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Tubbs, Joseph Nelson, was born in Esperance, Schoharie county, N.Y., Septem-
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ber 24, 1832. His parentage on his father's side was English, and Scotch on his mother's side. His early education was obtained in the public schools of Esperance and Albany, and he was graduated from the State Normal School at Albany in Oc. tober, 1850. He pursued mathematical studies with Prof. George R. Perkins, the author of a series of mathematical text books. He studied law with Hon. John E. Mann, afterward justice of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, and with Judges Frazer and Stewart, of Johnstown, N.Y. In consequence of ill health he abandoned the profession of the law when nearly ready to be admitted to the bar, having in the meantime taught school for short periods in some large towns in this State. In 1854 he accepted a position in an engineer corps engaged on the enlargement of the canals in this State. Mr. Tubbs came to Rochester in 1861. He remained in the service of the State in responsible positions until 1872, during which year he was en- gaged as chief engineer of the proposed water works for Rochester and was also chief engineer and superintendent of the construction of the Elmira Reformatory. From thence onward he designed and supervised the construction of the Rochester water works, and remained in charge until June, 1890. From that time until Febru- ary, 1895, he was engaged in business as a consulting engineer. Among the im- portant works on which he was employed as an expert engineer during this period were the designs for the Syracuse water works, and the condemnation proceedings to acquire the property of the old water works company and the water power rights on the outlet of Skaneateles Lake; condemnation proceedings connected with the construction of the new water supply conduit for Rochester; the legal contest be- tween the D., L. & W. Railroad Company and the town of York, Livingston county ; the town of Geneseo vs. the Board of Supervisors; the case of White vs. the D., L. & W. Railroad Company; the water power owners on the Oatka against the Salt Works in the Wyoming Valley; the water works contractor against the village of East Syracuse and the contractor against the village of Ilion. At various times Mr. Tubbs has designed works or acted as consulting engineer or expert of water works at Rochester, Syracuse, Geneva, Geneseo, Medina, Dryden, Albion, Mt. Morris, Lyons, Oneida, Port Jervis, Penn Yan, and East Syracuse in this State, and in many cities and towns in other States. Since February, 1895, he has been in the employ of the superintendent of public works as general inspector of all the New York State canals. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association, the New England Water Works Association, of the various Masonic bodies, and of the Rochester Whist Club. His first vote was cast for the nominee of the old Whig party, and since the organization of the Republican party has been affiliated with it. He never held an elective office. Mr. Tubbs was mar- ried in 1856 to Elithea Mandell Wooster, who survives, and has two sons and one daughter: William N., Frank W., and Josie Elithea. His residence is now No. 13 Rutger street, Rochester, N. Y.
Putnam, Earl B., son of the late George Putnam, was born in Waterville, N. Y., where he resided until 1881, when he moved to Rochester. He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1879, and in 1880-81 studied law at the Columbia College Law School, after which he read law with Hon. Martin W. Cooke, of Rochester, and was admitted to the bar in 1882 from the office of Cooke & Pond, where he remained as managing clerk until 1883. Until 1888 he practiced alone, at which time he formed
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a partnership with George F. Slocum, which has continued up to the present time. During Mr. Putnam's residence in Rochester he was director and secretary of the Silver Lake Ice Company, director of the Silver Lake R. R., and of the Union Bank of Rochester, trustee of the Society for the Organization of Charity, vestryman of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, member of the New York State Bar Associa- tion, Genesee Valley Club, Whist Club and Kent Club. October 17, 1882, he married Grace Williams Tower, daughter of the late Charlemagne Tower, of Philadelphia.
Higbee, Abijah Peck, Penfield, Monroe county, N. Y., was born in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, N. Y., March 29, 1818. His father, William Higbee, moved to Penfield in 1835, and purchased the farm now owned and occupied by the subject of this sketch, so that Mr. Higbee has lived in the same house for sixty years. In 1841 he married Sarah Jane Ross, of Penfield, N. Y., by whom he had two sons and two daughters, viz: William deceased; Horace, of Wellsville, N. Y .; Mrs. R. W. Warner, of Penfield, N, Y; and Mrs. J. F. Forbes, of De Land, Fla. Mr. Higbee was educated in the Academy at Penfield, and in 1848 he united with the Baptist church at that place, and he has been for years one of the most influential and liberal members of the church. Mr. Higbee has held no office in his town except that of assessor, but he has always been a prominent and successful farmer, and his judg- ment has been uniformly respected by his neighbors and fellow citizens in financial and business matters.
Vick, Henry H., was born on the homestead, November 13, 1857, and his educa- tion was obtained in the public schools, Satterly Institute, and was graduated from Rochester Business University. He is a florist, seed grower, and market gardener by occupation. May 8, 1879, he married Carrie English, of the town of Greece, and they had six children: Lizzie I., Fern M., a baby boy who died in infancy, Blanche L., Henry H., jr., and Carry L. Mr. Vick's father, Joseph H., was born in Ports- mouth, England, November 14, 1830, and came to New York city with his parents in 1833. In 1834 the family came to Rochester, where he was educated in the public schools. His father established one of the first and best boot and shoe shops in Rochester. At the age of eighteen Joseph H. had mastered the art of boot and shoe cutting, and was foreman in his father's shop. In 1856 he married Eliza A. Hawley, of Janesville, Wis., formerly of Gravesend, England, and six children were born to them: Henry H., as above, Arthur T., Clara L., Maude M., Frank J., and Albert R. Henry H. Vick's grandfather, James Vick, purchased the homestead in 1850. He erected a shop and with his sons, George and Joseph, followed the occupation of farming and shoemaking. James Vick, an uncle to Henry H., became the famous seedsman. He began in a small way in 1857. In 1865 Joseph H. and family again went to Rochester, where they cultivated seeds, and in 1868 returned to Greece for permanent business, as foreman for his brother James, which he followed until his death, June 3, 1892. Mrs. Vick's father, Nathan English, was born in Carlton, Or- leans county, N. Y., November 11, 1820, was educated in the common schools, and a farmer by occupation. November 16, 1843, he married Mary J. Hobbs, of Rush, Monroe county, N. Y., and they had eight children: H. Eugene, Wells D., Louisa D., Nathan W., George C., Carrie, as above, Jennie and Newton. The family came to the town of Greece in 1847. Mrs. English died January 28, 1890, and Mr. English December 17, 1890. Mr. Vick is a member of Valley Lodge No. 109, F. & A. M., Rochester, N. Y., and of Lake Ontario Grange No. 311, Greece, N. Y.
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Michel, Albert, born in Germany in 1837, emigrated in 1857, coming directly to Rochester. Mr. Michel's father was a farmer of limited means, and Albert may be rightly termed the architect of his own success, as his available capital when he reached Rochester was but two dollars. His independent position has been reached by methods which have not forfeited the esteem and respect of his neighbors, and is wholly due to his own frugality and integrity. He has been a resident of Brighton since 1865, now occupying a handsome home in the central part of the town, and engaged in general farming. In 1861 he married Petronella Schumann, also of German birth, who has born him eleven children, of whom four, William Victor, Clara, Joseph and Carrie are deceased. Seven children are living: Frances, John, Matthew, Lillian, Frank, George and Albert.
Raymond, Charles C., was born in 1846, a son of Isaac and Mary (Rich) Raymond, the father being born in 1805. He came to Penfield from Connecticut in 1832 and served at different times as supervisor, legislator, and deputy sheriff. His death occurred in 1849, leaving three sons: George W., Wm. I. T., and Charles C. His grandfather, Samuel Rich, came to Penfield in 1799 and lived on the place where Mr. Raymond now lives. The latter was for some years engaged in raising nursery stock with his brother, George, since which he has devoted his attention to farming. He has served as collector, assessor, and in 1894 was elected supervisor. His wife was Francelia E., daughter of Myron R. Smith, and they have one son, Clinton B., and one daughter, Grace
Frank, George, was born at Auburn, N. Y., in 1851. His father, Valentine Frank, who was a hotel proprietor at Syracuse, came to Brighton in 1861, where he still re- sides, being now seventy-seven years of age. George married in 1890, and has three children: Carrie, Florence and Laura.
Terrill, Erwin, is the second son of the late Thaddeus Terrill of Ogden, who set- tled here in 1860, removing from Middletown, Vermont, where his children were born, and where his wife had died three years before. She was Lydia Loomis, of an old and prominent Vermont family, and her father was a soldier in the Revolution. Erwin Terrill was born in 1840 at Middletown, and was twenty years old when the family settled at Ogden. He completed his education at Spencerport. He first en- gaged in farming in the town of Irondequoit, where he remained eight years, in 1860 coming to Brighton, and becoming the possessor of a valuable suburban farm, de- voted chiefly to dairy products. In 1870 Mr. Terrill married L. Isabelle, daughter of George W. Winship, of Parma, and their two sons, Whitcomb, who is associated with his father in the dairy business, and Edwin Osgood, attending Rochester Uni- versity. Mr. Terrill is a Republican, and he takes a leading part in town affairs, having been assessor since 1889, and in March, 1895, was elected village trustee without opposition.
Northrop, Burr S., was born in Penfield, July 16, 1850, the son of Abel G. and Cornelia A. (Scoville) Northrop. Abel G. Northrop was born in January, 1823, and lived on the farm where Burr now lives, and died there in 1879. Burr Northrop was married January 31, 1878, to Ruth, daughter of Samuel Raymond, and they have five children, Raymond, Abel, Laura, Burr, and George. Mr. Northrop is at present, and has been for ten years, overseer of the poor, and has also been school trustee.
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His grandfather, Burr Northrop, settled here about 1828, and bought the farm where the present Burr Northrop lives.
Plumb, William T., was born in Lewis county, N. Y., September 14, 1867, where he received his rudimentary education. He removed with his parents to Rochester and entered the Free Academy, and upon graduation received a scholarship to the Uni- versity of Rochester, from which he was graduated with honor in 1887, taking the Townsend scholarship. Choosing law as his profession Mr. Plumb began his studies in the office of Shuart & Sutherland, and was admitted to the bar at the general term at Rochester in October, 1893. He has successfully built up a large and lucra- tive practice. In January, 1895, Mr. Plumb was appointed by Mayor Lewis secre- tary of the Civil Service Board. He is a member of the Psi Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa fraternities and the Rochester Athletic Club.
Carnahan, Hon. George Alexander, was born in Ravenna, Ohio, May 21, 1862. He received his early education in his native town, and was graduated from the Wes- leyan University of Middletown, Conn., in the class of 1884, after which he entered the office of Morgan & French, of Rochester, for the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in this city in 1886, and immediately afterward opened an office here In 1894 he was elected judge of the Municipal Court of the city of Rochester, and served on that bench until January, 1895, when he resigned to accept the appointment by Governor Morton of special county judge of Monroe county, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Judge Arthur E. Sutherland. Judge Carnahan is also a member of the Board of Managers of the State Industrial School of Rochester.
Beahan, James, M. D., was born in Newark, N. J., July 15, 1822, and came to this State with his mother. He was educated in Starkey Seminary and Hobart College and came to reside in the town of Gates, this county, in 1847. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa., in 1852, and at once began practice in Gates, where he had a fine business many years. In 1875 he removed to Rochester, but still retains a large portion of his old patrons from Gates. January 27, 1857, he married Abby Scofield, of the town of Chili, by whom he had two sons, Herman S. and Charles C. The former is a graduate of Columbia College of Physicians and Sur- geons of New York city, who has a large and growing practice in Rochester and suburbs, and Charles C. is a coal merchant. Dr. James Beahan is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society, and of Teoronto Lodge of Odd Fellows.
Heenan, Martin M., son of Martin, was born in Ireland on the 27th of October, 1856, and came to America in May, 1875, after receiving his education and serving an apprenticeship in his native country. For the first three years after his arrival he was a clerk in a dry goods store in Oswego, following which he spent a like period in Auburn, N.Y. During the next six years he was a clerk in the cloak and suit estab- lishment of Garry Brothers in New York city, and for a similar term he was in the employ of D. McCarthy & Co., of Syracuse. In 1893 he removed to Rochester and purchased an interest in the New York cloak and suit house at No. - State street, and in May, 1895, he bought out the business of Francis Fitzgibbon, and became sole proprietor. His business is confined exclusively to ladies' cloaks and suits, and in this connection it is one of the leading concerns of the kind in the city. Mr. Heenan has been a member of the A. O. H. for about ten years.
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White, Richard E., was born in Mansfield, Mass., June 12, 1848, and in 1855 re- moved with his parents to the town of Wheatland, Monroe county. He received his education in the district schools of that town, at Falley Seminary in Fulton, Oswego county, and at the Brockport Normal School. He read law in the office of Joseph A. Stull, of Rochester, and was admitted to the bar at the general term of the Supreme Court in Buffalo in June, 1875. He immediately began the practice of his profession in Rochester, where he has since been eminently successful. While George A. Ben- ton was district attorney of Monroe county Mr. White was associated with him in partnership. He has been an elder of St. Peter's Presbyterian church for the past fifteen years and clerk of the session for six years.
Beach, Daniel Beers, was born in Temple street in New Haven, Conn., November 14, 1822, and received his preliminary education in his native city. Reared under the influences of that historic seat of learning, he became a private tutor in families in Brunswick county, Va., in Rockingham county, N. C. He was graduated from Yale College in the class of 1842 and from the law department of that institution in 1845, being admitted to the bar of that State in August following. The same year he removed to Rochester, N. Y., and was admitted to the New York State bar at Albany, in Jaruary, 1847. He began the practice of his profession at Rochester im- mediately afterwards. In 1867 he temporarily returned to his old home in New Haven and practiced law there until the spring of 1871, when he again came to Rochester, where he has ever since resided and followed his chosen profession. He served as supervisor of the then Seventh ward of Rochester in 1865, being elected on the Republican ticket. Except this, he has given his attention almost exclusively to his business. June 1, 1853, Mr. Beach married Miss Loraine Rogers, of Lockport, and has had two sons and four daughters, of whom three daughters are living.
Chadsey, John H., was born in the village of Ballston Spa. Saratoga county, N. Y., March 1, 1845, the eldest son of Dr. Alonzo J. Chadsey, a well known and eminent physician of said county. He was educated in private and public schools, and at eleven years of age removed to Schenectady, where he attended the preparatory school in the old Union College building, and graduated from the classical depart- ment at the age of sixteen years; attending the County Institute, he received a cer- tificate to teach any common school in Schenectady county. The war of the Rebellion breaking out, he enlisted in Co. A, 132d Regiment, N. Y. S. Vols., but was not mustered in the service on account of being under the required age. After leav- ing school he was a clerk in his uncle's store for two years, and then removed to New York city and entered the office of the famous lawyer, John Graham, esq., as a student at law, and at the age of twenty-one years was admitted to the bar, Hon. Eldridge T. Gerry being one of the examiners. He remained with Mr. Graham nearly five years thereafter, and was, in May, 1870, employed as an assistant to Messrs. John Graham and Eldridge T. Gerry, the counsel for the prisoner in the celebrated trial of Daniel McFarland, for the killing of Albert D. Richardson, in the Tribune office, in the city of New York. He took a course in political economy and debate at the Cooper Institute, and was vice-president of the Cary Political Science Society. In February, 1871, he removed to St. Mary's, Kansas, and became a partner in the firm of Sedgwick & Chadsey, in the land, law, and insurance business, and had exclusive charge of the law department; returning cast in December of the
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same year he was married to Miss Emma J. Covey, youngest daughter of Alvah Covey, of Penfield, Monroe county. In 1873 he returned to Penfield and opened a law office at Fairport, which he afterwards removed to Rochester, retaining his resi- dence at Penfield until 1891, when he removed to the city of Rochester. He has been constantly engaged in the practice of law, is well known, and has an extensive prac- tice in Monroe county and vicinity ; he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity for years, and is past master of Penfield Union Lodge, F. & A M. In politics he is a Republican, casting his first presidential vote for U. S. Grant in 1868; he was a member of the Republican County Committee of Monroe county for four years, two of which he was treasurer of said committee.
Hopkins, John Hampden, was born in Rochester, June 20, 1852, and in 1872 was graduated from Hamilton College. He read law in the office of Cox & Avery, of Auburn, N. Y., and later entered the Albany Law School, from which he was grad- uated in 1875. Returning to Auburn he practiced law until 1877, when he came to Rochester, where he has since followed his chosen profession.
Hays, David, was born in Rochester, N. Y., November 28, 1858. At an early age he attended the grammar schools in New York city, and in 1874 the Free Academy of Rochester, and graduated from the Rochester University in 1878, after which he took a course in political science at the University of Berlin, and was a graduate of the Columbian Law School in the class of 1881, at which time he was admitted to the bar. In January, 1883, he became a partner of Mr. James B. Perkins, which part- nership continued until the removal of Mr. Perkins to France in August, 1890, and was renewed in August, 1895, on the return of Mr. Perkins to Rochester.
Maurer, Edward W., was born in Rochester, N. Y., April 17, 1858, was graduated from the University of Rochester in 1877, and in the fall of the same year entered the University of Goettingen, Germany, where he remained for over two years. In 1880 he returned to America and entered the law office of ex-Congressman (now jus- tice of the Supreme Court) John M. Davy, and was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1882. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Davy, which continued until 1886, when he opened an office alone for the practice of the law. In 1887 he was elected member of assembly on the Republican ticket. He is a member of the Central Pres- byterian church. His father was one of the oldest grocery merchants in this city, and died in 1892, his place of business being at 149 East Main street. His mother is still living in the old homestead, 67 North Clinton street, in Rochester. Mr. Maurer's offices are at Nos. 416, 417, and 418 Elwanger & Barry building.
La Salle, B. F. & C. W .- Dr. B. Frank La Salle, son of Francis La Salle, was born in Paris, France, March 29, 1842, and came to this country in infancy with his par- ents, who located in St. Lawrence county, where Dr. La Salle received his prelimi- nary education. Afterwards he entered the office_of Dr. J. D. Huntington, of Watertown, N. Y., for the study of dentistry, where, after three years of diligent work, he passed the State examination and began the practice of his profession in Oswego, N. Y. In 1876 he removed to Rochester, where he has built up a very large practice. His son, Dr. Clint W. La Salle, who is a graduate of the Buffalo Dental College, and who was the first student to matriculate in that institution, is associated with him under the above firm name. Dr. B. F. La Salle is a member of the Seventh
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District Dental Society and was the organizer of the Rochester Dental Club, now the Rochester Dental Society, of which he was president for one year. He is a member of Valley Lodge, No. 109, F. & A. M., and served it as master in 1881-82; he also belongs to Hamilton Chapter R. A. M., Doric Council, and Monroe Com- mandery, No. 12, K. T.
Thayer, George W., was born in Livonia, N. Y., December 9, 1846, and is a son of George and Phebe Thayer. He received his rudimentary education in his native town, and later took a three years' special course at the Genesee Wesleyan Semi- nary. He soon after became proprietor of the Bank of Lima, and conducted the same for about twenty years. He moved to Rochester in 1888 and was in active business until 1893, when the Alliance Bank was organized, of which he became president, which position he has since held.
Finnessy, James H., M. D., son of Patrick T. Finnessy, was born in Allegany county, N. Y., October 3, 1864. He finished his education at the Geneseo State Normal School, after which he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Baltimore, Md., and was graduated with the degree of M. D. from the University of Baltimore in 1890. After completeing his collegiate course he came to Rochester and accepted the appointment of house physician to St. Mary's Hospital, which posi- tion he filled for one year, when he opened an office for the practice of medicine. Dr. Finnessy is medical examiner for a number of prominent insurance companies, is a member of the Monroe County Medical Society, and is one of the rising young physicians in Rochester.
Paviour, Robert S., son of William and Sarah Paviour, was born in Rochester, N. Y., September 17, 1859. He attended the public schools of his native city and later entered the Rochester Free Academy, from which he was graduated in 1876. The same year he became a clerk in the fire insurance office of Ward & Clark (established in 1870), in which capacity he remained until the death of Mr. Ward in 1880, when he was made general manager, Mr. Clark being a resident of Boston, Mass. In 1881 Mr. Paviour was admitted to partnership under the firm name of Clark & Paviour, and in January, 1891, he became sole proprietor of the business, which he has since conducted. He has been very successful, and is well and favorably known. He represents the Phoenix Assurance Company of London, the Phoenix Insurance Com- pany of Hartford, the Westchester Fire Insurance Company of New York, and the Equitable Fire and Marine Insurance Company of Providence, all leading fire insur- ance companies, and the New Jersey Plate Glass Insurance Company of Newark, N. J. He was formerly president of the Rochester Board of Fire Underwriters, is ac- tively interested in various institutions of the city, and takes a prominent part in promoting and fostering their welfare, being officially connected with several organ- izations of note.
Brown, Richard, was born in the town of Mayfield, Sussex, England, August 11, 1828, and came to this country with his parents when an infant. They first located in Canada, and later in Pittsford, Monroe county, where he received a part of his education. The family again returned to Canada, remaining until 1845, when they came to Port Byron, Cayuga county. August 17 of that year he began to learn the tinner's trade and did extensive work on Auburn Prison. He returned to Port Byron
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