Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 123

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

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Harris, William B., son of Henry H. and Mary A. (Parker) Harris, was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1860. He was educated in the public schools and Albany High School and afterwards conducted the cigar stand at the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. depot for eleven years. In 1884 he moved to No. 9 South Pearl street, where he is now the owner and proprietor of a cigar store. He is a member of Wadsworth Lodge No. 417. F. & A. M., Garriaka Tribe of Red Men No. 342, and the Unconditional Repub- lican Club. In 1883 he was married to Carrie Kingsley of Albany.

Duggan, Edward J., son of Matthew and Fannie (Welsh) Duggan, was born in Albany, March 11, 1857. He received his education in the public schools, Thomas Newman's Private School, Christian Brothers' Academy and Masson College, Can- ada. He started in life in a New York grocery house, where he remained only a

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few months. He removed to Albany and after seventeen years successfully spent in both the wholesale and retail grocery business, he is now the owner and proprietor of a large store on Hudson avenue. He is a member of the Catholic Union and Knights of Columbus. In 1861 he married Mary F. Kearns.

Sheppey, John V., M. D., son of Alonzo N. and Charlotte (Benedict) Sheppey, was born in Ogdensburgh, N. Y., in 1859. On the maternal side, Dr. Sheppey is descended from the Van Derwaters, who were among the first settlers of Schenec- tady, N. Y. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Rugby Academy at Philadelphia, Pa., in 1880. He entered the Jefferson Medical College in 1882 and in 1885 received the degree of M. D. from that institution. Dr. Sheppey did hospital work for one and a half years and after two years spent in Ohio, he opened an office in Albany, N. Y., where he has since practiced. He is a member of the Albany County Medical Society and assistant at electrocutions to the physi- cian at Dannemora. He married Lina Craig of Ulster county, and they have four children, Elsie C., Margaret, Esther and Dorothy.

Green, Col. G. James, son of John R. and Ann C. (Vosburgh) Green, was born in Albany, N. Y., June 4, 1860. His great-grandfather, John, an Englishman, came from Dublin to America and settled in Niskayuna, N. Y., where he married Rebecca Groot. They had a son, Cornelius, who married Gertrude Tymerson. G. James Green received his education in the Albany public and high schools. In 1875 he went into the employ of the D. & H. C. Co. as clerk, and for three years following was paymaster for Curtin & Whalen, railroad contractors. In 1884 he was tendered the position of bookkeeper with Mckinley & Co., and remained with that company until 1893, when he resigned to accept a similar position with Weidman & Co. January 1, 1894, he was appointed chief clerk in the office of the inspector-general of the State of New York and on January 3, 1895, he was appointed assistant inspector- general of the State, which position he now holds. Colonel Green enlisted in Co. B, 10th Regt., November 13, 1879; was promoted corporal January 4, 1881 ; dropped on account of removal from the city, November 30, 1881 ; taken up as private in Co. B, 10th Battalion, June 6, 1884; promoted corporal September 7, 1885; sergeant, Janu- ary 18, 1886 ; first sergeant, May 3, 1886 ; second lieutenant, October 15, 1887; lieuten- ant-colonel and assistant adjutant-general, Third Brigade, December 11, 1889. Upon the resignation of Brigadier-General Parker he was placed upon the supernumerary list, at his own request; January 2, 1891, and on August 9, of the same year, he was elected captain of his old company, vice Stacpole promoted major of the battalion. Colonel Green resigned the captaincy of Co. B, January 1, 1895. He is a member of the United Service Club of New York city, the Military Service Institution of the United States and the Unconditional Republican Club of Albany.

Fitts, Hon. George H., was born in Cohoes, Albany county, September 29, 1851. He is of English descent and his parents, Lucien and Lemira M. (Slocum) Fitts, were natives of New England. Mr. Fitts was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1873 and from the Albany Law School in 1874. He then commenced the practice of law in Cohoes, where he continued until January 1, 1896, when he assumed the office of surrogate of Albany county, which he now holds. He was in partnership with Charles F. Doyle from January, 1878, to October, 1891, and was a member of the firm of Fitts & Wertime from January 1, 1894, to January 1, 1896. Judge Fitts

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Wascity attorney of Cohoes from May, 1888, to January 1, 1896, when he resigned. Tune 4, 1896, he married Clara B., daughter of the late Henry S. Bogue of Cohoes.

Dison, George, was thirteen years of age when his father, Robert Dixon, died leaving him to gain his own livelihood. Thus entering upon a life of toil and priva- ton which developed in him those excellent habits and those which distinguish him as a man. He went into a mill near his birthplace, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., where he was born in 1827. There he began in a humble way his life work. Being cour- ageous and energetic, he soon left the hardships of youth behind him, and advanced rapidly. In 1858 he came to Cohoes and for ten years took charge of the weaving department in Harmony Mill, Nos. 1 and 2. Since that time he has been superin- tendent of No. 3, the largest mill in the United States, having 140,000 spindles and 1.500 employees. Yet Mr. Dixon in his busy life that followed found time for social and political duties, serving as school commissioner for six years; he is also director of the Savings Bank. Mr. Dixon in 1849 married Mary C. H. Thompson of Pleasant Valley, by whom he had four children. George E., the elder, is superintendent of schools in Cohoes.

Archibold, John, M. D., of Atchibold Bros.' elegant drug store, and successful general practitioner of Cohoes, is a native of Bonfield, Scotland, born in 1861. He was brought by his parents to America when three years of age, and began his edu- cation at Cohoes, graduating from the Albany Medical College in 1888. He began practice at Troy and afterward removed to Green Island, where he served as heaith officer for one year. He has practiced here since 1892, and for the last three years has been city health officer. William Archibold established the drug business upon his arrival in Cohoes in 1864. He stood in the front rank of his profession until his death in 1889, and the business has taken no step backward under the able manage- ment of his two sons. Dr. Archibold enjoys a wide popularity, outside of his pro- fessional radius, and as a man inherits the sterling qualities of his race. He is lieu- tenant of the crack local company National Guards S. N. Y.

White, David, is as well known for his zealous labors in the temperance cause as for the extensive roofing business, with which his name has been associated since his settlement in Cohoes in 1866. He was at that time twenty-two years of age and had acquired his superior knowledge of the trade in Scotland, his native country. Mr. White is the oldest and most experienced roofer in the county, equally skillful in every branch of the work. His father is Robert White, a linen cloth manufacturer, still living at the advanced age of eighty-four. The maternal grandmother lived to be 103 years of age. Mr. White inherits the sterling qualities characteristic of his ancestors. In him the Temple of Honor has a useful and influential member, and the Reform church an able supporter.

Rosenthall, Mitchell, editor and publisher of the Sunday Regulator, is one of the leading newspaper men of the city of Cohoes. Mr. Rosenthall has always been in- terested in journalism and has had wide experience in newspaper work, doing special work for many out of town papers For several years he was correspondent for the Troy Telegram, then became its city editor in 1885. He was also connected with the Troy Budget, at the time serving as deputy postmaster, to which office he was ap- pointed in 1877, holding it for eight years in all. He is a Republican and has been

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school commissioner. His father was Abram Rosenthall, an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Cohoes, since 1869. He was a native of Warsaw, Poland, and an extensive traveler, paying his expenses in foreign countries by making passamen- teries, then coming to America before reching man's estate. He joined the gold seekers in California, but soon located in New York, where he married, then returned to California, where Mitchell was born, in 1856. After stopping in St. Louis, New York, and Troy, he finally located in Cohoes and engaged as a retail clothier, until his death, February 6, 1896. He is survived by his widow and two sons.

Walsh, John S., is the son of a longtime resident of Cohoes, John Walsh, an en- gineer. Starting with no capital he has made his own way in the world, first engag- ing in the tea business, later taking up the business for himself. He came to his present location, corner Mohawk and Ontario streets, three years ago, carrying a large stock which is unsurpassed in its line. Teas, coffees, spices and flour are specialties, besides a choice stock of general groceries. Mr. Walsh while taking a deep interest in politics and everything that contributes to the welfare of his native city, where he was born in 1856, never seeks or accepts political preferment. He is a member of the Business Men's Association. In 1893 he married Catherine Platz, daughter of N. B. Platz of Cohoes.

Wallace, James, was born in Cohoes, Albany county, N. Y., July 9, 1856. He at- tended the public schools and later acted as correspondent in his native town and vicinity for several newspapers. He began the study of law with counselor Earl L. Stimson in 1880 and was admitted to the bar January 24, 1884. In July, 1883, the Cohoes Cataract, a weekly newspaper, the original publication of which was begun early in the history of Cohoes, was again started and Mr. Wallace became the editor. A year later the paper was superseded by the Cohoes Dispatch of which he was selected the editor, and William E. Seaport, the publisher of the Cataract, became the proprietor. About a year later Mr. Wallace purchased the paper and early in the year 1886 he formed a copartnership with his brother Michael, and the firm of J. & M. Wallace has since continued the publication of the paper. March, 1886, Mr. Wallace was elected justice of the peace of Cohoes. He assumed the duties of the office the first of the following year and served four years and refused a renomination, He has taken an active part in local political, social and business affairs and through the columns of his paper has aided in improving the local city government and has also aided in the material progress of the city.

Bogue, Henry L., late of Cohoes, was one of the most successful bridge buiders of his day. He was born at Canton, N. Y., in 1825, and came to Cohoes in 1854. Here he became a member of the firm of Smith & Bogue and was awarded the contract for building the Waterford bridge. He built the first bridge across the Mohawk, and portions of the Hudson River Railroad from Cold Spring to New Hamburg, and that part of the Erie Railroad from Dunkirk to Hinsdale. With his many business en- terprises he also operated a lumber business with his brother, C. M. Bogue. In 1865 he engaged in the manufacture of knit goods with George H. Wager as a partner. That same year he also built the Riverside Knitting Mill. Mr. Bogue was a Demo- crat and held many local offices, serving two years as mayor, and proving a very capable chief magistrate. His death, in 1886, was mourned throughout the city, as a man of sterling character and of true nobility. His wife was Clara Chase of New-

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burgh, whom he married in 1852 at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson ; four children also sur- vive him.

Nodine. Francis, was born at Coeymans in 1820. He is a son of William and Rodat (Jo lyn) Nodie, and a grandson of one of the four brothers who were soldiers in the Revolutionary war, and died with the small-pox. He left one son, William, who came to Corymans when a boy, where he married in 1797 and had six sons: Benjamin, Harvey, Joslyn, William, Hiram and Francis; and three daughters: Elizabeth, Harriet and Rachel. He was a farmer and died in 1861. Francis Nodine married Agnes, daughter of Jonathan Miller, by whom he has had three children : two sons, Hiram J. and J. M., and one daughter. Mr. Nodine is a farmer and still resides on the farm where his father settled in 1849.

Lameraux, Phila, is the daughter of Solomon Carmon, of Greene county, and the widow of Judson Lameraux, who was for many years a prominent and successful farmer of Indian Fields, where he died in 1887. He was the son of George, and the grandson of James Lameraux, who with three brothers came from Paris, France, to Dutchess county, and James came to Coeymans and built a mill at Coeymans Hol- low, and later bought a large tract of land at what is now Indian Fields village, where they have always been prominent farmers.

Lumereaux, George C., is the son of Jarvis, grandson of George and great-grand- son of James, who came from Paris, France, and settled in Coeymans, where the Lumereaux family have since occupied a prominent place, being among the leading farmers of the town. James Lumereaux settled a large farm on Copeland Hill, where his son, W. J. Lumereaux, now lives, and died there in 1870. George C. Lumereaux came to his present home in 1862 and has always been a farmer, though now retired on account of his health. His wife was Emily, a daughter of Harvey Shear, and they have four daughters: Phoebe L., Lottie W., Anna and Ida. Mr. Lumereaux is president of the Coeymans and Watervliet Telephone Company and has always taken a keen interest in all affairs relating to the welfare of the town. He built in 1895 a fine residence in the village of Coeymans, where he contemplates moving to spend his old age.

Spencer. Charles M., was born in Albany and is the son of Daniel and grandson of John Spencer, who came to Albany when a young man and had three sons: John, William and Daniel. Daniel Spencer, after being in business in Albany for some years, moved to what is now Glenmont, where he died in 1878, leaving one son, C. M. Spencer, as above. Charles M. Spencer has remained on the home at Glenmont,. where he is a gardener and fruit grower.

Parr, Henry, was born in Germany in 1848 and came to America in 1867, working in different hotels until 1879, when he became proprietor of the old National Hotel in Albany. In 1881 he came to Bethlehem and has since run the Abbie Hotel, which under his management has become a very popular resort for social parties.

Scharbauer, Philip, was born in Bethlehem in 1855 and is a son of Ferdinand, who came from Germany. Mr. Scharbauer began life as a poor boy and for some years clerked in a store in Albany and South Bethlehem. He began business for himself in 1879 by opening a store at South Bethlehem, which he continued until 1893. He

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was also engaged in buying and shipping hay and other farm products. In 1894 he opened a hardware store at Newburgh and later started two branch stores, one at Matteawan and one at Poughkeepsie. . In 1895 he was made secretary and treasurer of the Calbanen Road Improvement Company, and now devotes his time to that office, having a manager for his store business.

Stoffels, William, is the son of Peter Stoffels, who came from Germany and settled on a farm in Bethlehem, where he was a farmer until he retired and moved to Albany, where he dietl. William Stoffels bought the homestead and is a farmer and gardener and also runs a large dairy. He has four sons. William, jr., Peter, John E. and George.

Van Allen, P. C., was born in Bethlehem and is the son of David, and grandson of Garrett Van Allen, whose father, with two brothers, came from Holland and set- tled in Bethlehem. Mr. Van Allen remained on the homestead until 1878, when he moved to New Scotland for two years, after which he settled on his present farm, where he is a farmer. He married a daughter of Josiah Bender of New Scotland, and they have two daughters, Grace and Jesse.

Kemp, John H., the capable and efficient town clerk of the new town of Colonie, and postmaster of Newtonville, was born in the town in 1849, where his father, Michael Kemp, still resides. Prior to engaging in the mercantile business in New- tonville in 1876, he had been for a few years engaged in gardening in the town of New Scotland. Besides his store at Newtonville Mr. Kemp still operates a farm in the vicinity which is devoted to small fruit and vegetables. His election to the office of town clerk was by a very large majority.

Schuyler, Stephen, is a lineal descendant of Peter Schuyler, the first mayor of Albany. Stephen Schuyler was born at Port Schuyler April 2, 1851. His father, John Cayler Schuyler, was born at the old home in 1801, and died in 1882. He was one of the most prominent men of these parts. We cannot do better than to quote from a memorial engrossed by the society of the South Park Reformed church, which was founded here in 1844, and to which he was always officially related: " His knowl- edge of affairs in his own town was almost encyclopedic. He possessed a culture, courtesy, spirit, and a presence, that marked him a gentleman of the old school." He was elder in his church for about thirty years, and was also clerk and treasurer. In 1828 he married his cousin, Anna Maria Schuyler, who bore him ten children, of whom four are now living: Philip, Stephen, Anna and Gertrude. Mr. Schuyler died in 1886, surviving her husband only four years. In the public life of the old town of Watervliet, John Cayler Schuyler was a prominent figure, representing the town in the board of supervisors from 1833 to 1837 and in 1853. In 1836 he was elected to the Assembly. Stephen Schuyler now lives at the old home where he was born. In the front hall hangs a portrait of Peter Schuyler, executed in 1710 by Sir Godfrey Kneeler, the court painter of Queen Anne.

Garret, Walter, born of humble parents in Somersetshire, England in 1851, came to Watervliet when eighteen years of age, and has since made it his home. He is a gardener and his specialty is vegetables. At first he rented of the Shaker family, but by his prudence and economy was able in 1894 to purchase a farm of thirty-six

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acres, eligibly located at Loudonville, and will no doubt succeed in his chosen voca- tion, since he possesses the qualities which command success.

Brewster, James C. and Warren H., comprising the firm of J. Brewster's Sons, ontriage and sleigh manufacturers, and repairers of farm, road, and delivery wagons of every description. Both members of the firm are young and enterprising men. Their father, the late James G. Brewster established the business in Colonie in 1832. The family have been prominent throughout the history of the town of Water- vliet, and it is noteworthy and peculiar that two branches of the Brewster family were united by the marriage of the parents of the gentlemen comprising the firm of J Brewster's Sons, although they were not nearly related. From the Brewsters that sailed in the Mayflower, the ancestral line is without a break. Upon the death of James G. Brewster, in 1885, the two sons succeeded to the business at Newton- ville, with the detail of which they have become thoroughly familiar. J. C. Brewster superintends the wood-working department, and Warren the blacksmithing depart- ment. They make a specialty of the buckboard known as the Joubert & White.

Abrams, Hiram, M. D., is a well known and popular physician, and has practiced the healing art in the vicinity of Colonie for the last sixteen years. He was born at Rensselaerville N. Y., and is a son of the late Elijah Abrams, a farmer and once resident of Colonie. He began the study of his profession in 1878 by entering the Albany Medical College, where he graduated with honors after the usual course. Dr. John M. Bigelow of Albany was his preceptor, It is needless to say that his training was thorough. Dr. Abrams is a member of the New York State Medical Society, the Albany County Medical Society and the American Medical Association.

Macdonald, Willis Goss, M. D., son of Sylvester and Louise (Goss) Macdonald, was born at Cobleskill, N. Y., April 11, 1863, and descends from Benjamin Macdonald, who came from Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1759. He first located near Coeymans, where he was the first Scotchman in the town, and where he built the first boat landing ; he soon moved to Schoharie county and died there. He was in the Revolutionary war, was captured by the Indians and English under Brant and was taken to Canada. His son Robert, born in Schoharie county, in 1792, was a large land owner and married a Miss Shaffer, whose father was killed in the war of the Revolution. Sylvester, son of Robert, was born in 1824 and lives with his wife in his native county. Dr. Macdonald was graduated from the Cobleskill Free Academy in 1878, attended the Albany State Normal School and Cornell University, and taught school at Berne and Central Bridge, N. Y., for two years. He read medicine in Albany with Dr. Albert Van Derveer. After graduating from the Albany Medical College in 1887, he was for eighteen months house surgeon to the Albany City Hospital and then went abroad, matriculating in 1890 at the University of Berlin, where he took special courses in surgery, surgical pathology and bacteriology. During that year he served as volunteer assistant to August Martin and Ernest Von Bergmann ; he also spent some time in the hospitals of London. On his return to Albany he made surgery a specialty and is noted as one of the foremost surgeons in Eastern New York : he has been surgeon to the Albany City Hospital since 1893 and adjunct pro- fessor of surgery in the Albany Medical College since 1894. He is a member of the Albany Medical Society, the New York State Medical Society, the American Medical

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Association, the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Fort Orange Club, and a member of the board of governors of the Albany Club.

Bailey, Theodore P., M. D., is of English and Holland Dutch descent and was born in Cusseta, Ala., November 13, 1857. Dr. Solomon Bailey, his grandfather, was for many years a prominent physician in Bethlehem, Albany county, and was the father of Dr. William H., Henry, and Dr. James S. Bailey, all of Albany. The latter was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1853, practiced his profession in Alabama until 1866, and from that time in Albany until his death, which occurred July 1, 1883. He was president of the Albany County Medical Society, received the degree of A. M. from Hamilton College, also from Soule University of Galveston, Texas, and was a prominent writer for medical journals. He was an enthusiastic entomologist, having a large collection and was a member of several foreign and American societies. Dr. Theodore P. Bailey, his son, was educated in the Albany public and high schools and at the West Point Military Academy. He read medi- cine with his father, attended the Albany Medical College and graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1880; since then he has been in active prac- tice in Albany. He is a member of the Albany County Medical Society and its treasurer, was one of the founders of the New York State Medical Association, is instructor in dermatology in the Albany Medical College and is dispensary physician in dermatology in the Albany Hospital. He is a Democrat and in the fall of 1895 was elected alderman of the Fifth ward, and is a member of the Finance Board of the city ; he is also a member of Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 3, F. & A. M., Central City Chapter No. 242, R. A. M., Temple Commandery No. 5, K. T., and medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum in Albany.

Hunting, Nelson, M. D., son of John and Christina (Dominick) Hunting, was born on a farm near Gallupville, Schoharie county, November 21, 1837. He was graduated from the Gallupville Academy and from the Albany State Normal School, taught school for a time and read medicine with Dr. John Ruland of Blenheim and Dr. John Maxwell of Gallupville. He was graduated from the New York Homeo- pathic Medical College in 1869, began active practice in Gallupville, and in 1872 came to Albany. He is ex-president and a member of the Albany County Home- opathic Medical Society, a member of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy, and was treasurer in 1872-75 of the State society; he is also a member of Wadsworth Lodge F. & A. M., and was for several years connected with the Albany City Homeopathic Hospital. In 1864 he married Elizabeth F., daughter of John P. Tolle of West Troy, and they have three children living: Orlena A., Edna J. and Elizabeth C. Dr. Hunting has taken a prominent part in the water question of Albany and in 1888 wrote an article for the Evening Journal on driven wells and the healthfulness of water obtained there- from. This was at a time when $150,000 had been appropriated by the city to drive wells on Pleasure Island ; as a result of this article the scheme was abandoned ; iater, when the Kinderhook water scheme was agitated, he wrote another article, which killed that plant; these articles saved the city over §2,000,000. These studies led him to invent a scientific water distiller, which works automatically on natural prin- ciples. It was exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 and carried off the first award in the greatest sanitary competition ever known.

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Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 123

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