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With Mr. Curtis he organized the firm of II. C. Curtis & Co., in connection with his eldest son, Charles G. Cleminshaw ; the three constitute the firm, it being one of the leading industries of the city devoted to the manufacture of cuffs and collars. Mr. Cleminshaw has for over a quarter of a century been actively identified with many of the most important business enterprises which have done so much toward building up and promoting the growth of Troy. For about twenty-five years he has been a vestryman of Christ's Episcopal church. In politics he has always been a staunch Republican and for many years recognized as influential in the ranks of his party in Troy.
CHARLES RUSSELL INGALLS.
JUSTICE CHARLES R. INGALLS was born at Greenwich, Washington county, N. Y .. September 11, 1819. 1le is of English descent, both on the paternal and maternal sides, the earliest ancestor of whom he possesses reliable information being Edmund Ingalls, who with his family emigrated from Lincolnshire, England, and arrived in the colony of Massachusetts Bay in June, 1699, settling in the territory which is now the city of Lynn. Four of his kinsmen were soldiers in the Revolutionary army, . one of them, James Ingalls, a great-unele, being killed at the battle of Bunker Hill.
Charles Ingalls, his grandfather, resided in Methuen, Mass., and after being grad- uated from Dartmouth College, removed to Washington county, N. Y., and read
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law. As soon as he was admitted to practice in the courts of this State, in 1802, he located in Greenwich, where he opened the first law office and successfully conducted a law practice until his death, September 2, 1812.
Charles Frye Ingalls, father of the subject of this record, adopted his father's pro- fession, and after his admission to the bar, October 9, 1819, began the practice of law at Greenwich, which he continued until within a few years of his death, which oeenrred March 5, 1870. He served as district attorney and judge of the Court of Common Pleas of his county, and a member of the New York Assembly ; he was highly esteemed for his integrity and ability as a lawyer, and for his probity as a citizen.
The maiden name of the mother of Justice Ingalls was Mary Rogers; she was the daughter of Nathan and Dorothea (Cleveland) Rogers, natives of Canterbury, Conn., who removed in the year 1800 to Greenwich, N. Y., where they became prominent citizens and were held in high regard for their intelligence and moral worth.
Charles Russell Ingalls read law at Greenwich under the instruction of his father, and on January 12, 1844, was admitted to the Supreme Court and Court of Chan- cery. Soon thereafter he formed a partnership with his father, who had secured an extensive and lucrative practice. In June, 1860, he removed to Troy and became a partner of David L. Seymour, a lawyer of recognized learning and ability. The business, which was equal to any in the county, was conducted under the firm name of Seymour & Ingalls.
Mr. Ingalls became so favorably known as a lawyer and a citizen in the Third Ju- dicial District that, in 1863, he was unanimously nominated, and elected to the office of justice of the Supreme Comt of that district. In 1870 he became ex-officio a member of the Court of Appeals. In 1821 he was nominated by both political par- ties for the same office, and was elected for fourteen years withont opposition. In 1877 he was appointed by the governor a member of the General Term of the Su- preme Court of the First Department of the State, comprising the city of New York. In 1885 he was again nominated, and without opposition elected to the same office for another term of fourteen years. He continued to serve until January t. 1890, when he retired from the bench, having been a Supreme Court justice for twenty- six years, and having attained the age of seventy, the limit prescribed by the Con- stitution of the State.
He had the honor in 1896 of being appointed as one of the Committee of One Hundred to the Conference at Washington, D. C., to consider the practicability of a permanent system of arbitration between Great Britain and the United States. Justice Ingalls was a delegate at large from the State of New York to the National Democratic Convention which met in 1860 at Charleston, S. C., and favored the nomination of Stephen A. Douglas for president; he was subsequently a delegate at Baltimore and still favored Donglas.
lle retains the home at Greenwich, N. Y., which has been in the possession of the family for over sixty years. He has been a trustee of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for twenty-five years, and in 1887 was unanimously elected its president, but declined the office because he deemed it incompatible with his judicial duties. Since retiring from the bench Justice Ingalls has occupied much of his time by con- sultations and hearing references. He has been a member of the Second Street
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Presbyterian church of Troy, and is and has been a ruling elder therein for many years.
In September, 1×16, he married Mary E., daughter of Dr. Charles R. Mosher, of Easton, N. Y. She died in February. 1-15. In June, 1952, he married Lorenda Ste- vens, of Troy, N. Y., who died in December, 1972. In November, 1850, he married Margaret L., daughter of the Rev. Uriah Marvin, of Troy, N. Y. They have one daughter, Margaret M .. who is twelve years of age.
Justice Ingalls survives a sister, Mary Ingalls, and a brother, Thomas Ingalls, who were born, resided and died in Greenwich, N. Y. ; the latter was a layer, who, after graduating from Trinity College. Hartford, Conn., read his profession in the office of his father and brother, and became their partner. In polities Justice Ingalls is a Democrat.
EDGAR LUSSTER FURSMAN.
Hos. EDGE: L. FresMAN was born in Saratoga county. N. Y., August 5, 1438. Ilis ancestors on the paternal side vere of English descent; on the maternal side they were Dutch, having come to tius country and settled on Long Island in 1612. His father, Jesse Budd Forsman, was born in Rensselaer county, and when young removed to Saratoga, and subsequently to Barton, Washington cofifty, where he was supervisor and assessor many years; he died in 1995. His wife, mother of the sub- ject of this record, Barbara( Helst Forsman, was a native of Dutchess county, N. Y .. she died in 1××1.
Judge Fursman was educated in Schuylerville and Greenwich Academies, t! . New York Conference Seminary as Charlotteville and Fort Edward Institute. He studied law with Hon. A. D. Wait, of Fort Edward, and was admitted to practice i. 1954 at Caldwell, N. Y. After practicing for a time at Schylerville, in 166 he came to 'Froy and formed a partnership with Hon. Jantes Forsyth, a Forsyth & Furman, and in 1570 th . partner hip of Smith, Firsthan & Cowen was forined, which contin-
As a lawyer Judy Furman carte took his place among the able pra trioder . of the State; he is thoroughly grounded in the philosophy of the law and po ssesa strong logical and analytical mind, and is learned a d erndlite. He brongift to the bench a mind thoroughly trained by years of study and experience. Ii. judicial papers and discussion, exhibe strength, clearness and persplenty of diction, and a judicial fairness which have placed finn in the front rank of the distinguished juni is who have shed lustre upon 'le berch of the Empire State.
He was president of the Young Men's Association of Troy for several year . and he' la commission as color, I in the New York Natio af Goand and al judge advocateon General Carr'sstaffforthree years Hei. tired of the Victor Cotton Manufacturing Co., a director in the Fort Miller & ide dha director of the Troy City Rathead, a member of Apollo Lake , Chon: fal Conesdry and Oriental Temple Nobles of the Mystic Share. In molti Judge Hy peri a being rat.
June 13, 1-60, he married Able; Minerva Cramer, of Saladoga conaty, a daughter
ARBA R. GREEN, M. D.
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of the late James Payne Cramer, a prominent business man of that county. Their son, james Cramer Fursman, is a lawyer of Troy.
ARBA R. GREEN, M. D).
DR. ARBA R. GREEN was born in Troy, N. Y., Angust 18, 1854. His father, J. Crawford Green, also was born in Troy and is the senior member of the firm of Green & Waterman. His mother was Mary Goodspeed, a native of Troy, a daugh- ter of Anthony Goodspeed; she died March 11, 1895.
Dr. Green's early education was meagre on account of his being afflicted with a spinal trouble, preventing him from studying before he was thirteen years old, at which time he entered Troy Academy; five years later he entered the New York Homeopathie Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1880 and has since practiced in Troy. He is now in the enjoyment of good health, which is considered almost a miracle, as in his early childhood his life was despaired of by five learned physicians.
Hle was the last president of the Troy Homeopathie Society. In the fall of 1879 he was appointed coroner by Governor Cornell, to fill the unexpired term of Dr. Woodruff, and was elected to that office by the people in 1881, and again was nomi- nated, but defeated. He has been medical examiner for the Knights of Honor for fourteen years; is a member of the Hahnemanman Society of New York, and was elected professor of medical jurisprudence of that institution. He is of the Baptist faith.
HIe married Lydia V. Richmond, of Averill Park, in 1880. His son, Crawford R. Green, is now a student at Troy Academy and intends to enter Williams College in 1897.
CHARLES E. HANAMAN.
CHARLES E. HANAMAN was born in Watervliet, N. Y., November 19, 1848. His father, Jonas Edward Hanaman, was a native of Brunswick, Rensselaer county, N. Y., born November 10, 1820, and for many years was engaged in the milling business. He removed to Troy in the early fifties, becoming a prominent flour mer- chant of that place; was also a director in the Union National Bank of Troy. His death occurred in 1878. His wife was Ursula J. (Gowey) Hanaman.
Charles E. received the rudiments of his education in the public schools, and grad- nated from the Troy Academy in 1869, then went into business with his father in general milling and the wholesale flon trade, the firm being J. E. Hanaman & Son. A year afterward the firm name was changed to Hanaman & Ingalls. In 1886 he retired from the business on account of poor health.
In 1888 he was elected secretary and treasurer of the Troy Savings Bank, and after the death of Derick Lane, which occurred in December, 1892. he was elected presi- dent of that institution, which office he now holds. For several years he has been a
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a director in the Union National Bank. He is treasurer of the Orphan Asylum; treasurer of St. John's Episcopal church, also one of the vestrymen; was one of the founders of the Troy Scientific Association; is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; a fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society of London, England, and a member of the American Microscopical Society.
Mr. Hanaman has, from early boyhood, been impelled by an inborn love of the subject to devote a large portion of his leisure to the study of natural history and the construction and use of the microscope as applied to the subject.
When a boy of ten years, he began the collection of insects and plants and the careful study of their structure and habits of growth; and by the dissection of many of our common animals soon gained a good foundation knowledge of anatomy and physiology. At the age of fifteen he became the happy possessor of a compound microscope and began a systematic course of biological study, which he has con- tinued in his leisure moments, and as a recreation from business cares, to the pres. ent time. He has in the mean time become the owner of a large scientific library, a number of fine microscopes, and a large collection of permanent microscopical preparations illustrative of his special studies in natural history.
Of late years his studies have been confined chiefly to those branches of the science of biology known as general morphology and normal and pathological his- tology; and as a student of the latter he is frequently consulted by his physician friends.
As a microscopist he is also frequently consulted by beginners in the use of the microscope, both in regard to the selection of the form of instrument best adapted to their prospective work, and in determining for them the true value of the optical performance of the lenses offered them by dealers in optical goods.
Mr. Ilanaman has during the past twenty-five years occasionally appeared as a lecturer before the Troy Scientific Association and other societies in Troy whose members are interested in natural history subjects, and during the whole of this period he has held the office of secretary of the Microscopical Section of the . Association.
Notwithstanding this strong natural bent for science, Mr. Hanaman has never permitted his studies to interfere in the slightest degree with his business appoint - ments and duties. On the contrary, he and many of his friends believe that the mental discipline and the exact methods of thought and action developed by his scientific work has been an important factor in his success as a business man.
He is a member of the Troy Club, and a member of the Savings Bank Association of the State of New York, and as president represents the bank in the American Bankers' Association.
In politics Mr. Hanaman is a Republican, but in no sense a politician ; as a busi- ness man he is recognized as strong, careful and conservative.
On the 22d of October, 1872, Mr. Hanaman married Miss Mary E. Worth, of Troy, N. Y., daughter of Asa and Elizabeth Worth. To Mr. and Mrs. Ilanaman were born four children. John died in 1874; those living are Helen Ursula, Edith Law- rence and Elizabeth Worth.
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WILLIAM F. GREENE.
WILLIAM F. GREENE was born in Coxsackie, N. Y., April 22, 1838. He comes from old New England stock, his ancestors having come to this country in the early part of the seventeenth century.
Ilis first business experience was with James W. Greene & Co., known as the Troy Stamping Works. He began the manufacture of stove trimmings and hardware specialties in 1890, and from the outset his efforts have met with success. This factory occupies two entire floors of the large building at 1931-1937 Sixth avenue, Troy, and is fully equipped with all necessary machinery and tools for the manufacture of stove trimmings and hardware specialties. His leading specialties are the Jewel, Crown and Zero stove trimmings, and Zero wire goods; about fifty workmen are employed.
Mr. Greene was in the navy during the war until its close on the United States frigate Potomac, where he acted as paymaster's clerk. lle is a member of Post Griswold, G. A. R., of the Ionic Club and of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church.
Probably there is no one better acquainted with the hardware trade in this country than Mr. Greene, having spent a good part of his life traveling. He ships his goods to all parts of the world.
JEREMIAH MAHONEY.
JEREMIAH MAHONEY was born in Troy, N. Y., August 18, 1844, the third of seven sons of John and Mary (Hurley) Mahoney. flis parents came to this country in 1836 from Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland, and settled in Troy, where his father died in 1854. His mother resides with him.
Upon leaving school Mr. Mahoney engaged with E. C. Connell in the manufacture of tobacco; after working with him for sixteen years, he bought him out and carried on the business for four years, when he retired from the tobacco business and with his brother William engaged in the liquor trade and the manfacture of cigars, the firm being J. & W Mahoney at 876 River street.
He was elected alderman of the Seventh ward in March, 1868, being the youngest alderman ever elected in Troy. He was made chairman of the Railroad Commis- sion. The Troy & Lansingburgh Railroad Company desired to increase the fare one cent, and Mr. Mahoney was offered a large sum of money if he would report favorably on the bill; but he reported against it. In his speech on the subject, among other things, he said, " The poor must ride on the horse cars, but the rich can ride in carriages, and I strictly oppose making the working people's burden any harder for them." When the old Capital Police were abolished he was one of the first police commissioners elected for a term of four years, and during that time not a burglary was committed in the city of Troy. He was appointed city superinten- (lent May 1, 1896, by Mayor Molloy. Mr. Mahoney is five feet ten inches in stature, weighs over 200 pounds and built in proportion. He has never had a day of sickness in his life. Hle is said to resemble in personal appearance Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee,
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present minister to Cuba, who is considered a very fine-looking man. Mr. Mahoney resides at No. 310 Eighth street, and has lived in the Seventh ward all his life.
Ile married Mary E. Terrell, of Troy, in 1869; she died in 1875. Ile has one daughter, Mary Catherine.
DR. CHARLES H. GABELER.
DR. CHARLES IL. GABLER, Son of William E. and Elizabeth (Wine) Gabeler, was born in Sand Lake, Rensselaer county, May 17, 1858. His father, who was also born there, was a son of Wilham whose father, Godfrey Gabeler, came to that town from Germany at a very early day; Godfrey, William and William E. were all glass workers. Mrs. Elizabeth Gabeler is a descendant of the okl and respected Winne family of Troy. There were three sons, Addison W., practicing dentistry m Pitts- field, Mass. : William A., practicing dentistry in Lawrence, Mass. ; and Charles II.
Dr. C. 11. Gabeler attended the public schools of Sand Lake and received Ins dental education in Albany. He began the practice of dentistry in Troy, March 1. 1899, and is now in business at No. 39 Fourth street, maintaining his residence in Lansing- burgh.
lle is a member of King Solomon's Primitive Lodge No. 91, F. & A. M., Bloss Couneil R. & S. M. Phoenix Chapter R. A. M., Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., and Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was also for three years a member of the Albany Burgesses Corps.
February 22, 1884, he married Mary Augusta Van Natten, daughter of James Il. and Elizabeth (Cornwell) Van Natten; they have two children: Clyde W. and Marion E.
JOSIAHI A. WAIT.
Jostin . Warr was born in New Lebanon, Columbia county, N. Y., in ISE. llis father, Josiah Wait, was born in Dutchess county and later moved to New Lebanon, where for thirty years he carried on the business of a batter; he served in the way 1
of 1812, and died in 1862. His mother, Cynthia (Palmer) Wait, was born in Dutchess county ; she died in 1863.
Josiah A. Wait received his edneation in the public schools and the academy at Lebanon, after which he was in the store of Chester Griswold, of Nassau. He taught school for one season, opened a country store, and came to Troy in 1854, where he started in the coal business under the firm name of Wait, Fisher & Co. He later bought out his partners and carried on the business alone until David Ritchie and Mr. Wait's son Louis 11. were taken as partners, when the firm name became J. A. Wait, Son & Co. Mr. Wait is the oldest living coal dealer in Troy, having been con- tinuously engaged in the business for forty-three years.
lle is a director in the A. M. Church Company, and a director aud stockholder in the Troy National Bank. He is a member of Mount Zion Lodge F. & A. M., Apollo
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Chapter, Bloss Couneil, Apollo Commandery, and Oriental Temple of the Mystie Shrine.
In 1814 he married Sarah M. Kinney, of Troy, and their children are Louis II., Mrs. Amelia Sanders, Mrs. Mary A. Hall, and Julia Hoyt.
EDWARD W. WOLF.
EDWARD W. WOLF was born in the city of Troy, N. Y., December 4, 1861. He was educated in the public schools and Lasalle Institute. He received his musical edu- cation from Prof. Louis Davis and Dr. T. J. Guy of Troy. He is organist in the Temple Berith Sholon on Third street, and is a private instructor in vocal and in- Strumental ninsic.
August 21, 1888, he married Anna M., daughter of John A. Nuttall, of Cohoes, N. Y., by whom he has had three children: Edward W., jr., John A. and Auna M. Ilis father, John F. Wolf, was born in Cannawurf, Thüringen, Germany, July 6, 1828; he was educated there and came to the United States in 1854 and located in Troy. For his second wife he married Waldburga Storts, of Troy, formerly of Baden, Germany. He was a member of Doring's band of the 2d N. Y. Vols. in the late war, and was honorably discharged by surgeon's certificate of disability. Prior to coming to America he served his time in the German army. He died in 1891 and his wife died January 1, 1892.
Prof. Wolf is a member of Jerusalem Lodge No. 355, F. & A. M., of Lansing- burgh, and is master of the lodge at this date (1896), and has held that office two years. Ile is also a member of Phoenix Chapter No. 133, R. A. M., Bloss Council No. 11, R. & S. M., Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., Delta Lodge of Perfection, Delta Lodge Council P. of F., Delta Chapter Rose Croix, Albany Sovereign Consis- tory S. P. R. S., Oriental Temple, Nobles of Mystie Shrine, and the Apollo Drill Corps. The ancestry of the family is German English and Dutch.
JOHN W. BURNS.
JOHN W. BURNS, deceased, was born in Troy, N. Y., in the year 1838. After an early completion of his education, he succeeded Ins father (John) in the undertaking business; he built a very extensive business, and was considered one of the best and most successful men in his profession. He was a pioneer in the livery business, hav- ing one of the largest and most complete establishments of this kind in the State. Ile was interested in all movements that were beneficial to the public, and took great interest in any charitable work, being especially interested in the Home for the Aged and Poor. Ile was one of the trustees of the Troy Hospital, and also of St. Peter's church. He never took any active interest in politics. The only political office ever held by him was that of coroner, being appointed by Governor Cornell to fill an unex- pired term. After an honorable and very successful career, he died April 9, 1881,
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being survived by his wife and five children: J. George (who has since died). Cor- nelius F., James H., David A. and Miss Nelle Burns. The sons succeeded their father in the business, and are very successfully carrying on the same.
WILLIAM H. ROWE.
WILLIAM H. RowE ranks in the forefront of the men who have the best interests of Troy at heart, and always has a warin place in his heart and memory for its citi- zens. lle is president of W. II. Rowe & Son, whose business has lately been changed from a partnership to a corporation, and is one of the largest kuit goods manufacturing concerns in the United States.
Quiet, unassuming and gentle, a thorough business man, yet one who takes time to notice those interests that pertain to his business indirectly or not at all, and seek- ing to fulfill in the highest sense his duty to his neighbors, it is worth while to live in this world, where from the heights of success one can look back upon achieve- ments which have erowned persistent efforts; yet many of those who know Mr. Rowe know little of the important positions he has filled and the weighty responsi- bilities he has carried for himself and others.
Besides the vast interests of his New York house, Mr. Rowe is president of the Wayside Knitting Mills of Troy, N. Y., president of the Amsterdam Knitting Com- pany of Amsterdam, a director in the National State Bank of Troy, a director of the Troy Waste Manufacturing Company, a director in the Merchants' National Bank of Glens Falls, and a director of the Glens Falls, Saudy Hill & Fort Edward Railway Company.
But all his interests do not lead along business lines, nor does he allow business to usurp them. He is president of the board of trustees of the Fifth Avenue Methodist Episcopal church of Troy, of which he has been a member for many years; a direc- tor of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society; one of the trustees of the Y. M. C. A. of Troy, and a trustee of the M. E. church of Hartford, N. Y., which he remodeled into a beautiful structure as a memorial to his daughter, Miss Lucy .1. Wood Rowe,
Mr. Rowe's beneficences have been large and numerous, and he has become known as one of the greatest philanthropists, one of the most earnest humanitarians, one of the noblest of men, who spends much of his busy life in unselfish devotion to the welfare of his less fortunate fellow beings. One of the enduring momments to his name is the Lucy A. Wood Rowe memorial building on Fourth street Troy erected by him for a home for the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society, which, when completed in the closing days of 1896, will be devoted to the uses of this society, which has for one of its greatest objects the prevention of cruelty to children. Its cost was over $30,000, and it is one of the handsomest buildings in Troy. Mr. Rowe, in connection with members of his family, has also purchased a lot on King street, Troy, on which they are about to erect a handsome building to be used by the Salvation army. This building will cost, when completed, over $22,000. The donors of the lot, besides Mr. Rowe, are Mrs. Rowe and his two sons, Col. William
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