Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, Part 52

Author: Pool, William, 1825-1912, ed
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: [Syracuse] : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 820

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Tucker, Carl E., was born at Buffalo, N. Y., May 26, 1867, and was a son of

Henry C. Tucker, a well-known lawyer, now deceased. Mr. Tucker attended the public schools at Niagara Falls, whither his parents had removed in 1868, and later at De Veaux College ; he also took a course at Brown University, and was graduated from there in 1890. In the same year he began reading law in the offices of Ells- worth, Potter & Storrs, and later with William C. Greene of Lockport, N. Y. In 1893 he returned to Niagara Falls and has since enjoyed a successful practice.

Taylor, Edward J., is a member of one of the oldest and most respected families in Niagara county. His grandfather and great-grandfather were natives of New Jer- sey, and his father was born and reared in Niagara county. Edward J. was born in the town of Lockport January 2, 1856. He attended the Lockport schools and re- ceived a liberal education. After spending some time on a farm he entered the law office of Farnell & Burrell as a student, and April 4, 1880, was admitted to the bar. After spending some time in the West he returned to Lockport and opened an office for the general practice of law, which he has since pursued with marked success. February 17, 1879, Mr. Taylor married May I .. , daughter of Sylvester G. Root of Lockport.

Terry, Frank H., was born on the homestead September 26, 1835. His father, a native of Harpersfield, N. Y., came to Niagara county in 1821 and bought his farm of 385 acres and afterwards added 200 acres more. He married Ruth, daughter of Lezar Treadwell, and through life was identified as a farmer. He was a man of strong character, who took an active interest in the anti-slavery agitation and in 1850 entertained Hon. Frederick Douglass for several weeks; he died in 1866. F. H. Terry was educated in the common schools and in 1870 married Eugenia, daughter of N. G. Stebbins, and they have two daughters, Florence and Mabel.

Trevor, William W., one of Lockport's enterprising, energetic and leading busi- dess men, was born at Allegheny City, Pa., December 8, 1841. His parents removed to Lockport when he was quite young and where he obtained his first schooling in the Union School. His first business experience was in the manufacture of nursery- men's labels, in which he was engaged for five years. He at this date became the senior member of the firm of Trevor & Penfield, which copartnership continued for some time, when he sold his interest in the business and became a member of the firm of Trevor & Co., which firm was succeeded by the Trevor Manufacturing Com- pany and was incorporated January 1, 1890, with Mr. Trevor as president. This is the only concern in the city engaged in making machinery for the manufacture of shingles, heading, wood pulp, etc., and is one of the largest of the kind in this sec- tion of the country. They give employment to from forty to fifty workmen and their business extends over the United States, Canada and different parts of Europe. Aside from Mr. Trevor's interest in this business, he is the president of the Hartland Paper Company of Middleport, N. Y., a director of the Niagara Paper Mills and is one of the stockholders in the United Indurated Fiber Company and was one of the original founders of the company. He was married December 27, 1867, to Anna M., daughter of Benjamin C. Moore of Lockport, and they have two children: Carolyn M., a graduate of Wells College, Aurora, and Benjamin R., a graduate of Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Buffalo.

Trevor, Francis M., treasurer of the Trevor Manufacturing Company, and one of

the most prominent of Lockport's citizens, was born at Hamilton, Madison county, N. Y., May 17, 1844. He was educated at the Rensselaer Institute, from which he was honorably graduated in 1866 and two years later was graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. He then served for three years as assistant engineer in the navy; he at this date removed to Lockport and became connected with the man- ufacturing firm of Trevor & Co. This concern was established in 1858 by Joseph and James B. Trevor, which was carried on under the firm name of J. B. Trevor & Co. for three years, when it was succeeded by Trevor & Co. George S. Trevor after- ward became a member of the firm and when his interest was purchased by William W. Trevor, the style of the firm was unchanged and upon the death of James B., in 1867, Mr. Francis N. Trevor became a partner and the firm became Trevor & Co. until January 1, 1890, when it was incorporated under the style of the Trevor Manu- facturing Company, as it is at present. This firm are large manufacturers of ma- chinery for making staves, shingles, 'heading and wood pulp. Aside from his inter- est in this concern he is one of the stockholders in the Niagara Paper Mill, the Lockport Hydraulic Company and was one of the organizers and directors in the United Indurated Fibre Company. He is a member of Lockport Lodge No. 17, F. & A. M. and the society of Naval Graduates; he is also a member of the Zeta Psi, a Greek letter college fraternity. He was married in April, 1885, to Katharine, daughter of Stephen Wheeler of Rochester and an only son, George W., has been born to them. Mr. Trevor takes an active interest in all good moves for the advance- ment of the city's interests and is a great lover of outdoor sports, being a member of the Anglers' Club and others of equal note.

Taylor, Reuben A., was born at Lanesboro, Pa., March 8, 1866, and attended the public schools until he was fifteen years of age, when he entered the State Normal School at Potsdam, Pa. He was compelled to work his way through school, which took him five years, whereas the regular course was but three. In 1886 he was gradu- ated with honors, having completed the English course of instruction ; he then taught for one year in the Sanitaria Springs (N. Y.) public schools, also one year at Spring Valley, N. Y., and two years at Haverstraw, N. Y. In November, 1889, he was ap- pointed express messenger for the National Express Company over the West Shore and Fitchburg Railroad, his route being from Niagara Falls to Boston, Mass. In 1890 he removed his residence to Niagara Falls. On August 21, he was mar- ried to Larena A., daughter of Hon. W. W. Mumford, of Starrucca. In September, 1892, he assumed the principalship of the then Union School at Niagara Falls, to which position he had been appointed in July of the same year; he still holds that office, the school at the present time bearing the name of Niagara Falls High School.

Tice, James A., was born in New Jersey, September 1, 1827, a son of James A. Tice, sr., who came to Niagara county in 1833, and located where the subject now lives. His parents came all the way with a team and wagon (spending the Fourth of July of that year in Philadelphia), and were six weeks on their way. They lived in their wagon until they could clear a small spot and erect the small log cabin of the pioneer and went to work to hew a home out of the wilderness, for at that time there was not a stick of the primeval forest touched. Mr. Tice can remember of hearing the wolves howl and seeing a great many deer. His father was a soldier in the war of 1812 and one of the "Jersey Blues." He died April 29, 1876, and his wife March

24, 1866. James A. Tice was married to Mary C. Richardson, November 15, 1856. and they had three children: Emma, the eldest, was born June 2, 1859, and married James Bonnell, who resides in the town of Newfane; Ziba, was born February 23, 1860, and married Tena Barnes; he resides with his father; and Hattie Eliza (de- ceased) was born August 12, 1862, and died September 29, 1894. Mr. Tice is a prac- tical and successful farmer and does general farming. He also has about forty acres of good orchard, mostly of apple trees. In politics he is a Democrat, and has served as pathmaster for several years. He is one of the representative men of Niagara county and a genial host.

Rice, William B., M. D .- The prominence attained by Dr. W. B. Rice in Lock- port during the past fifteen years, is such as to warrant some mention in these pages. This gentleman has occupied a special sphere in the successful care and treatment of the sick and afflicted. He was born in Madison county, N. Y., Novem- ber 29, 1828. He was educated in the public schools and academy at Port Byron. At an early age he began the study of medicine in his father's office and in 1863 was graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College, receiving the degree of M. D. He at this date removed to the town of Millville, Mass., and began the practice of his profession, in which he continued for a short time when he removed to Niagara Falls, N. Y. Dr. Rice has always taken an active part in politics and during President Grant's term was postmaster at Niagara Falls, also under Presi- dent Hayes. He is a member of the Niagara County Medical Society of which he is president. January 13, 1853, he married Jerusha Barton.

Leonhardt, H. C., M. D., was born in Logan, Perth county, Ontario, October 3, 1864. He was then educated at the Mitchell Collegiate Institute, and the University of Buffalo, from which he was graduated in 1890. He then went to Europe for a year, nine months of which were spent in a post-graduate course in Vienna and Berlin and three months in London. He located in North Tonawanda in 1894. Dr. Leonhardt is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Iroquois and the Mystic Circle; also of the Erie County Medical Society and of the Anglo-American Vienna Medical Association, etc. He married Susan Amelia Wright of Toronto, and they have one daughter: Annie K. Dr. Leonhardt's parents were John and Magdalena (Klaum) Leonhardt, both natives of Germany.

Lureman, Charles, was born in Germany, September 16, 1843, a son of John and Christian (Schreider) Lureman, natives of Germany, who immigrated to America in 1854, settling in Trenton, Oneida county, N. Y., and in 1859 came to Pendleton, where Mrs. Lureman died in 1879. Charles Lureman was educated in the common schools and has always been a farmer on the homestead farm of eighty acres, which he now owns. May 6, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 28th N. Y. Vols. ; he was discharged June 4, 1864, and re-enlisted in Co. A, 2d N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and was honorably discharged August 10, 1865. He was engaged in the following battles: Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville and many smaller battles and was wounded while crossing the Appomattox River, near Farmville. In politics Mr. Lureman is a Republcan and has been collector and elected assessor in 1897, being the only Republican elected in the town. In 1871 he married Wilhelmina Vereck of Pendleton, and they have four children: Louisa F., Matilda A., Charles J. and Alice C.

La Barr, John, jr., was born in Saratoga county, October 28, 1832. His father, John W. La Barr, came to Niagara county in 1835 and through life has been one of the prominent men of his town, representing his county in the Assembly in 1857. He married Almira, daughter of Nicholas Palmer. John La Barr, jr., was educated in Niagara county and at Lima. He married Mary E. Rowe, and they had six chil- dren: William D., Burt C., Mrs. Martha E. Chase, Mrs. Nettie R. Ketcham, Anna C. and Frank.

McDonald, E. C., Wheatfield, was born in Buffalo, October 2, 1857, and received his education in that city, graduating from the State Normal School in 1877. He has been in the milling business twenty years, seven in Buffalo and thirteen in Ton- awanda. He is not only an active and successful business man, but is also a prom- inent member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council. He is past master of the Blue Lodge and past high priest of the Chapter and has been senior grand deacon of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and has been secretary of Tona- wanda Lodge No. 247, F. & A. M., for the past five years. Mr. McDonald married Lois E. Abbey of Buffalo, N. Y. He has been trustee of the village for two years and president for part of a term, and has been president of the Board of Water Commissioners three years. His parents were Charles C. and Sarah (Crane) Mc- Donald. His father died in 1886.

Mansfield, Alonzo J .- Prominent among Lockport's many manufacturers is A. J. Mansfield. He was born in Clarence, Erie county, N. Y., October 20, 1824, and was engaged on a farm until 1848, when he removed to Rapids, Niagara county, and engaged in farming and milling, in which he continued for eight years. At this date he removed to Lockport and was appointed assistant assessor in the internal revenue office, which position he held for seven years. In 1872 he purchased the Lockport Glass Works, which he has since owned and operated. Mr. Mansfield served six years on the Board of Education and is now president of the Police Board.

McNair, C. C., was born in South Bristol, Ontario county, July 8, 1853. His father, James C. McNair, was born in the same town, where the family were early settlers. James McNair married Jane, daughter of William Kaufman, and they came to Niagara county in 1857, settling in the town of Royalton, where he was identified as a farmer. C. C. McNair was educated in the common schools, and in 1875 entered the employ of Seaman & Barton of Gasport; in 1876 he established his present business and to-day is carrying the leading stock in Gasport. In 1877 he married Hattie E., daughter of Lewis Olds, and she died in 1890; in 1891 Mr. Mc- Nair married Mrs. Eva A. Mather, daughter of Jesse A. Gladding, and they have three children: Walter K., and Nellie I. McNair and Inez H. Mather. Mr. McNair was elected and served his town as supervisor for two years, and has also served as postmaster for two terms.

Mesler, M. A., was born in the town of Royalton, April 5, 1851, a son of A. Mesler, who was one of the pioneers of Niagara county. M. A. Mesler was educat- ed in Lockport Union school, and in 1875 established his business of dealer in agricultural implements, paints, hardware, flour, feed and produce. In 1893 he erected his present store and to day is one of the leading dealers in his line of

goods. In 1876 he married Carrie, daughter of William H. Simpson; Mrs. Mesler died in 1885, and Mr. Mesler married Mrs. Mary Miles, who died in 1895, and he again married Minnie, daughter of Theodore Stevens, and they have two sons, Ralph and Clarence, and one daughter, Cora M.

Miller, Galen, was born in the town of Lewiston, Niagara county, a son of Will- iam and Alanthe (Rose) Miller, and is well known throughout this part of the State as an agriculturist and lawyer. He has also been prominent both at home and abroad in public affairs. He was justice of the peace four years and supervisor of the town five years. He took a prominent part in national affairs during 1896, being a delegate to the Populist National Convention at St. Louis, where he did more than any other man to unite the Populists with the Democrats and prevent them putting a Populist ticket in the field. He is one of the original silver men, having predicted the silver issue of 1896 in 1876. Mr. Miller is an independent reasoner, remarkably original in his ideas and arguments and is also a capable speaker. He was, when a young man, a Democratic delegate to the State Convention to make additions to the judiciary when Martin Grover, Allen and Rapello were elected. He has also been delegate to Congressional conventions. His articles to newspapers have always played an important part in public affairs, always opposed to the issuing of public bonds for public improvements, believing it to be a better policy than to issue bonds to use the constitutional powers of the government and issue full legal . tender money to make all public improvements; always maintaining that the value of money did not depend on the intrinsic value of its material, but on its volume and the legal power given it by law to discharge a debt and to be receivable for all public dues. Money having that power given it by law would swap into any and all other property, not on account of the material of which it is made. He is in favor of good roads, but opposed to issuing bonds to pay for them. During the war he was an active patriot, and to secure men for the army he himself paid bounties.

Moore Donald S., was born in Georgetown, Ont., January 21, 1869. He attended the public schools and was graduated from the Woodstock Collegiate Institute in 1887; he then engaged in teaching for three years and at the end of this time he entered the Cornell School of Law, from which he was graduated with the degree of LL.B. conferred upon him in 1894. He then came to Lockport, and after spending a year in the law offices of John E. and Cuthbert W. Pound he was admitted to the bar and immediately began the practice of his profession in that city where he has since been engaged.

McCarty, Owen E., was born at Belleville, Ontario, Canada, February 15, 1869, a son of William McCarty, an employee of the Grand Trunk Railroad Company. Owen McCarty attended the public schools of his native town until sixteen years of age, when he entered the medical department of Trinity College at Toronto, and was graduated therefrom in 1890. He spent the following year in the Toronto general hospitals in the capacity of house surgeon and in 1891 removed to Niagara Falls, N. Y., where he formed a partnership with M. Talbot, M. D., and where he still con- tinues in the successful practice of his profession. Dr. McCarty has been president of the Niagara Falls Academy of Medicine since its organization.

McKee, Thomas J., was born in the town of Newfane, April 22, 1838, a son of

Anthony and Elizabeth McKee, who were among the oldest settlers in Newfane. His father was born in Orange county, N. Y., April 21, 1806, and came with his pa- rents, James and Martha McKee, to Niagara county about 1825, locating in Newfane, and buying their land from the Holland Land Company. The country was all a wilderness filled with wolves, deer and bears; they built their rude log cabin and with undaunted courage and energy, hewed a home out of the forest. They were married in 1829 and were the parents of eight children, five of whom are living: Mrs. P. T. Dix; James M., who resides in Northern Michigan; Thomas J., Mrs. D. E. Stout and A. A. McKee, who resides in the town of Wilson; Martha, Andrew J., and Addie are dead. Mr. McKee died in 1896 and his wife in 1874. Thomas J. Mc- Kee received his education in Newfane, after which he engaged in farming. He was first married to Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob Brauker of Newfane, who died in

1855. Mrs. McKee died in 1872, and in 1873 he was again married to Lovira Brauker, a sister of his former wife, and they have one son, Rodney, born April 15, 1875. Mrs. McKee's people came from Pennsylvania to Niagara county in an early day, locating in Lockport for a time and came from there to Newfane in 1845, settling where the subject now lives. There were six children in the family, three of whom are living: Daniel, John and Mrs. McKee. Jacob was killed at Spottsylvania, and Jacob Brauker Post, G. A. R , at Newfane, is named in his honor.

McMullin, Rankin, was born at Syracuse, N. Y., August 27, 1831, a son of Rankin R. McMullin, deceased. He attended the Lockport and Lewiston public schools and began his business career in the hardware trade at Lockport. He spent a number of years in travel, having, in 1859 with a companion, walked from Leavenworth, Kan., to San Francisco, Cal., and ended that trip with two years in the California mines. In 1861 he enlisted in the United States Army in the 4th Regiment of California Vols. and served until the close of the war. In June, 1866, hereturned to New York State, settling at Suspension Bridge and was appointed in the same year a deputy collector of customs, which office he filled for four years. In 1872 he again went to California, but returned to Niagara Falls in 1877, when he was made a gatekeeper at Prospect Park, and upon the purchase by the State of New York of that property, he was made one of the State Reservation Police, which position he now holds. Mr. Mc- Mullin is a member of Niagara Falls Blue Lodge No. 132, F. & A. M., and Niagara Chapter No. 200, R. A. M., and is a member of Dudley Donnelly Post, G. A. R.

Murphy, James P., was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., May 9, 1816, and came to Niagara county in 1832, settling in Lockport, and engaged in the business of cabi- net making, which he carried on for many years. He served as city clerk for two years, from 1854 to 1856, and in 1862 was appointed assessor of internal revenue by President Lincoln, which position he held until the year 1871. He was engaged in the grocery business for eighteen years and retired in 1890. In 1833 he married Catherine Davey, who died in 1890, and he again married Ellen Roberts in 1894. He has three sons: William G., James H. and Charles A., by his first wife, all of whom are residents of Lockport and doing business in the city June, 1897.

Murphy, James F., was born at Niagara Falls, N. Y., January 14, 1855. After his school days were ended he worked for three years in the office of D. J. Townsend, superintendent of Prospect Park, and for several years he devoted his time to land-

scape photographing. From 1882 to 1891 he served as town clerk of the town of Niagara, and in 1885 engaged in the insurance business; at the present time (1897) he has the largest agency in Western New York, representing the best of the standard stock companies doing business in the State.

Miller, Charles J., was born in Newfane in 1865, a son of Peter D. and Mary (Coulter) Miller. Peter Miller was born in Montgomery county and came to Orleans county in 1830, thence to Newfane in 1845, where he lived until his death in 1895. Mrs. Miller was born in Newfane and resides on the old homestead. C. J. Miller has two sisters, the eldest, Alice L., now Mrs. Robert D. Wilson, resides in Newfane, and Carrie E., now Mrs. George D. Bixler. Mr. Miller was graduated from the Lockport Union School in the class of 1886, and from Cornell University in 1890, after which he returned to Newfane and engaged in the basket and lumber business ; he does about $20,000 of business each year, and has a fine house and lot and a farm of 110 acres. In 1892 he married Lotta I., daughter of Jesse O. Lockwood. Asso- ciated with Mr. Miller in the basket and lumbering business are S. D. Redman, president; James A. Kelley, vice-president; R. D. Wilson, secretary, and C. J. Miller, treasurer. The company was organized in 1887, at which time they bought out Shaw & Vincent, the former owners. They put in two spans of 100 feet each of stone dams, one in 1891, the other in 1892, making one of the best dams and giving the best water power on Eighteen-mile Creek. In 1893 their entire plant was burned, but they at once rebuilt and worked with such vigor that in two weeks they were do- ing business again. Their output is about 300,000 each of peach and grape baskets and 1,000,000 berry baskets, the latter going to all parts of the United States. In 1895 they added a saw mill to their already large plant and are doing a profitable and growing business in lumber.

Murphy, Edward, has resided and prosecuted his vocation in Lockport for many years, and is deservedly popular, not only with property owners, contractors, archi- tects, builders and others directly interested in improvements, but with the business community and general public. He was born at Moyles, Monaghan county, in the North of Ireland, October 17, 1859. His first schooling was obtained at New-Castle- on-Tyne, England. In 1868 he immigrated with his mother to this country and set- tled in Lockport; his first business experience was in the capacity of office boy in the office of R. H. James, in whose employ he continued for nine years. In 1885 he ac- cepted a position as salesman with Calvin Himes, one of the leading lumber dealers of Lockport, and in 1890 succeeded him in business, which he has since conducted with marked success. Mr. Murphy has two yards, one at No. 6 East avenue and one on West avenue. The one on West avenue comprises an acre and a half of land, with a storage capacity of from 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 feet, the annual sales averaging from $50,000 to $60,000. Mr. Murphy deservedly enjoys the confidence and a liberal share of the patronage of the contractors and builders of Lockport and the country round about, and is popular with all who know him by reason of his well known in- tegrity, liberality and courteous manners.

Millar, Hon. David, has been prominent at the Niagara county bar and on the bench for nearly thirty years. He was born at Lewiston, Niagara county, N. Y., September 30, 1842, a son of Alexander and Mary (Chew) Millar. He was educated

in the public schools and the Lewiston Academy and Lockport Union School. In 1867 he entered the law office of T. F. & G. W. Brown as a student, finishing his legal studies, however, in the office of Farnell & Brazee, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He has always been identified with the Democratic party, and in Novem- ber, 1889, was elected judge of Niagara county. July 12, 1871, he married Hortense, daughter of Peter Valleau of Ontario, Canada.

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Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, Part 52

Author: Pool, William, 1825-1912, ed Publication date: 1897 Publisher: [Syracuse] : D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Pool, William, 1825-1912, ed
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: [Syracuse] : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 820