiny of one
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of the strongest financial institutions of Allegany county. He was born in Eldred, McKean county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1883, a son of George B. and Anna (Ber- ryman) Rooth, the former of whom was identified with railway affairs.
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George B. Rooth, Jr., attended grammar school in Austin, Pennsylvania, and completed his studies in one of the high schools of Buffalo, New York. He entered the employ of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railroad, with which he was connected for three and a half years, and in 1905 became a bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Wellsville. In 1917 the institution was taken over by the First Trust Company and on January 1, 1923, Mr. Rooth assumed the duties of president. He is well versed in the details of modern banking and the policy which he has adopted is one which carefully safeguards the interests of depositors and at the same time promotes the success of the institution. He also has other important business interests, being a director of the Pure Carbon Company and the Allegany County Telephone Company, and of the latter corporation he is also treasurer.
Mr. Rooth is a member of the Episcopal church, of which he has been vestryman for the past ten years, and in politics he maintains an independent course, placing the qualifications of a candidate beyond the narrow bounds of partisanship. He is an active worker for the good of his community and has served for the past fifteen years as treasurer of the village. He is a Royal Arch Mason and also belongs to the Rotary Club of Wellsville. His integrity has never been open to question and proven ability has placed him in the responsible office which he now occupies.
THEODORE M. GLEASON.
Theodore M. Gleason of Fillmore, Allegany county, New York, who is now the proprietor of the Fillmore Milling Corporation, has had a life interest in the milling and flour business. Mr. Gleason was born in Cuba, New York, January 8, 1869, the son of Charles M. and Rua A. (Potter) Gleason. His maternal grandfather, Timothy Potter, was a Methodist minister and also a farmer and sawmill operator. The family came from Herkimer county, New York.
Theodore M. Gleason first attended the Belfast district school and then Houghton Seminary. He worked in a grist mill in Belfast from 1888 until 1902 and then ยท moved to Cuba, where he was with another milling company until December 1, 1904. He came to Fillmore, went into partnership with W. L. and W. G. Young, and they erected the mill now owned by the Fillmore Milling Corporation. In 1920 the Fillmore Milling Corporation came into being and the business was purchased by J. H. Winchip, Charles Engle and T. M. Gleason.
Mr. Gleason is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Metho- dist church, and is active in both lodge and religious bodies. He belongs to the Mutual Millers and Feed Dealers Association and the Western New York Millers and Feed Dealers Association. He is a republican in politics.
In 1898 Mr. Gleason was married to Effie Stevens of Belfast, New York, the daughter of Enoch and Margaret (Muldoon) Stevens. Mr. and Mrs. Gleason have two sons: Lynn S., now assistant cashier of the Bank of Fillmore, who married Ruth Wells of Ormel, New York, and they have a daughter, Janis, and Charles S., book- keeper for the Genesee Valley Power Company, who married Evangeline Junker. Theodore M. Gleason has worked hard and learned the milling business in every detail and the people of the community appreciate the service and quality which are standards of the Fillmore Milling Corporation and therefore he enjoys a large trade, ever increasing with the years.
WILLARD D. PRESTON, M. D.
Dr. Willard D. Preston has been an active member of the medical profession in Attica since 1904 with the exception of the period of his service overseas in the World war and is accorded an extensive general practice but makes a specialty of surgical work. His birth occurred at Lincklaen Center, Chenango county, New York, on the 12th of March, 1877, his parents being Arthur M. and Elsie (Woodruff) Pres- ton. The father, who was the capable incumbent in the position of superintendent of schools in Attica for a quarter of a century, is now in the service of the Peerless Automobile Company of Cleveland, Ohio, as auditor.
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Willard D. Preston pursued his education as a student in Colgate Academy of Hamilton, New York, and afterward in Alfred University of this state, being gradu- ated from the latter institution with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1894. His professional training was received in the College of Medicine of the University of Vermont, which conferred upon him the degree of M. D. in 1899. On the 15th of August, 1900, Dr. Preston received a commission as first lieutenant in the medical department of the army and thus served for four years or until discharged on the 9th of March, 1904. It was then that he began the practice of medicine in Attica, where he remained an active and successful representative of the profession until the United States entered the World war. Dr. Preston received a commission as captain in April, 1917, and went overseas in March of the following year as surgeon with the Three Hundred and Fifth Machine Gun Battalion. He was in three major engagements with the Seventy-seventh Division and performed valuable service for the soldiers in his professional capacity until honorably discharged in May, 1919. He then resumed his work in Attica, where he has since been accorded a large gen- eral practice, although he specializes to a considerable extent in surgery. Dr. Pres- ton has been health officer for the towns of Attica and Alexander and surgeon for the Erie Railroad Company. Believing that progress should ever be the watchword of the profession, he keeps in close touch with the advancement that is constantly being made along medical and surgical lines through his membership with the Wyoming County Medical Society, the New York State Medical Society and the American Medical Association.
On the 10th of February, 1906, in Buffalo, New York, Dr. Preston was united in marriage to Miss Mayme Stuby, daughter of Augustus and Mary Stuby of Attica. They have become the parents of two sons: Richard W., who was born on December 7, 1908, and Willard D. Jr., whose natal day was May 9, 1912.
In politics Dr. Preston is a republican and in religious faith an Episcopalian, while fraternally he is identified with the Masons, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is one of the charter members of Harder-O'Donnell Post, No. 734, American Legion, at Attica, and served as first commander of that organization. He also belongs to the Attica Advertising Club. Outdoor sports afford him pleasureable recreation, and as medical director of both the baseball and basketball teams he travels with the players when opportunity per- mits. Dr. Preston has gained high standing in his profession, and while he has chosen as his specific life work a ministry to the physical ills of mankind, he is deeply inter- ested in all that pertains to the development and progress of his community along material, intellectual, political and moral lines.
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