Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 30

Author: Anderson, George Baker
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1424

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Reynolds, Rollin C., was born in Steuben county, October 22, 1863. He is the son of Nathaniel Reynolds who came to Troy in 1874, and entered the furniture business at 446 River street. In 1886 his father retired from business and he has taken charge of the business since. In 1892 he leased the store in the MeCarthy building, Monument Square, formerly occupied by the I. Keith Furniture Co., and has since acquired nearly the entire building. The sales have increased from $20,000, annu- ally to $175,000 in 1895. Mr. Reynolds has over 40,000 feet of floor room in his estab- lishment and has the largest stock of furniture and carpets in Northern New York. lle has also established branch stores in Cohoes and Greenwich. He belongs to Apollo Lodge, F. & A. M., Read Steamer Co., and the Trojan Wheelmen.

Riley, C. W., was born in Greenbush, January 13, 1851. He is a son of Edward and Mary (Vaughn) Riley, both born in Ireland. In 1811 his father, when a young man, came to Greenbush and in 1850 married Mary Vaughn who had come with her parents to Greenbush in 1847. They soon removed to East Greenbush and settled on a farm, and are now residents of that town, practically retired. C. W. Riley was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and in Fulsom's Business Col- lege from which he graduated in 1869 and returned to the homestead, where he en- gaged in the milk business with his father and brothers and continued therein until April, 1886. 1le then engaged in the boot and shoe business at 867 Broadway, East Albany, and has been very successful. He was collector and highway commissioner of East Greenbush for six years continuously from 1876 to 1882, and was elected cor- oner in 1879 and agam in 1882. Ile was married June 27, 1883, to Mary J. MeDer- mott of Albany, at that time the organist in St. John's church of Greenbush. To Mr. Riley and wife were born six children: Edward, Mary and Lottie (twins), who both died at the age of one year and five days, Florence, Paul and Eugene. Mr. Riley was elected treasurer [of the village of Greenbush in 1893, and re-elected in 1895. He is a member of Branch 57, C. M. B. A., and also of the United Friends of Greenbush. Mary Vaughn, mother of Mr. Riley, was a daughter of Dennis Vaughn, mentioned in another part of this work.

Scriven, William II., born in Grafton, N. Y., April 20, 1852, is the son of Joseph and Nancy M. Scriven, daughter of Joshua M. Scriven, a native of Grafton, and son of Joseph Scriven, a native of England, and one of the very first settlers of Grafton and who served in the Revolutionary war. The great-grandfather and

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grandfather of William II. both died in Grafton. The father of William H. was a stonemason by trade and lived in Grafton and Petersburgh ; he died in Petersburgh in 1891 ; his wife died in 1895. The paternal grandfather of William II. was Joseph C. Seriven, who was born in England and came to Grafton in an early day and there lived and died. William II. Scriven was reared on a farm, educated in the common school and learned the carpenter's trade with Clark Scriven in Troy and followed that trade until 1889, when he fell from St. John's church and has since been a cripple. He is now in the real estate business. He came to Bath-on-the- Hudson in 1870, where he has lived since excepting three years in Washington, D. C. Mr. Scriven was married in 1872 to Mary A. Finkle and has had live children: Ines F., born in Bath; Lily M., born in Washington, D. C .; Anthony T., Wesley HI. and William H., deceased. Mr. Seriven has always been a Republican, to which party he is devoted, and has been trustee of the village one term and town assessor one term, and is now serving first term as justice. He is a member of Greenbush Lodge No. 337, F. & A. M., and also of Central Lodge No. 1, I. O. O. F. Washington, D. C., and is also a member of the A. O. U. W. of East Albany.

Sharpe, Buddington, was born in North Greenbush, July 27, 1874, on the farm he now owns and which was settled by Nicholas Sharpe at a very early day. The place has since been occupied by George and Rachel (Douglass) Sbarpe, John G. and Hannah D. (Hosford) Sharpe. He was born on the farm and there died in 1896 at the age of seventy eight years; she died August 13, 1888. Marshall H. and Mary L. (Van Hosen) Sharpe, parents of Buddington, spent their lives on the Sharpe home- stead, where he was born in 1846 and died May 19, 1894; Mrs Sharpe died in August, 1876. In politics Marshall II. was a Democrat; he was an insurance agent, justice of the peace, and a member of Lodge No. 47, K. of P. Buddington Sharpe is the fifth generation on the same farm. The farm was left to Buddington and his sister, Anne C., who married, June 5, 1895, Anthony Herrington, a milk dealer of Troy. Buddington bought his sister's interest in the farm in 1895 and now owns 107 acres; he keeps a dairy of fifteen cows. In polities he is a Republican, has been inspetor of elections, and adheres to the church of his parents, the Reformed church.

Snyder, William J., was born in North Greenbush, June 13, 1821. He was the son of John 11. and Agnes (Martin) Snyder, both of Greenbush. His grandfather, Harmon Snyder, came from Dutchess county to Greenbush on the Hudson River by a sail boat, being a week on the voyage; he settled on the farm now owned by Will- iam J. Snyder, near Snyder Lake; he owned 300 acres of land and died in 1860; Mrs. Snyder died in 1847. William J. Snyder was reared on the farm and farming has been his main occupation, though being a natural mechanic, he was engaged for a time in bridge building in the West. In 1856 he married Catherine, daughter of Samuel and Elmira Lape of Sand Lake, by whom he has had three daughters and two sons: William, a farmer of North Greenbush, who runs the home farm ; Jesse, farmer; Martha, Grace and Ada. Mr. Snyder has seventy acres and does general farming.

Tierney, Michael A., was born in Troy, N. Y., May 25, 1853. His father, Patrick Tierney, came from Ireland in 1846 and settled in Vermont, and then came to Troy and for many years was in the grocery business. His mother was Anna (O'Connor)

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Tierney of Troy, who is still living. Michael A. Tierney attended Christian Broth- ers' School. He left school at the age of thirteen and learned the cigar-making trade and started in the business himself in 1873, which he still continues; his business has increased to large proportions, employing on an average twenty-five men; the business is located at 111 Congress street. He is also proprietor of the Hotel De Echo, situated at the corner of Third and State streets. For five years he was a member of the Donahue, Tierney & Isengart Brewing Co. of Troy. He was elected alder- man in 1877, was president of the Common Council in 1878, and afterwards served four successive terms. He was elected general assessor in 1886, which office he still holds. He has been identified with and has been a leader in the Democratic party since casting his first vote. He was a member of the Young Men's Catholic Literary Association, the Robert Emmet Association, the B. P. O. E., and ex-member of the Osgood Steamer Co. He was married in 1876 to Eleanor J. Cox of Troy, who died May 18, 1896. She was the sister of William D. Cox who was aldermen many years. In 1892 he married Julia A. Hart of Troy. He has one daughter,

Vaughn, Judge Michael, was born in Ireland, He is the son of Dennis and Maiden Maloney, both born in Ireland and who came to Canada in March, 1847, where he died the same year. Michael Vaughn was reared in East Albany and educated in the same place. He began his business life in the employ of the Vermont Central railroad, then for a time he was a clerk in Albany. 'When sixteen years of age he began work for the Boston & Albany railroad and continued with that company for about fifteen years; he then engaged in the grocery business for himself in East Albany for about twelve years, and since that time he has been practicing law. He was elected justice of the peace for sixteen years, and crier of the Court of Record of Rensselaer for about fourteen years. He has also been poormaster in Greenbush for six years. He was married November 23, 1855, to Margaret Collins of East Albany, by whom he has had fifteen children, five of whom are living: Margaret, May A., Edmund, Elizabeth, and Allen. Mr. Vaughn began life for himself at the age of ten years.

Melntosh, Francis T., M. D., was born in Troy, N. Y., November 10, 1857. His father, Edward Melntosh, came from County Armagh, Ireland, about 1836 and settled in New York city. He was a traveling dry goods merchant and came to Troy in the early forties, and opened a hostelry on River street where he remained until 1862 when his place was destroyed by the big fire; at various times later he was in the brewing and ice business until 1867. On account of ill health in 1867 he retired from active business and died in February, 1888. His mother, Eleanor (Walsh) McIntosh, was born in County Kildare, Ireland, June 19, 1819, and died in Troy, January 23, 1872. He was educated at the La Salle Institute and later studied architecture for one year, then deciding to study medicine he entered the Albany Medical College from which he was graduated in 1886. He was elected essayist of his class. He be- gan practice in Troy at 2654 Fifth avenue where he has met with continued success since. He has been city physician since 1890. Ile belongs to the Medical Associa- tion of Troy and Vicinity, the Medical Society of Rensselaer county, the Alumni of the Albany Medical College, Alumni of La Salle Institute, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. He has always been a strict party Democrat.

Mallet, Ovila, M. D., was born in Montreal, Canada, February 10, 1858. Ilis

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father, Victor Mallet, was born in Pointe Claire, Canada ; he carried on an extensive meat business in Montreal for many years and died in 1893. His mother was Onezime (Hurtubise) Mallet of Montreal and is still living. He entered St. Mary's College and afterwards studied medicine in Victoria and Laval University m Mon- treal, opened practice in Montreal and has also practiced in Fall River, Mass., and West Troy. He came to Troy in 1885, where he has since been in active practice. HIe belongs to the Medical Society of Troy and Vicinity, and the C. B. L., the Colum- bus German Association, and is one of the physicians of the Troy Hospital, physician of St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum and St. Joseph's Hospital. In 1881 he married Diana Goyette of West Troy, by whom he has two sons.

Leonard, Rev. Joseph F., was born in Albany in 1846. His father, Thomas Leon- ard, came to the United States in 1834 and settled in Troy. Four years later he moved to Albany, where for many years he was an official in the post-office and was alderman in the old First ward in 1854. He died in 1875. His mother, Mary (Dowd ) Leonard, was born in Ireland, and died in 1886. He received his philosophical and theological education in St. Joseph's Provincial Seminary in Troy and was ordained to the priesthood June 3, 1871, by Bishop McQuaid of Rochester, N. Y., and located in Albany, and for thirteen years was pastor of St. Mary's church in Sandy Hill. Washington county, N. Y., and was appointed to St. Francis church, Troy, March 1, 1887, to succeed Father Charles Reilly, who died January, 1887. Father Leonard has been active and energetic in the work to which he dedicated his life. By bis genial and pleasing manners he has won the estcem and respect of all classes, whether within or outside of the church. He is a graceful and pleasing speaker and one who carries conviction to his hearers.

Grant, Peter, was born in Scotland in 1824 and came with his parents to this conntry in 1832, and settled in Newark, N. J. In 1844 he went to New York to com plete his trade (which was that of a maible worker) with Fisher & Bird. He re mained with that firm fifteen years, the last five years being a partner in the con- cern, and came to Troy in 1859. In 1867 he located his business on the corner of Fifth and Federal streets, and has since done business at that location. He married Anna Pratt, daughter of Andrew Pratt of Paris, Oxford county, Maine; she died in 1890. Ile has three sons and three daughters.

Gravatt, Edwin J., M. D., was born in Clarksburgh, N. J., January 30, 1870. Ile is the son of Henry C. and Ann Amelia (Mount) Gravatt, of Clarksburgh. His father is a civil engineer. Dr. Gravatt came to Troy when a boy twelve years of age and was educated at the public and high schools, and was graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1891. Ile has been in practice in Troy since. He is a member of the Medical Association of Troy and Vicinity and the New York State Medical Association. He is medical examiner for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. October 21, 1895, he married Margaret Jackson of Troy.

Carpenter, John, was born in Schodack, on the old homestead, August 15, 1786. He was a son of Walter and Mary (Huyck) Carpenter, he born November 4, 1753, and died November 4, 1800, who came from Long Island to Schodack previous to the Revolutionary War, and bought the farm now owned by two grandsons, Isaac and Lucas S. Carpenter. The grandfather furnished a substitute for the Revolu-

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tionary war. He was born in 1740 and died February 25, 1816 John Carpenter was a farmer and was justice for a number of years. He was a Mason and a mem- ber of Schodack Union Lodge No. 87. In 1806 he was married, and died in 1849. He was a lieutenant in the State militia, appointed by Daniel Tompkins, April 10, 1811, and was appointed ensign, April 26, 1807. To Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter were born seven children: Walter, born November 26, 1807, and died April 4, 1888; Mary A., born May 26, 1809, and died January 20, 1813: Joel, born June 5, 1812, and died December 17, 1870; Mary A., born March 11. 1814, and died September 9, 1870; Ehzabeth B., born August 6, 1817, and died March 2, 1836; Isaac, born February 17, 1821. Ile was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools, is a farmer by occupation, and with his brother Lucas owns the homestead of 160 acres of land. He was justice for a number of years, and was at one time a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1858 he was married to Caroline Van Dyke of Schodack, by whom three children have been born: Mary L., died at the age of six years; De Witt, born October 25, 1866, and is a farmer on the homestead; and Mary, born September 12, 1869, and also resides on the homestead. Mr. Carpenter was a member of the Board of Supervisors in 1875 and 1883 Lucas S. was born November 10, 1822, and was educated in the common schools. He is a farmer by occupation. November 15, 1854, he was first married to Eizabeth Kittle, of Schodack, by whom three children have been born: Chester, born August 28, 1855, and is now on the farm; Anna M., born October 7, 1862, and died April 17, 1863; and Jennie B., a twin sister, died May 26, 1863. The family is of English descent. The house on the farm was partly built previous to the Revolutionary war. There have been a number of arrow heads and other relics found on the farm.

Cargon, Silas, was born in Castleton, February 2, 1838, and after receiving a lib- eral common school education he engaged in boating on the Hudson river until 1859, when he enlisted in the United States navy on the war ship Mohigan, which was sent to the west coast of Africa to stop the slave trade It was this vessel which captured the sailing vessel Erie, commanded by Captain Gordon, with a cargo of slaves for the south. Gordon was transferred to New York and afterwards hanged for his crime, the only one who ever suffered the extreme penalty in this country for engaging in the slave trade, and the Erie was the first vessel captured on that station. In 1862, having been honorably discharged from the navy, Mr. Cargon en- listed in the Duryea Zouaves, 5th N. Y. Regiment, but was subsequently transferred to the 146th New York Regiment. Ile lost his right arm in the first day's fight in the Wilderness and was also taken prisoner and held for six months in Libby and other prisons. In 1865 he was discharged and returned to Castleton. In 1866 Mr. Cargon was elected justice of the peace and served for eight consecutive years in the same office. Ile was also coroner for three years, was excise commissioner of the town, trustee of the village of Castleton and president of the village. His father was Silas Cargon, his mother, Christina Rose. Her grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812. Mr. Cargon has been twice married, but has no children. Hisfirst wife was Adelaide L. Burnside, who died March 4, 1880; his present wife was Sarah · Peacock.

Horton, Captain George W., was born in Esopus, Ulster county, N. Y., March 18, 1836. This grandparents were Quakers. His father, David Ilorton, a native of

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Orange county, was a Quaker and held the highest office in the Quaker church, and died in 1856. His mother, Deborah Walters, was a native of Washington, Dutchess county, N. Y. ; she died in 1857. Ile received his education in the district school, going to school three months in a year and working on a farm. In 1854 he went to New York, where he entered a wholesale jobbing house. One year later he went in business in Ulster county. His brother died and he returned to his home. His mother died shortly after and he sold the homestead and went in the steamboat busi - ness, " Cornell's Line," at Rondont, N. Y. In 1861 he was appointed freight agent of the line and held that position for four years and formed the firm of Cornell, Horton & Co., and bought out the Catskill Steamboat line. Ile came to Troy in 1872 and was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Line of steamers and has held the position of general agent since. He is a member of the State street M. E. church and one of the governors of Marshall Infirmary. He was married to Catherine A. Fulton of Columbia county, who died. His present wife was Catherine E. Stickle of Dutchess county.

Kelley, James, was born in Cornwall Bridge, Litchfield county, in 1841. Ile is of Scotch and Irish descent. Ilis father, Perry Kelley, was boru in Ireland, and came to this country in 1832; at one time he owned the land where the city of Rome now stands; he died in 1892; his wife, Mary (Gibson) Kelley, was born in Scotland, aud died in 1893. James received his education at the common school in Pittsfield, Mass., and went to work iu a factory in that place when he was very young; in 1857 he entered a shop to learn the machinist's trade. At the time of the Civil war he went south as an engineer, and after the war came north and went to work at his trade in the Boston & Albany Railroad shops in Greenbush. In 1869 a copartnership was formed with John Knowlson, jr., the firm name being Knowlson & Kelley, which has since existed. They have an extensive machine repairing business and manufacture all kinds of stationery engines, which are second to none iu the market. Ile is a prominent Mason of Troy, being a member of King Solomon's Lodge, F. & A. M., Bloss Council, Apollo Commandery and the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and also a member of Green Island Lodge of Odd Fellows. In 1866 he married Miss Annie Blaco of Columbia county, by whom he has two sons,

Hartwell, Frank C., was born in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., February 4, 1852. 11is father, Austin Hartwell, was born in Northumberland, N. Y. and when young moved to Saratoga Spring where for many years he conducted a harness store and died in 1890. Ilis mother, Sarah (Brotz) Hartwell, was born in Saratoga Springs and died in 1885. Frank received his education in the public schools aud the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute and came to Troy in 1870 and worked for Keith. Ensign & Nelson in the furniture business until 1877 when he was taken in as a partner, aud in 1879 took a position with A. L. Hotchkin in the same business and wherein he remained until February, 1888, when he with Louis S. Crandall bought out Hotch- kin and the furniture firm of Crandall & Hartwell was formed which continued until 1892, when a stock company was formed called the Hartwell, Bainbridge & Co. Hc belongs to all the Masonic bodies, the I. O. O. F. and the Royal Areanum. Ile was married May 8, 1878, to Miss Jennie Adams of Brunswick, N. Y., by whom he has one son and one daughter.

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Bainbridge, Edgar R., was born in Troy, N. Y., in 1866. His father, Robert Bainbridge, eame to this country from England in 1851, landing in New York city, and settled in New Orleans, La., but later returned to New York eity and for a num- ber of years was in the wholesale stationery business, where he remained until he came to Troy, which was in 1865, and entered the employ of the Corning & Winslow Iron Company, where he remained until his death, which oeeurred in 1886. His mother, Martha A. (Smith) Bainbridge, lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. Edgar received his education in the publie schools of Troy and engaged with the Troy Steel and Iron Company, where he learned the trade of machinist and later was a machinist in the Watervliet Arsenal. He then came to Troy and started in the felt business under the firm name of Orr & Bainbridge, and in 1892 entered the wholesale and retail furniture business, buying out Mr. Crandall's interest in the firm of Crandall & Hartwell and changing the firm name to Hartwell & Bainbridge. He represents the Third ward in the Board of Aldermen and is now serving his second term. Ile belongs to King Solomon's Lodge, F. & A. M., Apollo Chapter and Bloss Council. Ile is also a member of the Trojan Hook and Ladder Company, the East Side Club, and the Troy Yacht Club. In 1892 he married Alice P. Woodruff, by whom he has one son and one daughter.

Kimball, James E., was born in Albany, N. Y., May 5, 1828. His father, Edmund Kimball, was born in Newton, Mass., June 29, 1803, and came to Troy in 1830 and was engaged in the brick business and later removed to Massachusetts, where he died in 1890. His mother, Betsey M. (Warner) Kimball, was born in Springfield, Mass., and died in 1867. James E. Kimball received his education in the public schools and the Madison University at Hamilton, N. Y., and was employed as clerk with the firm of Bates & Griffin until 1858, when he entered in the flour, grain and feed business with J. M. Bradley, the firm being Kimball & Bradley until 1868, when John P. Wight was taken in as a partner, the firm taking the name of James E. Kimball & Co. Mr. Wight went out of the firm in 1876 and James E. Kimball and his son, Charles P. Kimball (who had previously become a partner in the concern), continued the business under the firm name of James E. Kimball & Son without in- terruption to the present time. He is a director of the National Bank of Troy and was one of its organizers He married in 1850 Susan Frances Wheeler of Troy. Ilis son, Charles P. Kimball, was born in Troy and received a high school education and was taken into the firm as partner in 1845. Ile is a member of the Trojan Hook and Ladder Company. Ile married, October 6, 1875, Mathilda Tracy Everingham of Troy, by whom he has one son and one daughter: James E. and Jessamine.

MeCrossen, Caroline .- Her father, Samuel Gould, was born in the northeastern part of Schaghticoke about the year 1793. He was educated in the schools of that early day, and was a brick manufacturer by occupation. He married Cynthia Fowler of the same town; ten children were born to them, two of whom died in in- fancy: Eliza, Caroline, Edward S. and Edwin N. (twins), Lucy, Cassie, Miranda, and Ardelia; all are now dead except Caroline. Mrs. McCrossen has married twice ; first to Philip Kane; they had six children: Annie, Philip, George, Edward, Carrie, and Frank. They are all dead exeept Philip and Edward. Philip married Sarah Good- rich ; they have two children: Robert and Ruth. Edward married Nora Fitzpatrick of Troy; he is employed at the station of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. The oldest

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son is a merchant at Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Kane died April 22, 1867. Mr. Gould was a soldier in the war of 1812, and he died at a ripe old age. Mrs. Kane married for her second husband, James McCrossen, formerly of near Paisley, Scotland. Mr. MeCrossen was born in 1831; he came to the United States in 1844 and located in Troy, and afterwards in Sehaghticoke. He was a carpenter by occupation. The ancestry of the family is Scotch.

Jones, E. M., has been prominently associated with the leading business men of Hoosick Falls since his residence here in 1856. He was born in 1832 at Wardsboro, N. Y. His father was Thomas Jones and his great-grandfather was a Welshman. He was educated in the common schools and began his mercantile life here as clerk for Wallace & Co., of which firm he afterward became a member. He is now a mem- ber of Jones, Parsons & Co., organized in 1895. This establishment consists of a large department store, with a full line of fancy and staple diy goods, boots and shoes, groceries and provisions, carpets and oil cloths, clothing, crockery and wall paper. Mr. Jones has been a life long Republican, and as town clerk proved an efficient official ; he is also an attendant of the Presbyterian church.

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Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 30

Author: Anderson, George Baker Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Anderson, George Baker
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1424