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Warner, George E., was born in Fair Haven, Cayuga county, N. Y., November 7, 1855, came to Rochester when an infant, and was educated in the public schools of this city. He afterwards entered the office of H. H. Woodard as a student at law, and was admitted to the bar at the General Term in Syracuse, in January, 1877, and opened an office in Rochester for the practice of general law. In 1881 he was elected judge of the Municipal Court, and re-elected in 1887 and again in 1893. Mr. Warner is one of the best known attorneys in the county,
Williams, Charles M., was born in Rochester, N. Y., April 30, 1851, eldest son of Charles H., and grandson of Rev. Comfort Williams, the first settled pastor of Roch- ester, N. Y. Mr. Williams received his early education at the Free Academy of this city and was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1871, at which time he entered the office of E. A. Raymond, as a student at law; he was afterward in the law office of Hon. John Van Voorhes, and was admitted to the bar in 1875, at which
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time he entered in co-partnership with J. R. Fanning, for the practice of general law. In 1879 he was elected school commissioner of the sixth ward, being nominated by both parties. In 1888 Mr. Williams was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Rochester, and has been its secretary and treasurer since 1891.
Cummings, Scott, was born in 1852 in Cattaraugus county, this State. His educa- tion was derived from the common schools, and a few terms at an academy, in con- nection with special courses of study. His father, John T. Cummings, was a man of excellent mind, character, and intelligence. The son inherited the disposition for general reading, and early acquired this wholesome habit, so that his education came largely from self-help. Mr. Cummings pursued a four years' course of legal study, and was admitted to the bar of this State at Buffalo, General Term, in June, 1881. For five years thereafter he practiced law in Erie county. In the spring of 1886 he removed to the city of Rochester, since which time he has been the attorney and counsel for the mercantile agency of Messrs. R. G. Dun & Co., and which position he still holds.
Barnes, Charles R., was born in Rochester, N. Y., in 1853, and at an early age was appointed telegraph operator at Spencerport, N. Y., where he studied electricity as much as opportunity permitted. He was appointed superintendent of fire alarm system of Rochester and afterwards city electrician, in which capacity he still serves. Mr. Barnes has just completed the construction of an electric yacht, which is quite a little marvel.
Lodge, Clarence V., was born in Henrietta, Monroe connty, N. Y., June 24, 1853. He was educated at Henrietta, at Auburn, N. Y., and in 1873 was graduated from the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, after which he conducted a farm in Henrietta un- til 1886, when he was appointed keeper of the Monroe county Alms House. In the fall of 1894 he was elected county superintendent of the poor for three years. His father, James L. Lodge, came to Henrietta from Cayuga county in 1852 and still re- sides there. He married Mary D. Savery and has had two sons, Clarence V. and Lionel S., the latter a dentist in Buffalo. Clarence V. Lodge was married November 15, 1876, to Miss Nellie S., daughter of William Remington, of Henrietta.
Walter, John A. P., was born in 1846, in the Electorate of Hesse, near Frankfort on the Main, and came to this country with his parents in 1855 and located in Roch- ester, where he attended the public schools, and later the Lutheran Parochial schools. In 1862 Mr. Walter enlisted in Company H, 105th N. Y. Vols., and served several months, when he was transferred to the 94th New York Volunteers, and served in that company until the surrender at Appomattox. He was in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Gettysburg and Petersburg, and was honorably discharged in 1865, at Albany, N. Y., as commissary sergeant of his regiment. In 1866 he returned to Rochester and joined the National Guard, from which he resigned as captain. At that time he began working at his trade as tinsmith, and in 1872 started for himself in the general hardware business at No. 198 Hudson street, and is still in that busi- ness under the firm name of Walter & Son. Mr. Walter was a member of the Board of Supervisors from 1879 until 1881. In 1891 he was appointed City Fire Marshal, which office he has held for the last four years. He is a member and past commander of Peisner Post No. 106, G. A. R., member of Monroe Commandery No. 12, K. T., the Odd Fellow fraternity, the order of Redmen, the Knights of the Maccabees, etc.
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Kuichling, Emil, was born in Germany in 1848, son of the late Dr. Louis Kuichling. He received his early education in Rochester, and in 1868 was graduated from Roch- ester University, and the following year he took the post-graduate course and received the degree of Civil Engineer. In 1872 he entered the Polytechnic school at Karls- ruhe, Germany, where he spent three years in the further study of his profession, and in the spring of 1873 he was appointed assistant engineer on the water works of this city then in process of construction, which position he held for ten years. The fall, winter and spring of 1883-84 were spent in Europe in the study of the sanitary conditions of the sewerage systems and water supplies of large cities. In the spring of 1885 Mr. Kuichling was elected a member of the executive board of this city on the Democratic ticket, and after serving two and a half years he made the survey and preliminary plans for the east side trunk sewer, which work occupied his time for nearly two years. He spent the summer of 1889 in Europe, studying municipal engineering, especially the various methods of sewerage disposal. Upon his return he was engaged by the East Jersey Water Company as assistant engineer in the pre- paration of plans for the large street conduit for the water supply of Newark, N. J., and he remained on this work until the fall of 1890, at which time he was appointed as chief engineer of the Rochester water works, and to prepare plans for the new conduit which is now completed. Mr. Kuichling has been called as an expert wit- ness in many judicial proceedings. He is a member of all branches of the Masonic order.
O'Brien, John Charles, was born in Rochester, N. Y., May 8, 1838. In June, 1856, ยท he was graduated from Hobart College with the degree of B. A., and in 1881 received the degree of Master of Arts. He read law with Judge Charles J. Folger, of Geneva, N. Y., and in 1863 was graduated from the Albany Law School, where he received the degree of LL.B., and also passed the General Term examination, and subse- quently was admitted to the United States District and Circuit Courts. He was act- ing assistant district attorney under William H. Bowman and C. C. Davison. He was the first supervisor of the fifteenth ward, and for the second term was nominated on both the Democratic and Republican tickets, but declined to accept the office. Jan- uary 31, 1867, he married Agnes E. O'Leary, of Ontario, by whom he had six chil- dren. Two of his sons have been graduated from the University of Toronto, and one from Cornell University. The oldest son is to be associated with his father in the practice of law in this city. Mr. O Brien's practice has been chiefly in the drawing of wills, the settlement of estates, and as referee.
Crittenden, William Butler, was born in Deerfield, Mass., August 5, 1851, at the Memorial Hall, which was then Deerfield Academy, of which his father, Cotton M. Crittendon (formerly librarian of the Court of Appeals Library at Rochester), was principal. He received his education from his father, who moved to Rochester in 1853. He studied law in the Boston University Law School, was upon the reporto- rial staff of the Boston Journal from 1872 to 1874, and was admitted to the bar in 1876, at Rochester, N. Y., where he has since practiced his profession.
Sprague, George W., son of Foster and Elvira Sprague, was born in Coburg, Ont., May 14, 1838, and the following year removed with his parents to Rochester. He attended the public schools for some years, after which he entered into partnership
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with his father, and carried on a general hardware store in this city under the firm name of F. Sprague & Son. In 1875 he sold his interest in the hardware business and entered into the fire insurance business, in which he still continues, representing a number of first-class English and American companies. He is a member of the Rochester Board of Underwriters.
Hulett, Pierson B., was born in Brighton, Monroe county, N. Y., November 17, 1837. He became a student of law and was admitted to the bar December 18, 1858, at the General Term in Rochester, where he has been a most successful practitioner. In 1875 Mr. Hulett was elected special county judge and served in that capacity for three years. and was re-elected in 1879. In the fall of 1884 he formed a partnership with Vincent M. Smith, as Smith & Hulett, which terminated with Mr. Smith's death in May, 1886. About two years ago the present firm of Hulett & Gibbs was formed. Mr. Gibbs was a student of Mr. Hulett's.
Hone, Frank J., was born in Rochester, August 9, 1857, and is a son of Alexander B. Hone. His early education was received in private schools of this city, and in 1879 he was graduated from Seton Hall College, of South Orange, New Jersey, at which time he began the study of law in the office of Rowley & Johnson, of Roch- ester, and was admitted to the bar at the general term in October, 1881. In 1884 he formed a co-partnership for the practice of law with Charles B. Ernst, which has since continued, and upon Mr. Ernst being appointed city attorney Mr. Hone was associated with him as assistant city attorney, and while holding that position he was the acting counsel for the Board of Park Commissioners of Rochester, and of the Board of Health of this city. Upon retiring from the office of assistant city attorney he was appointed attorney for the Board of Health, which position he still retains.
Lewis, Hon. Merton E., was born in Webster, Monroe county, December 10, 1861. He attended the Webster Union School and was graduated in 1882. He read law with James B. Perkins, of Rochester, and was admitted to the bar in this city in June, 1887. In 1890 he was elected alderman of the Sixteenth ward, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of H. G. Thayer; he was re-elected in 1891 as alderman of the Eighteenth ward, and in 1895 became mayor on the resignation of George W. Aldridge. In 1886 he married Adeline L. Moody, of Webster, N.Y., who died June 9, 1894, leaving two sons, Donald and Roscoe. He was elected president of the Common Council in 1894, and is also president of the Riverside Cemetery Association. His father, who was born in New Jersey in 1826, now resides with his son in this city, was one of the early settlers of Wayne county. Merton E. Lewis was elected delegate to the National Convention in 1894, and is the senior member of the law firm of Lewis & Jack.
Yeoman, George F., ex-justice of the Supreme Court for the Seventh Judicial Dis- trict of this State, was born in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1846. He studied at the University of Rochester, and began the practice of law in this city in 1875. The death of Judge Francis A. Macomber caused a vacancy on the bench and on November 10, 1893, Governor Flower appointed Mr. Yeoman to fill the same. He took the oath of office November 15, 1893, and retired December 31, 1894.
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Block, Alvin, was born in Rochester, N.Y., April 30, 1862, where he attended the public schools and later became a student at the Rochester Free Academy, from which he was graduated in 1880. He then entered the office of Fanning & Williams for the purpose of studying law, and later the office of Charles M. Allen, from which he was admitted to the bar in 1885. In 1885-86 Mr. Block represented the Twelfth ward as a member of the Board of Supervisors. He is a very sharp and shrewd attorney ; which has won for him a large practice.
Rochester, John H., vice-president of the Board of Park Commissioners, is the last male representative of the famous family by which Rochester was founded and after whom it is named. He was born here April 20, 1828. He was educated in the schools of this city and at the age of eighteen entered upon his life work in the Rochester City Bank, of which his father, Thomas H. Rochester, was president. He subsequently carried on a private banking business for five years with his brother under the name of John H. Rochester & Bro. Then he became cashier in the Flower City Bank for three years. When the Mechanics' Savings Bank was chartered and entered upon its career, John H. Rochester became its secretary and treasurer, a position he has filled ever since for a period of over twenty-seven years, being the oldest banker in active service in this city. He has been connected with social, religious and public institutions throughout his career. He is a member of the Gene- see Valley and Whist Clubs and was for three years president of the Rochester Club. 'He is the oldest member of St. Luke's church in point of years of member- ship. He has been treasurer of the Church Home for twenty-five years; treasurer of the Red Cross Society and yellow fever fund; is president of the Rochester Historical Society, and, as stated above, vice president of the Board of Park Com- missioners. He has traveled extensively and is a well informed and public spirited citizen. He has always taken a deep interest in public affairs of his native city, but has never sought or held public office, He married, in 1853, Elizabeth L. Moore, of Vicksburg. He has two sons: Thomas M., a practicing physician in Brooklyn, and Paul A., in the railroad service in New York. Mr. Rochester is one of the fore- most citizens in Rochester and one of the hardest working of the commissioners. He has always taken an interest in the parks and is a man of practical ideas. His selection to the board was a wise one and he was honored at the first meeting by an election as vice-president. John H. Rochester is the kind of man who honors a city by public spirit and enterprise.
Cook, John C., was born in Rochester, October 8, 1857; and was educated in public and private schools. His father, Levi, was a skilled mechanic, and naturally the son developed considerable ability in that direction in his early years, but subsequently developed a preference for mercantile pursuits, and on the 14th of February, 1876, he was tendered a position in the Rochester office of R. G. Dun & Co. His faithful- ness to the interests of the business won him the confidence of his employers and after a few years he was assigned the duties of chief clerk; he was subsequently ap- pointed assistant manager, which position he held for a number of years, until January 1, 1893, when he was appointed manager, which recognition by the company was highly complimentary to Mr. Cook, as he is the youngest manager whom they have entrusted with their large and growing business in Rochester. He is favorably known by all business men in this community, thoroughly posted in his business, and
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his untiring efforts to serve the patrons of R. G. Dun & Co. have gained for him an enviable reputation. He was married to Jennie M. Plass in 1880, by the venerable Dr. James B. Shaw, which union has been blessed with three children, two of whom are now living, Mildred E. and Howard M. Mr. and Mrs. Cook are members of the Brick Presbyterian church, with which they have been connected a number of years.
Hebing, Henry, was born at Bochold, Germany, November 24, 1834. He at- tended the schools of Rochester, where he received his academic education. In 1855 he engaged in the hardware business as clerk for Galen & Moore. The firm of Moore, Hebing & Co. followed them in 1859 and conducted a successful business until 1864, when Hebing & Miller succeeded. In 1866 Mr. Miller retired and since that time Mr. Hebing has conducted the business alone. He has always interested himself in public affairs, and has filled various positions in the gift of his fellow citi- zens. He represented the Twelfth ward in the Common Council for two terms from 1861 to 1865, and the Sixth ward in 1879 and 1880. In 1888 he represented the dis- trict in the Electoral College, and in August, 1889, was appointed collector of cus- toms for the port of Genesee. For several years he has been a director of the Ger- man American Bank, and a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and has been a member of the Mannerchor for more than a quarter of a century and president of the organization for half that time. It may be safely affirmed that no one has con- tributed more than he to the education of this community in the most delightful of all arts, while in addition to this, his gifts and skill as an amateur painter have found expression in the production of some work of rare merit.
Sibley, Rufus Adams, was born at Spencer, Mass., December 3, 1841, being a lin- eal descendant of John Sibley, who came from St. Albans, England, and settled at Salem, Mass., in 1629, about ten years later than the settlement of Plymouth. He is also a lineal descendant of that Henry Adams, who arrived from Devonshire, Eng- land, and settled at Quincy, Mass., in 1632, to whom Pres. John Adams erected a monument in the old burying ground at Quincy, Mass., which bears this inscription -" In memory of Henry Adams, who took his flight from the dragon persecution in Devonshire and alighted with eight sons near Mt. Wollaston." Also a lineal de- scendant of John Livermore, who arrived in New England, in 1634, and settled in Watertown, Mass., in 1642. At the age of fifteen Mr. Sibley taught the winter term in a district school, and a second term the year following. At seventeen he entered a general store as clerk and bookkeeper, where he remained five years, leaving this situation for the purpose of completing his studies in civil engineering at the Law- rence Scientific School of Harvard College. He decided, however, to accept a posi- tion in the office of Hogg, Brown & Taylor, at Boston, remaining there three years, when he resigned in order to commence the dry goods busines in Rochester, N. Y., under the firm name of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, in March, 1868. Mr. Sibley was married October 11, 1870, to Martha, daughter of Rev. John Haven, of Charlton, Mass., who died in 1883, leaving a son, Edward R. Sibley. He married Elizabeth Sibley Conkey, in 1885, by whom he has two children. Since the foundation of the business house referred to, Mr. Sibley has been closely identified with the growth and prosperity of the city of his adoption, and has large interests in other portions of the United States The twelve story, fire-proof structure, known as the Granite building, in Rochester, erected by the firm of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr, in 1893, is an
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important contribution to the growth of the city. Mr. Sibley is a trustee of the Rochester Savings Banks, of the Rochester Trust and Safe Deposit Company, of the Security Trust Company, the Industrial School, the City Hospital, and the Univer- sity of Rochester, and a director in several corporations, and is, at the present time, actively engaged in the dry goods business with his partners in Rochester, New York city, Erie, Pa., and in Minneapolis, Minn., with offices in England, France, Germany, and Switzerland.
Paine, Cyrus F., was born January 16, 1827, at Broadalbin, Montgomery county, N. Y. At the age of nine years he removed with his parents to Albion, Orleans county, N. Y., where he received his early education, graduating from the Albion Academy. He came to Rochester in 1846 and entered the book store of Sage & Brother, where he remained until 1852, when he formed a partnership with Alfred S. Lane. Together they purchased the stock of drugs of L. B. Swan, and Mr. Paine remained an active member of the firm until 1888, when he retired from active busi- ness, leaving the management of the store to the firm, which is well known through- out Western New York as the Paine Drug Company. In 1853 Mr. Paine was elected treasurer and in 1873 trustee of the New York Baptist Union for Ministerial Educa- tion, which position he has since held. He has also been trustee of the Monroe County Savings Bank for the past twenty-five years, is a trustee of the Reynolds Li- brary, and was a member of the Common Council in 1866-68. The family in America is descended from Thomas Paine, who came to Massachusetts from England in 1621. It is one of the oldest families in genealogical descent in the United States and traces its lineage in an unbroken line to the earliest accessions to the Plymouth Col- ony. Cyrus T. Paine's father, Dr. L. C. Paine, was born in Shaftsbury, Vt., No- vember 9, 1787, and died in Albion, N. Y., January 3, 1873, where he was in active practice up to within a few years of his death. Dr. Paine was appointed surgeon of the 121st Regiment of Infantry of the State of New York, April 29, 1814, by Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins.
Foote, Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Foote, was born in Morrisville, N. Y., Novem- ber 15, 1849. He received his early education in his native town, after which he entered the Cazenovia Seminary, where he remained for two years, when he entered the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y., and was graduated in 1866; in 1870 he was graduated from Hamilton College as Bachelor of Arts, and afterward re- ceived the degree of Master of Arts; he then became instructor of classics at the Monticello Academy, where he remained one year, after which he began the prac- tice of law in his native town and formed a partnership with John E. Smith, which continued until July, 1873, when he came to Rochester and opened an office. Mr. Foote is recognized as one of the leading attorneys of Western New York. January 10, 1872, he married Charlotte, daughter of the late James C. Campbell, of this city. Mr. Foote was for three years a member of the law firm of Stull, Foote & Taylor, and later of Stull & Foote, and is now senior member of the firm of Foote & Haven, with offices in the Granite building of Rochester. Mr. Foote was one of the dele- gates from this senatorial district to the Constitutional Convention, which made and submitted to the people the Revised Constitution of the State which was adopted in 1894. On the organization of the Rochester Bar Association in 1893, Mr. Foote
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was chosen as its president and was re-elected to the same office the following year.
Butts, Simon, was born in Monroe county, Pa., in 1822, and came to the town of Greece with his parents in 1832, was educated in the public schools, and followed the occupation of farming. He was married twice, first, in 1850 to Elizabeth M. Low- den, and they had two children: Emmett, who died in his fourth year, and Flora, now Mrs. John Desmond of Rochester, and they have one daughter, Laura M. Mrs. Butts died March 12, 1855. For his second wife, March 21, 1860, he married Sarah E. Way of this town, and they have had six children: Nellie D., Martie M., George W., Anna L., Sadie H., and Chesa M. Anna L. died in infancy. George W., who was a promising young man, died in his twenty-second year. Mr. Butts's father, Christian, was born at the old home in Pennsylvania in 1790, was a cooper by trade, and came to Rochester in 1824 and went to work for Benjamin Wilcox at the Rapids and moved to Greece as above stated. He married Mrs. Elizabeth Ar- nold of his native State and they had six children: Daniel, Simon, as above, Sarah A., Betsey, Mary and Susan. Mr. Butts died in 1888, aged ninety-eight years, and his wife in 1876. Mrs. Butts's father, William B. Way, was born in Cape May, N. J., March 9, 1803, and was a farmer by occupation, and came to Western New York in 1838. He married Deborah A. Ellis of Burlington, N. J., and they had five children that grew to maturity: Micajah E., Anna M., as above, William B., who was a soldier in the war in the 9th Michigan Cavalry Vol., was honorably dis- charged at the close of the war, and died soon after reaching home, Sarah E., as above, and Bertha M., who died some years ago. These old families have been identified with the best interests of the town and county since they came here.
Morgan, Mrs. D. S .- Dayton S. Morgan was born in Ogden, November 17, 1819, son of Samuel Morgan, who traces his ancestry to James Morgan, of Wales, who came to the United States landing at Boston in April, 1636, and settled in Roxbury Mass. Samuel left Connecticut in early life with his father's family and came to the Mohawk Valley settling in Herkimer county but afterwards came to Monroe county where they were all engaged in farming. Samuel married Sarah Dayton; he was always prominent in all good measures, both religious and moral, and took an active part in the early development of the town. Dayton S. was educated in the Brockport Collegiate Institute, and at Herkimer, and as a young man took an in- terest in the leading social, religious and charitable institutions near him. In 1844 he entered into partnership with William H. Seymour, in the manufacture of mowers and reapers, which business developed into a gigantic enterprise, known not only throughout the United States but in all foreign countries. In 1864 he married Susan M. Joslyn, daughter of Isaac Joslyn, of Oneida, and they are the parents of seven children : George D., William P., Henry, Gifford, Mrs. Sarah Manning, of New York city, Susan, and Gladys E. Dayton S. took a deep interest in the development of Brockport, its schools and religious institutions, and was vestryman of St. Luke's church for twenty years. Mr. Morgan died in 1890, aged seventy-one years, a loss not only to his immediate family but to all who knew him.
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