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(II) Jacob H., sixth child of Patrick and Katherine (Lane) Dealy, was born July 21, 1872. He was educated at Clintondale and later entered New Paltz normal school, grad- uating in 1891; taught in the Ulster county schools, took a post-graduate course at New
Paltz. In 1893 he entered Cornell University and graduated in class of 1897. He passed the next four years in New York City in the study of law, and taught for a time in the old school No. I, located near the Brook- lyn Bridge. In 1901 he was admitted to the bar of New York state and located at Am- sterdam, New York. He is a Democrat in politics. He entered actively into the political life of Amsterdam, and in 1905 was the suc- cessful Democratic candidate for mayor of the city. In 1897 he was reelected. His term will expire January 1, 1910. Mayor Dealy is a member of the board of trade and the Fort Johnson Club of the city. He married, June 5, 1901, Katherine Emily Corey, born in Ithaca, New York, August 3, 1871 ; she graduated from the Ithaca high school in reg- ular course; later returned and took a post- graduate course. Children: Emily Corey. born January 24, 1904; Alton Corey, July 17, 1905.
(The Corey Line).
This was an early name in Massachusetts. Many of the family have been of prominence in and about Boston for more than two cen- turies. In the early records the name is va- riously spelled Corey, Coree and Couree. Sev- eral of the name were soldiers of the revolu- tion. James Corey, of Groton, Massachu- setts, was killed at the battle of Bunker Hill; Ephraim Corey, of Groton, was a captain in the revolutionary army, as was Timothy, son of Isaac Corey.
The first on record in this country was Giles Corey, who resided with his wife Mar- garet at Salem, Massachusetts, as early as 1649. Their daughter Deliverance was born there in 1658. Margaret Corey died previous to 1664, and on April II of that year Giles Corey married a second wife, Mary Britz. She died in 1684; he married a third wife, Martha, who was admitted to the church in Salem village, April 27, 1690. She was the victim of the terrible witchcraft delusion in Salem and was apprehended in March, 1692, and hanged the following Thursday. In a very short time her husband was also arrested and imprisoned, in April. He was kept in confinement, moved from one jail to another, going to Boston, back again to Salem, and finally, September 19, 1692. was executed in the most horrible manner. He was pressed to death, the only time that barbarous form of execution was ever practiced in Massachu- setts. He was a member of the first church of Salem, from which he was excommunicated the day preceding his death. With such ten- acity did the elders cling to this witchcraft delusion that this sentence was not expunged
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from the church record until twenty years later, and eleven years elapsed before justice was done to the memory of his wife by the Salem village (Danvers) church; though a petition for the relief of his children appears in the Essex records, no mention of their names is found except Martha, who made the petition on behalf of the family, and Deliver- ance, before mentioned. It is likely that there were several sons. Jonathan and Thomas Corey are mentioned as having been in Chelmsford at an early date. The great- grandfather of Katherine E. Corey (Mrs. Dealy) was Archibald, born in Massachu- setts, died 1809. He married Abigail Par- sons.
(II) David P., son of Archibald and Abi- gail (Parsons) Corey, was born in Williams- town, Massachusetts, April 23, 1803, died in Amsterdam, New York, March 18, 1869. He was six years old when his father died. At the age of eighteen he received a certificate entitling him to "teach a school," which he did, in both Salem and Hoosac. He read law in the office of Samuel Stevens, and in 1829 was admitted to the bar of Washington county. Governor Clinton appointed him brigade judge-advocate of New York, Tenth division of militia, and he served until "Gen- eral Training" was deemed not necessary. About 1830 he settled in Amsterdam, then a village of five hundred people. He was ad- mitted to the Montgomery county bar, the state supreme court and entitled to practice in the courts of the United States. Appointed solicitor and later master and examiner in chancery for Montgomery county. He took an active part in promoting the growth and prosperity of the little village. He assisted in getting a public library, and gave it a place in his office, himself acting as librarian. The Literary Society, Agricultural Society, reser- voir project, Temperance Society, all had his support. In 1839 he assisted in the organiza- tion of the Farmers Bank, and illness com- pelling him to give up his practice for a time, he acted as cashier for a year. He was one of the founders of the Female Seminary, trus- tee and secretary for thirty years. When a male department was added the school was known as the Female Seminary and Acad- emy. He served twelve terms as president of the village. He saw the village grow to a town of generous proportions and in all its phases of improvement and development he was a potent factor. He was a well read and capable lawyer, a safe counsellor, the friend of education, temperance and morality. He married, May 14, 1844, Emily, only daughter of Cornelius and Maria (Phillips) Van Der-
veer, of the prominent and influential Van! Derveer family, founded by Cornelius Janse Vander Veer in 1659 at Flatbush, Long Isl- and. Children: 1. Henry, died in childhood. 2. Watts Parsons Corey, a born mechanical genius; when only thirteen he was the in- ventor of a patent regulating steam, called a. link and valve motion, that was adopted by mills and railroads. In 1873 he was in busi- ness with his brother in the manufacture of knit goods. They were the patentees of the "novelty shirt." He had a son, B. Franklin Corey, died January, 1883, aged seventeen years. 3. Barnett Lee.
(III) Barnett Lee, youngest son of David P. and Emily (Van Derveer) Corey, was born in Amsterdam, March 21, 1851, died August 14, 1874. He entered Cornell College as sop- homore, 1869, Union College as junior, 1870, Wabash College, 1871, where he was grad- uated in June, 1872. At the Commencement Day exercises at Wabash he delivered the class "prophecy" and gave an honorary ora- tion. He soon after began the study of law at Indianapolis, Indiana. In 1873 he chine to. Amsterdam to assist his brothers in their man- ufacturing, intending to return to his profes- sion, but death interfered. He married Belle Boys, only child of James Knettles Boys, born at Lansing, New York, May 15, 1817. died April 26, 1870. He was an only child of his- father, who was of the Massachusetts family of Boys, Boice, Boies, Boyce, spelled so many ways on the records that it is impossible to distinguish. There are many of the name carried on revolutionary and 1812 war rolls, but there the same difficulty is encountered. James Knettles Boys married Catherine Ten Brook Minier, who survived him and mar- ried (second) John D. Carpenter. Belle (Boys) Corey survives her husband, and mar- ried (second) Charles E. Robinson, of Ithaca, New York. The only child of Barnett Lee Corey and his wife Belle Boys, was Katherine Emily, now Mrs. Jacob H. Dealy.
(The Minier Line).
The Minier genealogy for three generations from Catherine Ten Brook Minier is:
(I) Abraham, born May 22, 1762, died March 22, 1843; married Mary Collins, born August, 1760, died February 12, 1816.
(II) Sylvester, son of Abraham and Mary (Collins) Minier, was born February 1, 1800, died April 11, 1879 ; married, March 9, 1820, Sarah Emmons, born March 16, 1800, died February II, 1860.
(III) Catherine Ten Brook, daughter of Sylvester and Sarah (Emmons) Minier, was born September 16, 1823, died September 13,
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1894; married, May 19, 1846, James Knettles Boys.
(IV) Belle, daughter of James K. and Catherine Ten Brook (Minier) Boys, married Barnett Lee Corey.
(V) Katherine Emily, daughter of Barnett L. and Belle (Boys) Corey, married Jacob H. Dealy. (See Dealy II.)
CONRAD The province of Alsace (that bone of contention between Germany and France), was, at the birth of Joseph Conrad, as it is now, a part of Germany and under German govern- ment. He emigrated to the United States, and settled in Amsterdam, New York, in 1854, where he worked at his trade of shoemaker. He was four times married, reared a large family, and died at the age of eighty-two. (II) John, son of Joseph Conrad, was born in Keshterholtz, near Schlettstatt, Alsace, Germany, August 24, 1827, died in Amster- dam, New York, March 10, 1892. He grew to manhood in his native province; learned the t1. de of dyer, and married. In 1854, with his wife and one child John, he emigrated to the United States. After a short time spent in New York city, they came to Amsterdam, New York, where, not being able to obtain employment at his trade, he entered a broom factory, where he was employed until his death. The story of his coming to the Uni- ted States and early days at Amsterdam is one of great trial and tribulation. The town was small, Germans were few, hospitality was not extended to the emigrant of any na- tionality, especially a German, and it was dif- ficult, and at first impossible, to even obtain shelter. Their gentle ways, honest, indus- trious habits, soon won them friends and prosperity, and comfort followed, as it always follows the German settler. The Conrads be- came skilled workmen in their lines of work, and from a very humble beginning in the new world became solid, substantial citizens, hon- ored and respected. John Conrad married (first) in Alsace, Lena Brehm, born there about 1830, died in Amsterdam, 1873, daugh- ter of Jacob Brehm, who died in Amsterdam, 1878, aged eighty-two. He married (second) Mrs. Margaret (Coglee) Kingler, born in By- ron, Bavaria, in 1834, who married (first) William Kingler, born in Westphalia, Ger- many ; came to the United States in 1847 ; be- came a broom manufacturer of Amsterdam; died 1872. Mrs. John Conrad survives her husband and resides in Amsterdam. Children, all by first marriage; four surviving, seven died in infancy: I. John (2), born 1852; learned the broom manufacturing business ;
removed to Everett, Massachusetts, where he- is owner and manager of the Conrad Broom Company ; married Mary, daughter of Miles Burke, and has Kittie, Grace, Walter and Earl Conrad; a son William died in infancy. 2. Jacob William, October 9, 1866; a success- ful shoe dealer of Amsterdam; married Eliz- abeth Mattern, born in Oldham, Baden Ba- den, Germany, August 23, 1860, and has- Frank, born August 24, 1898, and Theresa, born August 10, 1899. 3. George H., Octo- ber 9, 1866; learned the trade of plasterer ; in the employ of his brother, Frederick J .; married Mary Kennedy, and has Rosetta, Ed- ward, Magdalena, Gabriel, and George (2). 4. Frederick Joseph; see forward.
(III) Frederick Joseph, son of John and Lena (Brehm) Conrad, was born in Amster- dam, New York, March 19, 1869. At the age of sixteen his school days ended and he was apprenticed to a contractor and builder, with whom he served his full time, thoroughly mastering the builder's trade. At the age of twenty he began contracting, and has success- fully continued that line up to the present time. He has contracted and built over one hundred houses in Amsterdam and acquired considerable real estate of his own. Besides his contracting and building he is largely in- terested in the Guy Park Cement Company of Amsterdam, which he organized for the manufacture of building cement. The com- pany has erected several buildings of their own material, and are thoroughly established in favor. He is a member of the New York State Builders Association. The family are- members of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church. Frederick J. Conrad married, in Troy, New York, Jennie Burns, born at Fish House, Fulton county, New York, of Irish parentage; she was reared and educated in Amsterdam. Children: I. Margaret J., born July 27, 1897. 2. F. Ward, August 9, 1898. 3. Charles B., December 14, 1900.
The present is the second gen-
BELSER eration of the Belser family in Albany, but they descend from an old and influential family in Germany on the paternal side, and from an equally ancient family of Holland on the maternal.
(I) Joseph Belser was born in Messingen. Germany, March 13, 1836. He was well edu- cated in the German schools and in 1852 came- to the United States, settling in New York City, where he remained two years. In 1854 he came to Albany. New York, where he en- gaged in the retail dry goods business. con- tinuing until his death. He married Barbara Klett, of Albany. Children: I. Katherine,.
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married John Wagner; children: Florence, Alfred, Clara, John and Bertha Wagner. 2. Anna, married Jacob Hopp; children: Jos- ·eph, Catherine, Jacob, Frank, Anna and Ber- tha Hopp. 3. Barbara, married George Silk- worth, and has a daughter Marian. 4. Jos- eph (2), see forward. 5. Agnes. 6. Emma, married Rev. M. G. K. Reitz, now a mer- chant in Albany ; children : Earle and Francis.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Barbara (Klett) Belser, was born in Albany, New York, May 4, 1866, died March 22, 1904. He was educated in the public and high schools of that city, and from youth to the date of his death was engaged in the dry goods business. In 1889 he was admitted a partner with his father, continuing until the retirement of the latter. At that time Bar- bara Belser was taken in as a partner and the business continued under the firm name of Belser & Company until her marriage in 1896, when he bought her interests which he continued until his death, and now continued by Mrs. Belser under the firm name of M. E. Belser. He was successful in business and stood high in the business community. He married, June 7, 1898, Mary Elizabeth Holt- slag, of Albany. daughter of Henry J. and Wallinga (Markle) Holtslag, of Holland de- scent. Children: I. Adelaide Viola, born July 29, 1899. 2. Beatrice, born January 19, 190I. 3. Joseph Willard, born November 14, 1902. Mrs. Joseph Belser (Mary Elizabeth Holt- slag) is a granddaughter of Bernard Holt- slag, who was born in Holland about the year 1808, descendant of one of the old and sub- stantial Dutch families. In his youth he was a soldier and fought in the wars of that pe- riod. About 1846 he came to the United States and settled in the city of Amsterdam, later removed to the town of Scotia, Mont- gomery county, finally settling in Albany, where he died in 1873. He married
. Van Scanlanburgh in Holland. Henry Holt- slag, their son, was born in Zietvand, Hol- land, April 3. 1842. He came to the United States with his father when he was about four years old. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and has all his mature years been ·engaged in the gas business, having been em- ployed by one firm, Donald McDonald, as in- spector of metres for over fifty years. He is a lover of music, a fine musician himself, and for many years was a member of the Albany City Band. He married Wallinga Markle. Children : Magdalene ; Bernard, married Cath- erine Higgass ; Mary E., married Joseph Bel- ser ; Laurence; Rose, married Peter Schafer ; Henry; Frederick William, married Mary Housler ; Joseph; Frank and Raymond. Mrs.
Belser survives her husband and resides at 36 South Allen street, Albany, New York.
CUNNINGHAM
About the year 1790
Thomas Cunningham
was born in county Ty- rone, Ireland. He was a descendant of hardy Scotch ancestors who left their native land rather than surrender their religious convic- tions or longer endure the persecutions of those in authority. The family was of the Presbyterian faith for generations preceding his birth and it has since been the family re- ligion. Thomas grew to manhood in his na- tive country, where he married an Irish lass of similar ancestry to his own. . He and his family were prosperous farmers, and as a fam- ily noted for their great size, strength, indus- try and thrift. Some few years after his mar- riage, Thomas Cunningham emigrated to the United States, accompanied by his wife and his children. About 1810 he settled in the town of Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, where he purchased land and erected a house. He had little of this world's goods to begin with in a new country, but his thrift and energy prevailed, and he became one of the substantial men of the town. The first house he built is yet standing. Thomas and his wife were both communicants of the Pres- byterian church, and each lived to be about eighty years of age. They reared a large family, most of whom married and had issue. Among their children were: William, Robert,- Thomas, see forward; Major, who never mar- ried, although he lived to be an old man, Ross, Leonard, Nancy and Margaret.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (1) Cun- ningham, the emigrant, was born in Ireland, died in Glenville, New York in 1873. He was educated in the Glenville schools, and reared a farmer. He was his father's assistant during his younger years and later succeeded him as owner. He was a hardy, industrious man and successful in his undertakings. He followed the example and teachings of his father in both politics and religion, being a Democrat and a Presbyterian. He married, in Schoha- rie county, New York, Barbara Hays, born there in 1814, died in Glenville, in 1876, also of Scotch-Irish parentage. Her parents set- tled in Schoharie county about 1810, coming from Ireland. Their first settlement was near Howe's Cave, and they were also of the Pres- byterian faith, the men of the family being Democrats and farmers. Children of Thomas and Barbara (Hays) Cunningham: I. John, died in Glenville at the age of thirty-nine years. 2. William, born in 1838, now a resi- dent of Schenectady ; married Catherine Han-
Carl Frohuff
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na ; children : Marjorie, married Clifford Van Dyke; James, Carrie, Leonard. 3. Thomas, a retired farmer and a resident of Schenec- tady. 4. Margaret, died unmarried at the age of fifty years. 5. Major, see forward. 6. Barbara, married John Shoudy and left a daughter, Maud, who married a Mr. Bennett and resides in Richfield Springs, New York. 7. Isabella, died unmarried at the age of fifty years. This family of children all embraced the religious faith of their parents and were exemplary members of the Presbyterian church.
(III) Major, fifth child of Thomas (2) and Barbara (Hays) Cunningham, was born on the homestead farm in Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, April 19, 1849. He was educated in the public schools, reared on the farm and after the death of his father suc- ceeded to the ownership. He has spent his entire life engaged in agriculture and has added to the original farm adjoining land un- til he now has a well improved estate of one hundred and sixty acres. He has lived an ac- tive, energetic life, and is rated one of the sub- stantial farmers of the town. He is progres- sive and has always been actively interested in all that pertains to improved conditions in town affairs. He has adhered to the family tradition in church membership and has al- ways been active in the church, belonging to the Freehold Presbyterian Church of Charl- ton, New York. While he has always been independent in local political affairs his party preference in matters of national policy is for the principles of the Democratic party. He married, in Ballston Spa, Saratoga county, New York, Sarah, born in Ballston, 1858, died in Glenville, November 9, 1890, daughter of Ami and Mary (Hoyt) Van Vorst, both na- tives of the Mohawk Valley. Ami Van Vorst settled in Ballston Spa, where he and his wife died at an advanced age, having had children : 1. Lottie Charlotte, married Edward Wheeler, a farmer of Burnt Hills, Saratoga county, New York ; child, Arthur. 2. Charles, a farmer of the town of Ballston; married Harriet Van Buren and has issue. 3. Sarah, married Major Cunningham. 4. Mary Van Vorst, unmarried. Major and Sarah (Van Vorst) Cunningham had children: I. Mabel, born in Glenville, May 18, 1887 ; married Ar- thur Buhrmaster, of Schenectady. · 2. Elmer Leonard, born in Glenville, August 5, 1889; educated in the public schools, reared a farm- er, and now manages the homestead farm of his father ; in connection with general farm- ing he has added a dairy, which is an im- portant feature; he is an attendant of the Presbyterian church and a Democrat in poli-
tics ; he married Sadie Anna Clark, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 27, 1890, daughter of James and Clarissa (Wooding- ton) Clark. James Clark is yet a resident of Philadelphia, where he is connected with the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad. Clarissa (Woodington) Clark died in 1900. Elmer Leonard and Sadie Anna (Clark) Cunning- ham have one son : Leonard Major.
SCHUPP The father and founder of the Schupp family herein consid- ered was Charles Frederick Schupp, of Winter, Würtemberg, Germany. This place had been the family home for many generations. He had brothers who also left the family roof and scattered to different parts of the world. Henry Schupp came to the United States and settled at Indianap- olis, Indiana ; Christian Schupp went to Aus- tralia, where he operates a canning factory ; William Schupp is a carriage manufacturer of Albany; Louis Schupp came to the Uni- ted States, located in Albany, New York, where he established a successful bakery busi- ness, from which he retired in 1891. Three of the daughters came to the United States. Carrie Schupp married Henry Du Bois, and resides in Madison, Wisconsin; Agusta Schupp lived in Albany, unmarried; Anna Schupp married William Bauer, of Albany. The widowed mother of this family came to the United States when she was seventy- nine years of age, dying in Albany at the age of eighty-one.
Charles Frederick (Carl F.) Schupp was born in Winter, Würtemberg, Germany, No- vember 29, 1842, died in Albany, New York, July 11, 1909. He learned the trade of hatter in Germany and became skilled and well known in that trade. In 1866 a large hat man- ufacturing firm of Orange, New Jersey, needed a superintendent for their works. They were placed in communication with Mr. Schupp by a friend who knew of his ability, and induced him to come to Orange. He remained with them until 1885. In that year they sent him to San Francisco, California. to establish a branch factory in that city. He remained in California three years and placed the branch factory on a sound paying basis. He continued in Orange until 1891, when he located in Albany, New York, having pur- chased the bakery and business of his brother, Louis Schupp, the latter retiring in that year with a competency. Charles F. Schupp con- tinued in business at the old stand on Pearl street until 1903, when he moved to 171 Mad- ison avenue, remaining one year. when he moved into a new and modern block, corner
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of Fourth avenue and Clinton street, in which he had built his home and all the requirements of a modern bakery. He had purchased the corner in 1895, but did not built on it until 1903. Here he continued until his death, con- ducting a prosperous business, and since his death the business has been continued by his sons and daughters in the same successful manner. Mr. Schupp was well and favorably known in his community. His life was a manly, upright one, his business integrity un- questioned, while his genial disposition and kindly social nature endeared him to his friends, who were legion. He was interested in the German singing and social societies ; was president for some years of the Eintracht Singing Association, and was a liberal sup- porter and charter member of the German Halle Society. He was a member of the Pres- byterian church, as are his children. Politi- cally he was a Republican. He has often been solicited to accept public office from his num- erous political friends, but always refused, having no political ambition. His home, his business and his societies were all he desired.
He married, in Newark, New Jersey, in 1866, soon after coming to the United States, Magdaline Kupfer, who came on the same ship. They became engaged in Germany and were to have been married there before the American emigration was decided upon. She was born in Waldhut, Germany, daughter of Anthony and Magdaline (Voglesbecker) Kup- fer, natives of Würtemberg. Her father was a prosperous manufacturer of supplies used by the wine makers of the province. Francis, a brother of Mrs. Schupp, came to Newark, New Jersey, where he was in business until his death by accident. Children of Charles Frederick and Magdaline Schupp: born in Orange, New Jersey, are: 1. William L., born March 6, 1872; married Catherine He- senbein ; child, Mildred, born June 9, 1903 : he is one of the proprietors of the bakery be- fore mentioned. 2. Magdaline, born July 24, 1874 ; married Hermann A. Preiss, a chemist of Albany ; children : Magdaline H., born May 17, 1900 ; Adele J., born November 12, 1903. 3. Charles H., born June 6, 1875; married Louise Beyer ; he is also associated with the management of the bakery. 4. Louis, died in infancy. 5. Caroline C., born December 10. 1877 ; associated with her brothers in the ba- kery. 6. Augusta E., born September 27, 1879, a private nurse. 7. Alvine, died in infancy.
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