Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 100

Author: Parker, Amasa Junius, 1843-1938, ed
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1374

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wholesale drug firm of Fonda & Bagley, the founders of the business being Thomas and Joseph Russell, who were succeeded by a Mr. Pulling, who was followed by J. HI. McClure & Co., whom Fonda & Bagley bought out. During all these changes the business has been located at Nos. 70-72 State street and No. 13 Norton street and is the oldest of the kind in the city. In 1877 Mr. Fonda became sole proprietor and in 1879 he formed the firm of D. H. Fonda & Co., by admitting Henry R. Wright and William B. French. In 1889 the Douw H. Fonda Drug Company was incorpor- ated and since then Mr. Fonda has been its president. He is a member of Temple Lodge No. 14, F. & A. M., and has served as school commissioner two terms. He married first at Canajoharie, Mary A. French, and after her death he married Ellen A. Barker of Barry, Vt.

Lochner, Dr. George Emory, was born in Albany, July 19, 1867, and is a son of Jacob L. Lochner, who for twenty-five years was engaged in the fruit business at the corner of South Pearl and State streets. On the maternal side Dr. Lochner is descended from Revolutionary stock, his mother being Nellie J. Best of Schoharie. When Dr. Lochner was eight years of age his mother died. His early education was received at private schools and in Public School No. 11, and was graduated from the High School in 1885. He then registered with Dr. Albert Vander Veer, under whose care he studied medicine for three years. He had previously attended clinics at the City Hospital. While with Dr. Vander Veer he attended the Albany Medical College, graduating in March, 1888, being honored by selection as historian of the class. At the competitive examination which followed for appointment to the Al- bany Hospital, Dr. Lochner outstripped all competitors and the result entitled him to the place. During the summer of 1888 he continued his studies in New York city. In September, 1888, he entered the Albany Hospital and served twenty months as ambulance surgeon and house physician and surgeon. His term expired in April, 1890, and upon retirement he received a diploma from the staff, gift of surgical instruments from matron and associates, and a letter of commendation from the Board of Governors. Leaving the hospital, he began the practice of his pro- fession at No. 1 South Hawk street. In 1890 he was appointed by Dr. J. M. Bigelow as an instructor in the Albany Medical College in laryngology and rhinology and the fol- lowing year by Dr. J. P. Boyd, as instructor in obstetrics and gynæecology and in anatomy by Dr. S. R. Morrow, which place he still holds. In October, 1891, he re- ceived the appointment of physician to the Albany Hospital Dispensary for diseases of women and children. As a member of the Albany County Medical Society he was. in October, 1891, chosen as its secretary and served as censor in 1893 and 1894. In 1892 he was appointed physician to the Albany Fire Department. Dr. Lochner is a member of the alumni associations of the Albany High School, of which he is now serving as president, and Medical College, and of the executive committee of the High School; he also belongs to the Press Club, A. K. P., and P. E. K. fraternities ; is also a member of Masters Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M.

Burrick, Rev. Julius J., was born in Waereghen, in the diocese of Ghent, Belgium, in 1858. His early education was acquired under eminent tutors of St. Nicholas College. His philosophical course was subsequently pursued at the same college, and his theological at the Seminary of Ghent. Before his assumption of holy orders and in recognition of his superior talents, he was promoted to the dignity of a pro-

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fessor's chair, which he held until April, 1892, when, coming to America, he was ap- pointed pastoral director of his present charge, the Sacred Heart of Mary, French Catholic church, of Watervliet, N.Y. As a clergyman of marked religious zeal, and a scholar of broad culture in many languages, he enjoys the merited esteem and confidence of all his ecclesiastical and secular associates.

Bell, Thomas H., son of George and Martha (Turner) Bell, was born in Carlisle, North of England, August 27, 1861. He was educated in the public schools and was for five years a clerk in the bonded warehouse of the County Hotel and Wine Com- pany, England. In 1880 he came to America and settled in Albany, and through the influence of his uncle, William Gray, he obtained a situation in the office of the Troy Steel & Iron Co., where he remained six years. During that time he became interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Association and in 1885 was one of the prime movers in the organization of the West Troy Y. M. C. A. He was made president of the preliminary organization and later accepted the office of ex- ecutive secretary of the permanent organization, and willingly gave his time to the work free of charge. In 1886, at the solicitation of the general secretary, Frank Ober, of the Albany Association, and the Rev. George A. Hall, State secretary, he resigned his position with the Troy Steel & Iron Co. and entered the school for Christian Workers at Springfield, Mass., to prepare for the general secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A. In 1887 Mr. Bell was appointed general secretary of the Lansing- burgh Y. M. C. A., but ill health forced him to resign in the spring of the following year. He was then appointed assistant to Supt. J. D. Rogers of the Round Lake Association and remained in that position until 1891, when he entered into partner- ship with Lee Rivers, in the hardware and electrical supply business, at West Troy, Albany county. In July, 1893, they dissolved partnership, and since then Mr. Bell has been engaged in the electrical business, for a time at West Troy and now at No. 24 Green street, Albany. He is a member of the Evening Star Lodge No. 75, F. & A. M., of West Troy, and is also a member of the official board of the First Avenue Methodist church of West Troy. October 22, 1890, he married Louisa W., daughter of P. R. Robson of Albany, and they have two children: Ernest B. and Edith May.

Quinlan, George B., D. D. S., of West Troy, has practiced four years, having graduated from the University of Maryland at Baltimore. He first entered the New York Dental College in 1889, and was a student of the Troy Business College before that time. His father, J. W. Quinlan, was a M. E. clergyman, once located in West Troy, and is now in that field of labor. His great-grandfather came from Northern Ireland, and was a physician of note in Philadelphia. Dr. Quinlan was born in Columbia county, N. Y.

Wilcox, George W., a prominent resident of Green Island, was born at Troy, No- vember 20, 1854, and is a son of the well known Alanson Wilcox, who was born at Amsterdam, N. Y., in 1814, and has been a resident of this place for over thirty years. He was a carpenter by trade, but is now retired from active business. George Wilcox began life for himself when sixteen years of age by engaging in the news business and after five years went into the grocery business and conducted it for seventeen years, and is at present not engaged in active business life. He main- tains a deep interest in the local affairs and ranks high among the prosperous and

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prominent business men of the town. He has been tax collector and trustee of the village, and ranks high among the Masonic and benevolent and social fraternities.

Wiswall, Eben S. - This is one of the oldest families in the vicinity. Mr. Wis- wall's paternal grandfather came from Newton, Mass., about the first of the present century, and settled in Troy, engaging in general store business; in this connection it is remembered he put in the first soda fountain known here. He afterward owned a share of the ferry to West Troy, at a period when the boats were operated by horse power, subsequently purchasing an interest in the other two ferries. The lower ferries were at that time propelled by means of long poles. Mr. Wiswall was born in the house which he now occupies, August 19, 1846. The old mansion occu- pies a commanding eminence overlooking Troy, and is called "Hillside." It was also the home of his father, Ebenezer Wiswall, who was born at Newtown, Mass., in 1818 Most of the land surrounding the old home and comprising the original Wiswall farm lies within the present corporate limits of West Troy. Mr. Wiswall was liberally educated at various Massachusetts institutions, and subsequently en- gaged in farming. In 1885 he took up the manufacture of brick on a large scale, and now employs thirty men in that industry.

Wiswall, Charles E., was born in West Troy, N. Y., December 13, 1834, and has always lived here, except when his business affairs necessitate his extended absence. He is engaged in steam dredging, and is now operating in the Hudson toward Al- bany. Elsewhere in the work may be found details, not only concerning his ances- tors on the Wiswall side, but also of his mother's family, that of Edward Learned. Both were very early identified with West Troy and its growth and settlement, and perhaps of equal prominence in the early annals of the locality.

Durant, Fayette B., was born as Pittsford, Vt., in 1848, and was educated in the grammar and high schools of Troy. He has been associated with James Roy & Co., of Watervliet Mills, since 1875. Previous to that time he had engaged in the insur- ance and real estate business, having resigned in 1873 from a position as teller in the National Bank, at West Troy, where he had been employed for eight years. He was also for three years in the Central Bank at Troy, where his father, William C. Durant, came in 1855. He is a foundryman and in 1858 engaged in that business at West Troy, where he is still located.

Arnold, jr., Major Isaac (Ordnance Department), was born in Connecticut and graduated from the Military Academy, June 17, 1862. He was promoted second lieutenant of the Second Artillery the same date and was assigned to Battery F. He joined Battery K, Fourth Artillery, at Harrison's Landing, Virginia, and served with the same in the Third Corps, Army of the Potomac, until after the battle of Chancellorsville, and was present at the following engagements: Second Malvern Hill, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville, and was wounded at the latter place. He was transferred to the Ordnance Corps. April 27, 1863; he served at Washington Arsenal, District of Columbia, until about January 1, 1864, when he was transferred to St. Louis Arsenal, Missouri. From that point he was detached in the spring of 1864 and sent to Springfield, Ill., to arm the one-hundred-day men. After three or four months he was relieved from that duty and ordered to Hilton Head, South Carolina, where he served as chief ordnance officer of the Department of the

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South until the close of the war. Lieutenant Arnold served a short time as assistant at Allegheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania, and was then assigned to the command of the San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, and chief ordnance officer of the Department of Texas; was promoted captain of ordnance March 7, 1867. From Texas he was ordered to Springfield Armory, Massachusetts, as an assistant, and moved from there to Alle- gheny Arsenal, Pennsylvania. He then took six months' leave of absence, on expiration of which he was ordered to Benicia Arsenal, California; he was ordered to Indian- apolis Arsenal in 1878 where he remained over eight years (whilst in command of the Indianapolis he was complimented in orders by Major-General Hancock, com- manding Department of the Atlantic, for services rendered in the suppression of civil disturbances following the strike of railroad employees in 1877). He was pro- moted major of ordnance, May 29, 1879, and was then sent to command San Antonio Arsenal, Texas, and was chief ordnance officer, Department of Texas. per S. O. 236 and 261, respectively, H. Q. A. 1883, remaining there four years; he was then sent to Fort Monroe Arsenal, Virginia, per S. O. 223, H. Q. A. 1887, where he was sta- tioned for two years, and then assumed command of Columbia Arsenal, December 1, 1889, per S. O. 272, H. Q. A. 1889, and superintended the completion of the build- ings constructed at that post ; member of board for the purpose of considering and reporting upon the subject of field and siege carriages, &c., per S. O. 108 of May 7, 1892; was relieved from command December 14, 1892, and assumed command of the Watervliet Arsenal, New York, December 19, 1892, per S. O. 290 of December 12, 1892, where he is at present. Now president of board for testing rifled cannon, per S. O. 119 of May 26, 1893.

Mayell, James H., son of Henry and Elizabeth (Northrop) Mayell, was born Feb- ruary 5, 1856, in Albany, where his father settled about 1834. His mother died in 1893. Henry Mayell, a native of New York city, engaged in business in Albany as a dealer in rubber goods March 1, 1853, on the corner of State street and Broadway, where it has ever since continued. He gradually developed a large wholesale trade in connection with his retail establishment, and in 1880 admitted his son, James H., as a partner under the firm name of Henry Mayell & Son. Upon the father's death in August, 1890, the son succeeded to the business. Henry Mayell was vice presi- dent of the Albany City Savings Institution. James H. was educated in public school No. 8 and since the age of nine years has been connected with the store founded by his father. For two years he was police commissioner under Mayor Manning. He married Miss Jennie B. Brooksby, in September, 1894.

Pratt, Aaron B., son of Silas and Lydia (Goodell) Pratt, was born in the town of Lawrence, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., January 31, 1833. He was educated in the common schools and was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in 1853. He taught school for one year and then studied law in the office of S. F. Higgins and Robert H. Wells, of Albany. Mr. Pratt was admitted to the bar in 1854 and has since been practicing in Albany. In 1895 he formed a partnership with E. W. San- ford, the firm being Pratt & Sanford. Mr. Pratt is an honorary member of the Cal- edonians and a life member of the Young Men's Association ; also a member of the New York State Bar Association. In 1869 he was supervisor of the Third ward of Albany, and in 1881 was a member of the New York State Assembly from the city district of Albany. In 1857 he married Jane C. McEntee, whose son, Colonel Charles S. McEntee, performed such gallant service in the Rebellion.

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Tebbutt, Marshall, was born in Bedford, England, January 20, 1820, came to America in 1852 and settled in Albany and died there April 14, 1885. He engaged in the undertaking business with a partner, under the firm name of of Tebbutt & L'ail. This firm was succeeded in 1866 by Tebbutt & Morange and in 1870 Mr. Tebbutt became their successor; afterwards he admitted his sons, Marshall W. and Harry K., who, since their father's death, have continued the business under the style of M. Tebbutt's Sons. Mr. Tebbutt was a supervisor from the Seventh ward and was well and favorably known by a large number of Albany's citizens. His worth as a citizen was recognized and appreciated. He was one of the deacons of the Emanuel Baptist church. Marshall W. Tebbutt is a member of the Masonic order, being a 32d degree Mason and Knight Templar; he is also treasurer of De Witt Clinton Council No. 22, and a member of Cypress Temple, Mystic Shrine. He was married October 18, 1881, to Elizabeth Greene, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; they have three children living. Harry K. Tebbutt is also a Mason, and married Jennie Sims of Albany; he has five children.

Ten Eyck, Jacob L., was born in Albany, N. Y., July 8, 1864. When four years of age he went to live with an uncle, after whom he was named, on the old family homestead. His education was recived at a country district school and the public schools of Albany. After eighteen months in Albany High School, he went to the lumber district as tally boy for a firm, and remained one season. He then entered the employ of T. P. Crook & Co., provision dealers, as assistant bookkeeper, where he remained three years. While there he helped organize the Young Men's Demo- cratic Club. He then began the study of law in the office of Messrs. Chase & Dele- hanty, and while a student was appointed agent of the Barber Asphalt Paving Com- pany. Through his energies Albany adopted the asphalt pavement. He attended the Albany Law School but was admitted to the bar before graduating. He formed a partnership with his brother-in-law, William S. Dyer, which still exists under the firm name of Dyer & Ten Eyck, one of the leading firms of Albany. During the session of 1895 Mr. Ten Eyck represented the Third assembly district of Albany county in the New York State Legislature.

Sabin, W. B., M. D., was born in 1862, and was a son of Dr. Robert H. Sabin, a well known physician who practiced here for thirty years, previous to his death seven years ago at the age of fifty-six. Dr. Sabin in his chosen profession not only follows that of his father, but also that of his great-grandfather, who was a noted physician of Rockingham, Vt. He began practice in 1882, after graduating from the Albany Medical College and taking a course at New York Post-graduate School. Ile makes a specialty of the diseases of the eye and the ear, and was at one time associated with Dr. Merrill of Albany, the celebrated specialist. Dr. Sabin is well known in both political and social circles, and is at present one of the school com- - missioners of West Troy. He is a Mason of the 32d degree and is past master of Evening Star Lodge No. 75, of which he is treasurer. He is also a member of the Albany County Medical Society and of the New York State Medical Association. October 4, 1888, he married Miss Emma L. Dixon of Philadelphia, Pa. ; they have one daughter named Edith.

Merrill, Cyrus Strong. M. D., son of Edward Henry and Sarah Wilson (Strong) Merrill, was born in Bridport, Vt., September 21, 1847, received his preparatory

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education under private tutelage and at Newton Academy, spent one year at Middle- bury College, and was graduated with honor from Amherst College in 1867. In 1871 he was graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York city and soon afterward became resident surgeon to the Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, where he remained a little over a year. In 1872 he went to Europe and spent two years in Paris, London, Zurich, Vienna and Heidelberg, preparing himself for his specialty, that of oculist and aurist. Returning in 1874 he settled in Albany, where he has since resided and successfully practiced his profession, and where he was at once appointed ophthalmic and aural surgeon to St. Peter's Hospital. Later he occu- pied a similar position in the Child's Hospital and subsequently took charge of the eye and ear department of the Troy Hospital. In 1876 he was chosen professor of diseases of the eye and ear in the Albany Medical College and the medical depart- ment of Union College, and ophthalmic and aural surgeon to the Albany Hospital, which positions he has since held. He has frequently contributed valuable papers to current medical literature, and has a wide reputation in his profession. In 1875 he married Mary E., only child of Hon. Stephen Griffin, 2d, a prominent lumber dealer in Warrensburg, N Y.

Stevens, George H., son of George and Margaret (Browne) Stevens, was born in Albany September 28, 1850, and attended school No. 8 and the Boys' Academy. In 1868 he entered Rutgers College and was graduated with high honors in 1872, de- livering the valedictory. He read law in the office of Hon. Amasa J. Parker for one year and was graduated from the Albany Law School in 1874, being one of the commencement orators. The same year he was admitted to the bar in Albany. In November, 1874, he was appointed by John M. Bailey assistant district attorney, an office he held for three years. For about five years he was a member of the Exam- ining Board of the Third Judicial Department, being appointed by the Supreme Court. Being a staunch Republican he was elected alderman of the Fourteenth ward in the spring of 1892 and re-elected in 1894, and was noted in the Common Council for his hard work for economy, honesty, and good government. He is a member of Ancient City Lodge No. 452, F. & A. M., Fort Orange Club, and the Empire Curling Club, and from 1876 to 1892 was president of the Capital City Club. He was also for several years a director of the Ridgefield Athletic Club. In 1880 he married Mary Hand Ogden, daughter of Edward Ogden of Albany, and they have one son, Ogden Stevens, born July 30, 1882.

Allanson, James E., is a grandson of Peter Allanson, sr., a carpenter and a native of Leeds, England, who settled in Albany and died here. Peter Allanson, jr., father of James E., was born in Albany, in 1811, was also a carpenter and builder and died here in 1880. He married Jane Easterly. James E., born in Albany, October 23, 1846, was educated in School No. 8, learned the trade of carpenter and was asso- ciated with his father until the latter's death. In 1880 he engaged in the insurance business and was secretary of the New York State Relief Association during its ex- istence. In December, 1888, he organized the Permanent Savings and Loan Asso- ciation and has since been the secretary and manager. This association represents $125,000 assets, has paid off about $80,000 matured stock and has experienced a steady growth. Its stock matures in about seven years. Mr. Allanson is a member of Mount Vernon Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., of which he is past master, Temple Chap-

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ter No. 5, R. A. M., of which he is past high priest, De Witt Clinton Council No. 22, R. & S. M., of which he has been recorder since 1872 and is the present incumbent, Temple Commandery No 2, K. T., past commander, Cyprus Temple N. O. M. S., past chief rabbin, and the Acacia Club, and was one of the incorporators and first secretary of the Masonic Hall Association. He was supervisor of the Fifth ward in 1874. In 1879 he married Susan J. Hewson, who died in March, 1881, leaving one son, James E., jr. He married second, in October, 1884, Mary C. Hitchcock, who died in 1886, leaving a daughter, Harriet A.

Brady, John J., son of John and Ann (Farley) Brady, natives of County Cavan, Ireland, was born in Albany on the 16th of January, 1870. He attended St. Joseph's Parochial School and was graduated from the Christian Brothers' Academy in 1884 and from Manhattan College in 1888, taking the degree of A. B. The latter institu- tion conferred upon him the degree of M. A. in 1892. After leaving college he spent one year in Ireland and in 1890 entered the law office of Judge John W. Walsh and George T. Kelly. He was admitted to the bar by the General Term of the Su- preme Court in February, 1893, and at once opened a law office with Judge Walsh and Mr. Kelly. Mr. Brady is a ready speaker and good debater, a devoted and constant worker for the societies of which he is a member, and in 1894 was unani- mously elected national secretary and treasurer of the Catholic Young Men's National Union of America, which is composed of the various Catholic clubs throughout the country. This office he still holds, being re-elected in 1895. He is a trustee of the Catholic Union of Albany, a member and ex-president of Cor Jesu Council No. 84, C. B. L., ex-president of the Sacred Heart Sodality, a member of the alumni socie- ties of Manhattan College and the Christian Brothers' Academy, and a member of the Knights of Columbus. In the fall of 1895 he was elected on the Democratic ticket alderman of the Ninth ward, and is leader of the Democratic majority in the Board of Aldermen.

Eaton, Calvin W., descended from one of the oldest families of New England (see sketch of James W. Eaton), is a son of James W. Eaton, and was born in Albany, July 26, 1842. He was educated at the Boys' Academy and became a clerk in the old Union Bank, where he rose to the position of teller. In 1871 he engaged in the wholesale lumber business as a member of the firm of Van Santford & Eaton, and thus continued until 1886, when he removed to Utica and carried on the same busi- ness for four years. Returning to Albany in 1890 he has been engaged in the real estate and the insurance business. He is a thirty-second degree Mason, a member of the Masonic bodies of Albany, is past master of Masters Lodge No. 5, F. & A. M., and is treasurer of the Lodge of Perfection and also Sovereign Consistory. He is treasurer of the Acacia Club, a member of the Albany Camera Club and other Albany clubs, and was quartermaster of the 10th Regt. N. G. N. Y. under General Parker. October 13, 1864, he married Anna F., daughter of Amos P. Palmer of Albany, and their children are Mary E., Alice I., James P., and Edward De L.

Walker, Edward, is one of the leading manufacturers of the city of Cohoes, and has been a resident of this city since 1857, where he first held a position as overseer of the spinning department in Harmony Mills. In 1875 he engaged in the business with David Williams, under the firm name of Walker & Williams. As a manufac- turer of cotton batting he has been located at the present factory, corner of Rensse-

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Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 100

Author: Parker, Amasa Junius, 1843-1938, ed Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1374

Author: Parker, Amasa Junius, 1843-1938, ed
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1374