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highest esteem. His numerous official posi- tions have brought him a wide experience which renders him invaluable to the institu- tions he serves.
(VI) De Witt Clinton, sixth child and fifth son of Frederick J. and Sarah (Moore) Moore, was born in Johnstown, New York, May 14, 1856. He received his early educa- tion in the public school, prepared for col- lege at Johnstown Academy and entered Union College, where he was graduated with high honors, class of 1877. He read law with Judge John Stewart and Hon. John M. Car- roll, and was admitted to the bar in 1879, at Saratoga, New York. For six years he was clerk of the Fulton county surrogate's court under Hon. A. D. L. Baker, and one year with Hon. J. Keck. In 1885 he began the private practice of his profession in Johns- town. He stands high in the legal profession, and is the author of several standard law books. At various times he has been con- nected editorially with the county and city press.
MOORE This particular branch of the Moore family in Albany, New York, sprung from the marriage in county Down, Ireland, in the seventeenth century, of a young Englishman by name Moore, and a Scotch lassie named Hamilton, who after their marriage settled in the parish of Dromore, county Down. This was at the time when Ireland in the north was being peopled with religious refugees from Scot- land, Wales, and England. The descendants of this marriage are many and no tabulated genealogical descent can be made. They were good citizens and produced men noted in their communities for intelligence, thrift, and in- tegrity. Generations lived and passed away before we can take up the family about the close of the eighteenth century with Hugh Moore, of the same parish and county as the Englishman Moore of previous mention. He married, and in 1810 sold his possessions in Ireland and started for the United States. But before embarking the health of his wife failed and she prevailed on him not to leave their home. They returned to their native county where they remained until 1840, when with their other children they joined their son, William Moore, in Albany. They set- tled in Albany, Rensselaer county, where Hugh died at the age of ninety-four and his wife at the age of ninety. Children: I. Joseph, entered the military service; was with the English army in Spain, and met his death on the field of battle. 2. James, mar- ried in Ireland and came to the United States
in 1840, with his parents ; he settled on a farm near Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he died leaving issue. 3. Anna, married Thomas Rain, of Rensselaer county ; both deceased, leaving a large family. 4. William, see forward.
(II) William, son of Hugh Moore, was born in 1795. He married in 1821 Jean Campbell, born in county Down, of the Scotch Campbell clan, so famed in the history and song of Scotland. William and Jean Moore carried out the intent of preceding genera- tions, and in the same year of their marriage left Ireland and took passage for Canada, landing in Quebec. From there they contin- ued to Albany, New York, where in 1828 they built a residence on Broad street, South Al- bany, which was thereafter their home. In 1844 William Moore began the business of brick manufacturing, which he continued suc- cessfully until 1859, when he retired and passed the business over to his son, James C. Moore. He died in 1876. Jean (Camp- bell) Moore, born in 1793, died in 1868. The Moores and Campbells both in Ireland and in the United States were followers of the Presbyterian faith. Children of William and Jean (Campbell) Moore, born in Albany : I. William John, born 1826, died 1864; un- married. 2. Margaret Jean, 1828, died 1870; married Henry Babcock, who died in 1874; children : i. Margaret Jean, married John Pat- terson, of Glenmont, Albany county, New York; ii. Joshua, married Anna James; chil- dren : Agnes Madill and Margaret Jean Bab- cock; iii. Elizabeth, married James Hunter ; children : Henry Babcock and Charlotte Hun- ter. 3. James C., 1830, died 1901 ; married (first) Sarah K. Smith, who died in middle life without issue; married (second) Anna Babcock, who survives him, a resident of Albany ; the two children of the second mar- riage are deceased. James C. succeeded to the brick manufacturing business founded by his father, which he conducted until 1901. Since his death the business has been con- ducted by Joshua Babcock, grandson of the founder, who still retains it in the family (1910). 4. Robert H., see forward.
(III) Robert H., youngest son of William and Jean (Campbell) Moore, was born in Al- bany, New York, July 9, 1836, at the original homestead on Broad street, near where his entire life was spent. He was well equipped for life's battle, with a good education ob- tained in the public schools ; the Boy's Acad- demy and Bryant-Stratton Business College. In 1862 he started in the lumber business, with capital furnished by his father and to this he has devoted a successful business life. For several years he had as a partner John
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Zimmerman, deceased, and since his death Mr. Moore has continued the business alone. He has always been active and prominent in pub- lic affairs of the city He is a leading Dem- ocrat of Albany, and in 1870 was elected to the board of aldermen from the city at large. In 1872 he was chosen to represent the second ward of Albany, re-elected in 1874 alderman- at-large and again in 1894. In 1887-88-89 he was county clerk of Albany county. His pub- lic service has been valuable and his oft-re- peated re-elections testify to his high stand- ing with the voters of his party. In 1881 he married, in Albany, Charlotte Hunter, born in county Down, Ireland, 1841, came to the United States at the age of sixteen, but her parents lived and died at their home in Ire- land.
YOUNGLOVE The first Younglove of record is Samuel Young- love, of Ipswich, Massa- chusetts, born in 1605-06, came to America from England in the ship "Hopewell" in 1635 with wife Margaret, born about 1607. Samuel was named in the records "butcher." He and his wife were both living in Ipswich, 1687-88. His estate was inventoried Novem- ber 26, 1689. Samuel Griffin, a grandson, of Gloucester, was appointed administrator February 7, 1722-23, over thirty years after his death, the estate not having been "yet ad- ministered." Children : I. Samuel, born about 1634; see forward; 2. Joseph, married Jane -; resided in Ipswich; he was his parents' support in their old age. 3. John, see forward. 4. James, no family. 5. A daugh- ter, married Griffin, and had a son Samuel, who is the grandson referred to above who administered his grandfather's es- tate ; this is inference.
(II) John, third son of Samuel and Mar- garet Younglove, was born in Ipswich, Mas- sachusetts, about 1638, died in Suffield, June 13, 1690. He is supposed to have removed from Ipswich to Brookfield, and to Hadley, Massachusetts, about 1675. He was a teach- er and a preacher, but whether ordained the records do not state. He married Sarah -, who died January 17, 1710-II. Chil- dren: 1. John. 2. Sarah, married, Septem- ber 25, 1682, John Taylor, and resided in Suffield. 3. Mary, married, December 2, 1689, Thomas Smith, and resided in Suffield. 4. Lydia, married, April 26, 1693, George Gran- ger, and resided in Suffield. 5. Hannah, mar- ried, December 1I, 1695, George Norton, and resided in Suffield. 6. Samuel, born February 10, 1676; married, July 28, 1696, Abilene Hunter. 7. Joseph (see forward). 8. James,
married, October 6, 1701, Hannah Phelps; died in Suffield, 1723.
(III) Joseph, son of John and Sarah Younglove, was born November 26, 1682. He married Anna Terry, born February 1, 1700, and resided in Suffield. Children: Isaiah (see forward), Sarah, Mary, Hannah, Lydia. (IV) Isaiah, only son of Joseph and Anna (Terry) Younglove, was born at Suffield, Connecticut, April 8, 1717, died at Cambridge, New York. He settled in New Jersey, at New Brunswick, where he married. In April, 1772, he chartered a vessel at New Brunswick of Abram Oaky and embarked April 12 with his. forty children and grandchildren, arriving at Albany, New York, in six days; then in a keelboat passed on up the river by the sites of Lansingburg and Troy to the upper river, where they loaded on wagons, going through. the wilderness twenty-six miles to Washing- ton county, New York. There he bought and settled on a tract of eight hundred acres of virgin timber land where later fields were- cleared and houses erected. He lived honored and respected in the town of Cambridge until his death. He married Mary Lucas, who bore him twelve children; four of his sons fought in the revolutionary war, three of them being captured and carried to Canada as pris- oners of war; the sons were prominent in the. early civil government of Cambridge; John was clerk, supervisor nine years, treasurer of the town, adjutant of the Eighteenth regi- ment of militia ; Joseph was supervisor ; Isaiah, (grandson) was fence viewer and appraiser. Children : I. Joseph, born October II, 1741, revolutionary soldier. 2. John B., June 25,. 1743. 3. Elizabeth, July 24, 1745. 4. Mary, December 2, 1747. 5. - April 12, 1750;
revolutionary soldier. 6. Moses, April 23, 1752; revolutionary soldier. 7. David (see forward). 8. Sarah, October 20, 1756. 9. Anna, October 23, 1758. 10. Charity, October 23, 1761. II. Samuel, April 15, 1763; rev- olutionary soldier, one of the guards of Gen- eral Clinton, and engaged in the Hall battle. 12. Marcia, June 26, 1765. Dr. Moses Younglove, then a resident of the eastern part of Columbia county, but later of the city of Hudson, was in the revolutionary service as brigade surgeon under General Herkimer in the Mohawk Valley, and was present at the. battle of Oriskany, where he was made pris- oner by an Indian and received harsh treat- ment during his captivity, as appears from an affidavit made by him some months later be- fore the Albany county committee. Dr. Young- love died January 31, 1829, and is buried at Hudson, New York.
(V) David, fifth son and seventh child of
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Isaiah and Mary (Lucas) Younglove, was born April 8, 1754. He was a private of the Sixteenth regiment Albany county militia, he was afterward a surgeon of Colonel Samuel Campbell's first regiment, Tryon county mi- litia. (Whether these were the same person or not does not appear.) He married (first), 1780, Anna Failing; (second) Nellie Ely Runnells. Children of first marriage: David, died young; Elizabeth, February II, 1782; Isaiah (see forward) ; Mary, June 24, 1785. Children of second marriage: Anna, born 1795; David, 1797.
(VI) Isaiah (2), son of David and Anna (Failing) Younglove, was born August 18, 1783, died December 7, 1843. He was a shoe- maker of Fulton county, New York. He purchased, in 1812, the property in Johnstown, known as "Burke's Inn," on the Plank road, now the fashionable William street. He mar- ried November 4, 1806, Susannah Yanney, born March 2, 1787. Children: Nancy, born May 18, 1809; Henry, November 24, 1811; Elizabeth, November 1, 1813; David, March 20, 1816; Joseph, August 17, 1818; James (see forward) ; Mary, August 29, 1823; John L., September 14, 1826; Margaret, January 31, 1829; Jane, October, 1831.
(VII) James, sixth child of Isaiah (2) and Susannah (Yanney ) Younglove, was the first child born in the "Burke's Inn" prop- erty after its purchase by his father, Isaiah. He was born February 7, 1821, died January 19, 1901. This property was left to David Younglove and by him bequeathed to James, He grew up and was educated in Johnstown. He learned the carpenter's trade and was a contractor and builder. Among the residences he erected in Johnstown was one for himself, built on the upper part of the "Burke's Inn" property. In connection with his building operations he conducted a lumber yard and for many years he was a partner in timber and lumber dealings with John H. Voorhees, of New York City. He was a prosperous, influential citizen. President of the Johns- town National Bank, and officially connected with many other of Johnstown's public and private business enterprises. He was a Re- publican and a Prohibitionist. Trustee of the village ; member of the board of health ; presi- dent of the Cemetery Association, and in- terested in the benevolent and charitable or- ganizations of the city. His religious con- nection was with the Presbyterian church. He married, May 11, 1848, Mary Ann Davies, born in the town of Ephratah, Fulton coun- ty, March 5, 1822, died January 18, 1907, daughter of Thomas and Eleanor (Powers) Davies. She was a devoted mother and a
true helpmeet. Children: I. Annie S., see forward. 2. James I., see forward. 3. Mary Bogert, born November 23, 1855; married R. J. Evans.
(VIII) Annie S., eldest child of James and Mary Ann (Davies) Younglove, was born in Johnstown, New York, April 26, 1849. By inheritance and purchase she has become the sole owner of the old homestead in Johns- town, formerly a part of "Burke's Inn." She is a member of Johnstown Chapter, Daugh- ters of the American Revolution, also the Eclectic and Heli and Literary clubs. She is an active member of the Presbyterian church. She is unmarried.
(VIII) James Isaiah, only son of James and Mary Ann (Davies) Younglove, was born October 13, 1850, died June 13, 1906. His early education was received in the common schools and he prepared for college at Johns- town Academy. He entered Cornell Univer- sity, where he completed his schooling, and then returned to Johnstown where he for many years was a leading lumber dealer. He was first associated with his father; in 1884 the elder Mr. Younglove retired and the son assumed control of his father's interests and continued the business under his own name, conducting a general lumber trade and a fac- tory for the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and general mill work. In 1907 the Younglove Lumber Company was incorpora- ted with his widow, Suzette C. (Riton) Younglove as president. Mr. Younglove had other and varied business interests of im- portance. He was a director of the People's Bank and of the Fonda, Johnstown & Glovers- ville railroad. He was prominent in the Ma- sonic order, belonging to St. Patrick's Lodge, No. 4, Free and Accepted Masons ; Johns- town Chapter, No. 78, Royal Arch Masons; Johnstown Council, No. 72, Royal and Select Masters; Holy Cross Commandery, No. 51, Knights Templar, Gloversville ; Cypress Tem- ple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mys- tic Shrine, of Albany. He was an interested member of the Fulton County Agricultural Association and of Johnstown Historical So- ciety. Through his patriotic ancestry he gained admission to the Sons of the Revolu- tion. He was a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church thirty-six years, holding of- fice at the time of his death. He was in- terested and deeply concerned in every de- partment of Johnstown's activity, and gave all worthy objects hearty support.
He married, October 18, 1882, in Johns- town, Suzette C. Riton, born in that city Feb- ruary 15, 1852, daughter of Joseph Jean Ri- ton, born in Strasburg, France, in 1825, and
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educated in that city. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in Johnstown, New York, where he was a glove cutter and manu- facturer until his death in 1867. In 1850 he married Eugenie Agatha Bertrand, born in Millau, in the southern part of France. They were the parents of seven children: I. Suzette C., married James I. Younglove, whom she survives ; resident of Johnstown ; president of the Younglove Lumber Company, a woman of culture and ability. 2. Victor Andre, mar- ried Fannie Brooks Miller ; children : Eugene and Josephine Miller. 3. Caroline, died 1861. 4. Lucian, died 1865. 5. Charles Joseph, a glove manufacturer of Johnstown. 6. Eugene, associated with his brother in business. 7. Josephine, married Oliver Murray Edwards, of Syracuse, New York; children: Joseph Jean, Eleazer Wells, Amy Murray, Harold, Oliver M. and. Louise. Children of James I. and Suzette C. (Riton) Younglove : I. William Joseph, born January 1, 1884; a wholesale lumber dealer. 2. Charles Victor, born May 11, 1886, died October 13, 1886. 3. David, born May 9, 1889; student at Cornell University, class of 1912. 4. Joseph Riton, born July 5, 1893; student at Johnstown high school, class of 1911.
YOUNGLOVE (II) Rev. John, son of Samuel (q. v.) and Mar- garet Younglove, died in Suffield, Massachusetts, June 30, 1690. He is believed to have removed from Ips- wich to Brookfield, and to Hadley about 1675. He was a teacher and a preach- er; it is not certain that he was ever ordained. He did not seem to get along well with his congregations for reasons unknown. He married Sarah ,who died January 17, 1710-II. Children : John, Sarah, Mary, Lydia, Hannah, Samuel, Joseph and James.
(III) Which one of the sons of Rev. John Younglove was the father of John of the fourth generation cannot be determined, al- though a great deal of effort has been made by genealogists to ascertain. James, Joseph and Samuel married and had families.
(IV) John (2), grandson of Rev. John (1) Younglove, died March 21, 1753. He married and had issue.
(V) John (3), son of John (2) Young- love, born 1728, died 1768. He married and had issue.
(VI) John (4), son of John (3) Young- love, born December 11, 1756, died 1845. He married Thankful Copeland and had thirteen children.
(VII) Daniel Copeland, son of John (4) Younglove, was born 1791, died 1867. He
married, February 17, 1814, Elizabeth Stim- son at Edinburg, New York, born in Water- vliet, Albany county, New York, January 30, 1793, died at Fabius, New York, November, 1850. Children: 1. Truman Giles, born at Edinburg, New York, October 31, 1815, died September 17, 1882; he was an attorney and civil engineer, having qualified by regular courses for both professions ; his monument in Cohoes is the great dam and elaborate system of canals that gives to that city its unrivaled water power; he was for many years in charge of construction on this great work; he became head of the water power company and constructed a pulp mill at Co- hoes; he was a member of the New York state legislature and elected speaker of the house; was an incorporator of the Cohoes Savings Institution and the first treasurer, also director of the First National Bank of Co- hoes, from its organization to his death; he married (first) Elizabeth MacMartin, Janu- ary 7, 1841 ; (second) Jane MacMartin, No- vember 4, 1850. 2. Mores, see forward. 3. John Orlando. 4. Samuel Abner. 5. David Earl. 6. Mary Jane.
. (VIII) Mores, second son of David Cope- land and Elizabeth (Stimson) Younglove, was born in Edinburg, New York, August 8, 1818, died at Cohoes, New York, March 22, 1882. He was educated in the public schools, and entered active business life when com- paratively a young man as a dry goods mer- chant at Chicopee, Massachusetts. About the year 1865 he removed to Cohoes, where he established a lucrative coal and wood bus- iness that he continued until his death. Dur- ing his entire residence in Cohoes he was active and prominent in public affairs, pro- gressive and public-spirited, and did a great deal for the public welfare. He was one of the organizers of the present form of city government, and was elected one of the first board of aldermen, serving on the school com- mission for several years. Always an ardent Republican, he was the recognized leader of the party in Cohoes and probably the best known and most popular man in the city. His genial, friendly nature drew men to him, and his loyalty to his friends was proverbial. Out- side his private business, he was interested in many of the other industries and companies of Cohoes. He was a member with his wife of the Dutch Reformed church and a liberal supporter of not only his own, but all re- ligious and charitable organizations. He was a member of the Masonic order, being a char- ter member of Springfield Lodge.
He married Mary Humphreys, of Chico- pee, Massachusetts, born in England, July
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20, 1822, came to the United States when a ' wife in Albany, who bore him a son John- child, died at Cohoes, New York, September 22, 1892. She was a daughter of John and Sarah (Jones) Humphreys, of Wales. John Humphreys emigrated to the United States, settled at Chicopee, Massachusetts, where he became a leading contractor and builder. He married Mary Jones before his coming to the United States, settling in Chicopee about 1823. They were the parents of six children. Mary (Humphreys) Younglove survived her husband ten years, and during that period ably conducted the business established by Moses Younglove. She was a capable bus- iness woman, possessed of every womanly vir- tue and greatly beloved. Children : I. A child died in infancy. 2. Frances L., see for- ward. 3. Edward Stimson, now of Tacoma, ' Washington; he was educated at Grey Lock Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he was graduated; entered Union University at Schenectady, New York, but owing to ill health did not graduate; he left college and settled in the far northwest; is unmarried.
(IX) Frances L., eldest and only daugh- ter of Mores and Mary (Humphreys) Young- love, was educated at the Emma Willard School, Troy, New York, and after the death of her mother, became the managing head of the business in Cohoes, established by her father. Her hours of recreation and vacation she spends in travel. After having visited all parts of her own land with its wondrous, marvelous beauties, she went abroad, and in 1909 toured Europe, visiting the important cities and places of interest. She is an active member of Dutch Reformed church of Co- hoes, and for many years taught in the Sunday school. Her business capacity is of the high- est order and under her management the enterprise committed to her care has grown and prospered.
KRANK The founder of the Krank fam- ily in Albany was Lawrence Krank, born in Tauber, Bischof- fenheim, Germany. He was of a good Ger- man family of that province. His business was that of a wholesale wine merchant. He married a native of his province in Ger- many, who died in middle life, leaving four sons. In 1846, after the death of his wife, Lawrence Krank with his four boys took pas- sage from Bremen for the United States, ar- riving in New York harbor ninety days later, the vessel getting off her course in the se- vere storms encountered. He did not long remain in New York but soon located in Al- bany, where he engaged in the same busi- ness as in Germany. He married a second
mother and son both deceased. Lawrence Krank lived to the great age of ninety-nine. years and nine months, his death being caused by the excitement of an entertainment given in his honor as a prelude to a grand celebra- tion planned to be given on his one hun- dredth birthday. He had retired from bus- iness many years before and was well known to every German in the city. His was a genial, charitable nature, kindly and consid- erate, yet considered a stern man of bus- iness. Children: I. Colonel George, see for- ward. 2. Joseph, a musician and composer of high local fame. He was bandmaster in Albany for many years, and served in that capacity with the band of the Forty- fourth Regiment New York Volunteers, Col- onel Ellsworth, during the civil war. After returning from the army he 'settled in Roch- ester, New York, where he was leader of a band for some time, afterward associating with a Rochester dry goods house, where he remained for twenty years. He died in Al- bany while on a visit there, at the age of sev- enty-six years. He married, but had no is- sue. 3. Nicholas, removed to Albion, New York, where he was in business ; married Ga- retta Bacon, who survives him, a resident of Albion. 4. August, a molder with the Perry Foundry Company for many years; he re- moved to Rochester, where he died in 1906. He married and left children: Adam, Au- gust and a daughter Mary, who all married and reared families.
(II) Colonel George Krank, eldest son of Lawrence Krank, was born in Germany, in 1829. He was seventeen years of age when his father and four sons settled in Al- bany. He learned the trade of baker, at which he became very proficient, especially in the compounding and baking of fancy cake. He engaged in some other lines as well. He or- ganized the first band in the city of Albany and was the leader for many years. He was very proud of his brother Joseph's skill in composition and made a specialty of his music. He organized and conducted an entertainment business which continued to furnish music for Albany gatherings for many years. When the call for troops came from President Lin- coln he responded with the same promptness as a native born son. He gave his business interests in charge of his wife, organized Company K of the Seventh Regiment New York Artillery, and went to the front, serv- ing as a non-commissioned officer. His term of enlistment expired, and Angust 14, 1862, he re-enlisted in Colonel Ellsworth's regiment as senior second lieutenant, served nearly
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