Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 90

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

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with him. In December, 1869, he married Amelia Wood, daughter of Arnold Wood. They have two children; Arvilla H., wife of Clarence Harkey of Guilderland, and Frank W.

Stewart, L. D., born April 10, 1851, is a son of Ebenezer and Catherine (Carpenter) Stewart, both natives of Westerlo. The parents of Ebenezer were Andrew and Lydia (Seaman) Stewart, of Albany county, but spent their last days in Greenville, Greene county. Ebenezer Stewart has been a farmer, speculator in stock and wool buyer, his business is now dealing in wool at South Westerlo, which business he has followed twenty-five years. He has two children : L. I). Stewart, as above, Susan S., wife of Clarence S. Gage, proprietor of the Ravena House, Ravena, N. Y. The parents of Catherine (Carpenter) Stewart were Thomas G. and Janett (Green) Car- penter, he a native of Stephentown and she of Westerlo. He was a boot and shoe dealer at Coxsackie, and grocer and farmer in Westerlo. The parents of Janett Green were Capt. John and Mary (Llewellyn) Green, he of England and she of France. He was a drummer in the Revolutionary war, and owned a large estate and kept slaves. The parents of Thomas G. Carpenter were Samuel and Homar (Arnold) Carpenter ; she was a cousin to Stephen A. Douglass and relative of Benedict Arnold. In 1888 L. D. Stewart married Josephine, daughter of George W. and Lucy (Rey- nolds) Robbins of South Westerlo. Mrs. Stewart died April 12, 1893. She was a teacher of music and educated in Albany. Mr. Stewart has been in the wool busi- ness with his father, and in 1888 he engaged in general mercantile business at South Westerlo and carries a complete line as needed in country stores. He is a Republi- can and has been county committeeman five or six years; he also has been post- master at South Westerlo.

Waggoner, William S., was born in the town of Guilderland, November 16, 1855. The Waggoner name dates back to the early settling of Albany county. Michael Waggoner, the founder of the name in America, was a native of Germany; he set- tled in what is now Guilderland, where he took up a tract of some 700 acres of land. George, the next in line, was born in Guilderland on the homestead near Dunnsville. Peter, the great-grandfather, was born on the homestead about 1770; his wife was Hannah Walker, and their children were George, Israel, Nancy, Fulatta, Betsey, John and Susan. George, the grandfather, was born on the homestead in 1801, and devoted his life to farming; his wife was Elizabeth, daughter of John Winnie, and their children were Peter G., John W., Amanda, Susan M., William, Sarah, Louisa, Elizabeth and Mary Ann; he died in 1848 and his wife died in 1867. Peter G., the father, was also born on the Waggoner homestead in 1823; he attended district schools until sixteen years of age, when, his father becoming an invalid, he took charge of affairs; after some twelve years he gave the farm to his brother William, the latter to care for the mother and sisters; he then bought another farm, but later moved to the town of Bethlehem, where he resided for twelve years; in 1882 he removed to Guilderland and purchased his present farm of ninety-three acres, near Guilderland Center, on which he has erected fine and eommodious buildings; he has served his town for several years as commissioner of highways, and was twice appointed to take the govornment census of his town; in 1853 he married Evaline, a native of Guilderland and a daughter of John P. Livingston. Their children are are Magdalen V., William S., Rolin, Anna B., deceased, Elon M. and Grace. Will-

iam S. received a common school education and when twenty-three years old began farming on his own account in the town of Guilderland. On this farm he lived for nine years, when in 1890 he removed to his father's farm which he has since had charge of. He is now serving his second four years' term as justice of the peace, and is president of the Guilderland Mutual Insurance Association. In 1878 he married Emma C., born in Guilderland and daughter of John F. and Ann Eliza (Crounse) Fryer.

Kibbee, William Backus, son of Austin S. and Anna (Meeker) Kibbee, was born in Albany, N. Y., February 1, 1852, and was educated at the Albany Academy and Oberlin College. He is in direct line from Edward Kibbee, who, with his wife Deb- orah, were living in Exeter, England, in 1611. Their son Edward, with his wife, Mary Partridge, came to New England in 1640; in 1643 Elisha, the third child of Edward, lived in Salem, Mass., and in 1682 removed to Enfield, Conn., and was one of the founders of that town and a large land owner. His son Isaac was the first male child born in Enfield. He married Rachel Cook, and his son Edward with his wife, Dorothy Phelps, were among the first settlers of Somers, Conn. Thus it will be seen that the ancestors of the subject of this sketch played no small part in the early settlement of the country. The following names of ancestors, with dates of birth, show the line of descent: Edward, born May 11, 1611; Elisha, September 9, 1643; Edward, February 2, 1670; Elisha, February 25, 1697; Charles, May 11, 1737; Joel, September 15, 1764; Joel, March 1, 1786; Austin S., November 22, 1822; and William B., February 1, 1852. About 1875 there was a remarkable gathering at the old homestead of Horatio Kibbee at Ellington, when ninety children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren sat down together to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Mrs. Valorous Kibbee, who was the daughter of Allerton Cushman, and so a direct descendant of Thomas Cushman and Mary Allerton of Mayflower and Pilgrim fame. Mr. Kibbee is engaged in the lumber business with his father, Austin S., and they have one of the largest yards and businesses in the State. Mr. Kibbee married Carrie Staats, who is a descendant of Abraham Staats, a surgeon, who went to Rensselaer- wyck in 1642 and who was one of the founders of Albany city. They have three children: Fanny Abbott, Austin Staats and William Bertram.

Filkins, Edward Vincent .- The late Edward Vincent Filkins was born in East Berne, on the Filkins homestead, in 1821 of Scotch ancestry. His father, Richard Filkins, was a native of Vermont and came to Berne with his parents about 1792, and later settled in the eastern part of the town on a farm of 200 acres. He also owned and operated a saw mill, and was a soldier in the war of 1812, filling the office of sergeant. He was twice married, and by his first wife six children were born. His second wife was Catharine Angle; to this union were born fourteen chil- dren, eight sons growing to maturity. Edward V. was reared on his father's farm and attended the Rensselaerville and Knoxville Academies, teaching school to pro- cure means to pay his way. He read law in Delhi and settled in Berne in 1854, where he spent his life practicing his profession with success and distinction. Pre- vious to his entering actively into the law practice, he filled the office of school com- missioner. His law practice was extensive, often being retained on cases which car- ried him before the higher courts in Albany. His wife was Emma E., daughter of Rev. Thomas L. Shafer and they had three children: Carrie E., Thomas Richard

and May S. He died February 13, 1887, and his wife September 23, 1894. The sur- viving children, Carrie and Thomas, still reside on their father's homestead in the village of Berne, and they own a farm of 400 acres in Iowa. Miss Filkins is a grad- uate of Temple Grove Seminary of Saratoga, and for some years afterward devoted her attention to teaching.

Gise, Peter, was born in Rensselaer county in 1858, and is the son of Peter Gise (deceased) who came to Bethlehem in 1859 and settled on the farm where Peter Gise now lives, where he is a successful farmer and dairyman, running a large milk route in Albany. He married Anna Dorothy, daughter of George Smith, a gardener of Kenwood, and they have one son and two daughters: Peter, jr., Carolyn and Lulu.

Grey, W. W., son of William C. and Mary (Burrows) Grey, was born in Bedford, England. in 1851. He received his early education in the Bedford schools and was apprenticed when very young as office assistant to the Howards of Bedford, Eng- land, manufacturers of agricultural implements and the inventors of the iron plow. He remained there until 1871, when he came to America, having been preceded by his parents. Before leaving England Mr. Grey had been importuned to accept the position of bookkeeper in the office of Coolidge, Pratt & Co., brewers, of Albany. In 1872 the business, which is one of the oldest breweries in America, having been started in 1797, was incorporated under the name of the Albany Brewing Company. Subsequently Mr. Grey became a member of the company, and in 1890 he was elected assistant manager, which office he now fills. Mr. Grey is a 32° Mason and is the potentate of Cyprus Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He has been president of St. George's Society of Albany for two years and was its secretary seventeen years. He was commodore of the Albany Yacht Club for three years and was one of the organizers of the first fencing class in Albany. He is also president of the Erwin Manufacturing Company of Greenbush, N. Y., and was a director of the South End Bank. He is a member of the Press, Acacia and Albany Clubs, and also a member of the Albany Masonic Veteran Association.

Jolley, Hugh, who was born in Galway, Scotland, in 1721, came to this country in 1772. He kept the Abbey Hotel during the Revolutionary war. He had three sons: Samuel, James and Hugh, who was born in Scotland in 1770 and came to this coun- try with his father and was a minister. He had three sons: Henry S., Hugh B. and James W. Henry S. was born in 1807; he married Elizabeth Ten Eyck and settled the place known as the Crystal Hill farm in Bethlehem; he died in 1845, leaving three sons: Samuel, Hugh R. and James H. Samuel was born in 1833; he married Caroline V., daughter of Frederick Rosekrans. He still remains on the farm. He has two sons: Orville H. and Harry S., who is on the farm with his father. Orville H. was born in 1862 and resides in New York city; he has one son : Orville Blaine Jolley.

Graham, Edward J., son of John and Margaret (Kirwin) Graham, was born in Al- bany, July 25, 1857, attended the public and high schools, graduating in 1874 and read law with Hand, Hale, Schwartz & Fairchild and with Attorney-General Charles S. Fairchild, being also a clerk in the attorney-general's office. He com- pleted his law studies in the office of Hon. Sidney T. Fairchild, counsel for the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. and treasurer of the Hudson River Bridge Company, and was ad-

mitted to the bar in 1878. In May, 1885, he went to Washington as private secre- tary to Hon. Charles S. Fairchild, assistant secretary of the treasury, and remained with him in the same capacity while he was secretary of the treasury, resigning in April. 1889. Returning to Albany, Mr. Graham has since been in the active practice of his profession. In 1883 he was elected a member of the Albany Board of Public Instruction and served until he went to Washington. He was appointed a civil service commissioner by Mayor Manning and held the office about one year, when he resigned. In May, 1893, he was appointed by Comptroller James H. Eckels national bank examiner for the Northern District of New York, and still holds that position. He is a member and trustee of the Catholic Union and is un- married.

Hull, Samuel T., son of Henry G. and Rhoda A. (Corbin) Hull, was born in Rox- bury, Delaware county, N. Y., October 20, 1851. His father's ancestors were mem- bers of an old Connecticut family that served in the Revolution; one of them hav_ ing been Captain Hull, who commanded the U. S. S. Constitution at the time of her engagement with the Guerriere. His mother's ancestors, the Corbins, belonged to a prosperous family in Delaware county and they fought in the Revolution. Mr. Hull's father was a stock dealer and farmer and died in 1853. Samuel T. Hull was educated at the Roxbury Academy and at Stamford Seminary, Stamford, N. Y., and was graduated from that institution in 1871. He then went to Cobleskill, Scho- harie county, and studied law with County Judge William C. Lamont, teaching school during the winters. He left there in November, 1872, and taught school at Arkville, Delaware county, during that winter, and in March, 1873, he went to Kingston, N. Y., and entered the law office of ex-Attorney-General Schoonmaker as managing clerk. Mr. Hull was admitted to the bar in January, 1875, and practiced law at Kingston until April 1, 1890. when he was appointed bookkeeper of the State Banking Department at Albany. Subsequently he was promoted to the position of chief clerk and remained there until May 1, 1896, some months after the resigna- tion of Hon. Charles M. Preston, superintendent. He then formed a copartnership with the Hon. Galen R. Hitt, with whom he has since practiced law in Albany. He was for eight years city judge of Kingston and for four years justice of sessions of Ulster county. He is Past Grand Chanceller of the order of Knights of Pythias of New York State ; is a member of Kingston Division No. 18, U. R. K. P., Endow- ment Section No. 185, K. P., Franklin Lodge No. 37, K. P., and is now Chief Tri- bune, the head of the judicial branch of the order. Mr. Hull is a Past Grand of Kosciusko Lodge No. 86, I. O. O. F., and a member of Kingston Encampment No. 125. I. O. O. F. He is at present Past Regent of Albany Council No. 1560, Royal Arcanum, and Senior Seneschal of Albany Senate No. 641, K. A. E. (). He was superintendent of the engrossing room of the Assembly during the winter of 1883, and has several times been a delegate to Democratic State and county conventions. October 2, 1873, he married Saphronia R. Jones of Kingston, N. Y., and they have one daughter: Vira R.

Jacobson, Peter, was born on hisgrandfather'shomestead, September 24, 1842. Jacob, the founder of the family in America, came from Holland before the Revolutionary war and settled in the town of Bethlehem, where he engaged in farming. His wife was Maria Veeder, whom he married in his native place. They reared six children :

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Volkert, John, Henry and Simon (twins), Maria, and Jane. Henry, the grandfather. was born in Bethlehem in 1773. He was a lifelong farmer and from the time he was eighteen he lived in Guilderland, where he was fairly prosperous. His wife was Eve, daughter of Henry Apple, who came to America from Germany, and their children were Maria, Jacob L., Harriet, Nancy, Eve, Henry, Simon, Margaret and Jane. He died in August, 1853, and his wife, in 1865. Henry, the father, was born in Guilderland (on the homestead) in 1810, where he spent his entire life. He also purchased another farm where Peter Jacobson now resides. His wife was Susan, daughter of Peter Wormer of Guilderland, and their children were Peter W. and Susan M. His wife died in 1846. His second wife was Catherine Beebe, by whom he had one child, William H. Henry Jacobson died in 1885, and his wife in 1891. Peter W. attended the common schools and remained on the farm, working for his father until his death, when the property was divided and he took his present farm upon which he has since lived, doing general farming and devoting much attention to the breeding of Jersey and other high grade cattle. In 1868 he married Harriet, daughter of Philip Ogsbury of Guilderland, and their children are Charles, Anna, Henry, Susan, and Hattie Rolena. Mr. Jacobson has been treasurer of the Re- formed church for eleven years, also has acted as deacon and elder, and has been secretary of the Guilderland Cemetery Association for several years. His wife has been treasurer of the Missionary Society for seven years.

Kimmey, John B., is the son of Richard Kimmey, who was for many years en- gaged in the produce shipping business at Cedar Hill, and was twice member of the Legislature. He died in 1879 and left two sons: William of New York and John B., who remained on the homestead and is a farmer and gardener, and is also postmas- ter. He has two sons, Myndart V., and Clarence. Mr. Kimmey's grandfather was Frederick, whose father, John Kimmey, came from Holland and settled in Bethle- hem.

Lodge, Barrington, was born October 13, 1828, in Dublin, Ireland. Thomas Pip- piet Lodge. his father, a native of Carlow, Ireland, was of French extraction and at an carly age enlisted in the English army, with which he participated with Welling- ton in the battles of Waterloo, Salamanca and Victoria. After Waterloo he married Adelaide Le Dou, of Gaillefontaine, France, and later went to Newfoundland, where he received the appointment of ordnance storekeeper under the British government and there Barrington obtained his education iu private schools. In 1852 Barrington Lodge came to Albany, where he has since resided. He was a clerk in the dry goods jobbing house of Sheldons & Co. in 1852. In 1861 he formed a copartnership with Henry B., son of Alexander Marvin Gregory, and engaged in the knit goods busi- ness under the firm name of Lodge, Gregory & Co. In 1882 the firm became Lodge, Wilkins & Co., and in 1887 it was changed to B. Lodge & Co., which still continues, Mr. Lodge's two sons, William S. and Charles V. D., becoming members in 1893. Mr. Lodge is a great lover of literature, well versed in history, political economy, biography and science, and from the age of fifteen has written much for the press. For poetry and versification he possesses unusual talent and has gained a high repu- tation in this respect. Such poems as "The Perquisition," "Fate," "Altruistic," ·· Charity." ". It might have been," "Chadidja," "The Boulders of Blue Mountains," "Normandie," "The Blue Bell," "A Reverie." "Mary March," and many others

exhibit high poetical instinct and the wide scope of his genius. In 1854 he married Annie, daughter of John B. Scott and niece of William B. Scott of Albany. She died in 1886, leaving the two sons previously mentioned. In 1888 he married Chris- tina, daughter of Alexander Graham of Newfoundland, whom he had not seen in thirty years, her home being at Balarat, Australia, during that time.

Lawson, Joseph A., son of Isaac and Elizabeth L. (Steere) Lawson, was born in Albany. December 13, 1859. The family have lived in Albany county for more than one hundred years, the old homestead in Watervliet, now Colonie, having been purchased by his great-grandfather, Peter Lawrence Lawson, from the French refugee, Marquis La Tour; it has always remained in the name and is now owned by a cousin, Joseph C. Lawson. His ancestors fought in the Revolutionary war and were with the detachment that captured Major Andre. Isaac Lawson, for many years a prominent lawyer in Albany, was the Republican nominee for justice of the Supreme Court in 1887. His wife came from an old Rhode Island family of Eng- lish descent. Joseph A. Lawson was graduated from the Albany Academy in 1878, with the highest honors. He read law in New York with Marsh, Wilson & Wallis and in Albany with I. & J. M. Lawson, and took a course of lectures at the Albany Law School and was graduated from Columbia Law School in New York city in May, 1882, with the degree of LL. B., and in September of the same year was ad- mitted to the bar by the General Term of the Supreme Court. He began practice in New York city, associating himself with the firm of Marsh, Wilson & Wallis. In 1884 he returned to Albany and became a member of the firm of I. & J. M. Lawson until the fall of 1891, when he withdrew and opened his present office. While a student at law Mr. Lawson indulged in some newspaper and magazine work, being connected as editor and proprietor with the Fort Orange Monthly, and later assum- ing the duties of editor of the Sunday edition of the Albany Morning Express. As a lawyer, he has been successful and is possessed of sound judgment and forensic ability. He is a Democrat and has been active as a stump speaker throughout the State, and from January to October, 1896, served as Mayor Thacher's first clerk. He is a charter member of the Albany Press Club; a member of the Fort Orange Club, the Albany Camera, Burns, Whist and Chess, and Young Men's Demccratic Clubs, the Albany Institute and the Albany County Wheelmen ; a sustaining mem- ber of the Y. M.C.A. ; a member and past master of Masters Lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M., and a member of the American Bar Association, and a member and formerly secre- tary of the New York State Bar Association. He has been a member of the Faculty of the Albany Law School since 1895. Among his most significant achievements have been his successes as a postprandial orator and campaign speaker of originality and force. In June, 1885, he married Harriette C., daughter of William E. and Helen S. Morgan, of Syracuse, and their children are Helen E. and Florence M.

Mears, Edward Norris Kirk, A. B., M. D., was born in Cambridge, Mass., July 1, 1870, and is a son of the Rev. D. O. Mears, D. D., the pastor of the Fourth Presby- terian church of Albany, N. Y. Dr. Mears attended the public schools at Worces- ter, Mass., and was graduated from the Worcester Academy in 1888. He then attended Williams College and was graduated in 1892. While at Williams College he studied medicine under Dr. L. D. Woodbridge, and after leaving there he spent one year at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York city, under

the preceptorship of Dr. Robert F. Weir. He then came to Albany and studied with Drs. J. M. Bigelow and A. Vander Veer, and in 1895 was graduated from the Albany Medical College and received the degree of M. D. He is a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity and the Albany County Medical Society. He is also climical assistant in the Albany Medical College and assistant in the genito-urinary department of the Albany Hospital. June 1, 1893, he married Elizabeth Cooper of Bennington, Vt.

Marshall, Mrs. P., is the widow of the late Philip E. Marshall, whose death oc- curred in 1891, at the age of sixty-one years. Mr. Marshall was one of the earliest business men of Cohoes, taking up a residence there in 1859. He established a dry goods business there in partnership with Rodney Wilcox. Later he went into the lumber trade, which is still owned and operated by his widow. Mr. Marshall was born at Victory Mills, Saratoga county, in 1830, and spent four years in California before making his home here, where he became a leading citizen, honored by all who knew him. He was survived by his widow and three sons: Harry A. (deceased), Charles E., practicing medicine at Lead, South Dakota, and Frederick W., at home.

Oliver, George, is one of the wealthiest men of Cohoes, inheriting with his six brothers and sisters a large farm property, which they have sold. He has interests in many parts of the United States, among which are the Oliver Bros. Grist Mill, flour and feed at 297 Ontario street, brass and iron bedstead manufacturer at Lock- port, N. Y., Green Island Knitting Mill, phosphate and fertilizers and oil works in North Carolina, and the oil business at Atlanta, Ga. He was born at Argyle, N. Y. in 1839, and was the son of John Oliver, a farmer of Cambridge, who died in 1861. Mr. Oliver was born on a farm in Washington county, came to Waterford in 1839 and to Cohbes in 1860, building a cider mill in 1862. His wife was Isabella Frink, who bore him three children: Harrison G., Grace, and Marion Ruth.

Pearse, Harry Seymour, M. D., son of Charles W. and Nellie (Skinner) Pearse, was born in Elmira, N. Y., November 2, 1870. His father was a native of England and his mother a descendant af the Puritans. He was educated in the Elmira Free Academy and was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1892. He then completed a three years' course on the staff of Bellevue Hospital, New York city. Dr. Pearse is a member of the Albany County Medical Society and of the Society of Alumni of Bellevue Hospital, New York. June 10, 1896, he married Cornelia Smith, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Battershall, rector of St. Peter's church.

Goldring, Samuel, son of William, was born December 29, 1864, in West Dean, Sussex, England, and came to America in 1886. He was for two years foreman of the gardening department for W. C. Wilson, on Long Island, and in 1888 he came to Albany and first engaged in the flower business on Western avenue, and six months later formed a partnership with H. G. Eyres as Eyres & Co. They carried on a large floral business until February, 1895, when Mr. Goldring withdrew and formed a co- partnership with his brother, Frederick, under the style of Goldring Brothers. They have a retail store at No. 30 North Pearl street, and also run the old Font Grove green-houses at Slingerlands, where they have over 77,000 square feet covered with glass; they do both a wholesale and retail business. Frederick Goldring came to America in 1878 and settled in Albany, where he was for eleven years orchid

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Landmarks of Albany County, New York, Part 90

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