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Speck, Henry J., was born in Troy, N. Y., December 7, 1867, Ile attended both public and private schools, He studied law with Gale, Alden & King and at the age of twenty-one was admitted to the bar in February, 1889, and the same year was taken into the firm, Mr. Gale having retired, under the firm name of Alden, King & Speck, which was continued some years. Later Mr. Alden retired and the firm con-
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tinned under the firm name of King & Speck until Mr. King's removal to Massachu- setts in 1895. He belongs to the Troy, East Side and City clubs.
Otis, Major George Il., was born in Halifax, Vt., January 27, 1830, and came to Troy with his parents in September of the same year. Ile is a descendant in a a direct line of John Otis, who was born in England and settled in Hingham, Mass., in 1635. Stephen of the fifth generation was born in 1788 and was in the French war under General Putnam and was also in the Revolutionary war. Stephen of the sixth generation was a member of the Vermont Legislature and died March 16, 1859. Chandler Otis, the father of George, was born April 6, 1803, and married Mary Miner of Massachusetts in 1828. He died from injuries received by a fall during the building of the Union depot in Troy February 25, 1854. His mother died in July, 1876. Major Otis after receiving his education entered a hardware store and later entered the employ of the old Troy Steamboat Company and was in New York city in the dry goods business until June, 1852. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he raised Co. C, 2d N. Y. Vols., and left May 18, 1861, for the front as captain of the same. On July 27, 1861, he was promoted to the rank of major and served with the 2d Regiment until after the battle of Malvern Hill, when he was obliged to resign on account of his health being poor. He was a member of the Of Troy Citizens Corps, and from 1870 to 1877 was inspector on Brigadier-General Alden's staff with rank of major. He was thirty-one years bookkeeper in the office of the John A. Griswold Steel and fron Company, He is a charter member of Post Griswold, G. A. R., I.O. O. F. and Mt. Zion Lodge No. 811, F. & A. M. Ile isalsoa miem- ber of the Third Army Corps Union, and the Society of the Army of the Potomac. September 6, 1853, he married Miss Cordelia S. Babcock of Rochester, N. Y., who died in December, 1882. Ilis present wife was Mrs. Marian Van Arnam, to whom he was married April 24, 1884. He has one son and one daughter by his first wife.
MeWhinnie, Dr. Henry, was born in Châteauguay county, province of Quebec, Canada, May 16, 1865, and received his early education at Ormstown. He remained on the farm until 1880 when he became an apprentice to the blacksmith's trade in Missisquoi county, Canada. In 1884 he entered Huntington Academy and in 1886 matriculated as a student in the mediced department of McGill University in Mon- treal, from which he was gradnated in 1859. Whik studying, he followed his trade of blacksmith summers, varning partly enough in this way to put himself through college. In 1889 he removed to Troy, where he has built up a successful practice as a veterinarian. He joined Chateauguay Lodge No. 36, Q. & R., December 25, 1888, and affiliated with Apollo Lodge, F. & A. M., of Troy m 1890. He is also a mem- ber of Bloss Council, Apollo Commandery and Oriental Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; he is a member of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society, the United States Veterinary Medical Society and the MeGill University Veterinary Society, and an honorary member of the Montreal Psychological Society. May 7, 1890, he married Wilhelmina, daughter of Creighton Cassidy and sister of Rev. Creighton Cassidy of Montreal.
Peoble, Charles W., was born in Clermont county, Ohio, November 19, 1827, and learned the trade and worked at chairmaking for five years, and for many years was employed in the furniture business as manager and salesman for Robert Green.
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from 1863 until 1867 ran a furniture business of his own. He was burned out in 1867, and for ten years was employed by W. M. Whitney & Co., Albany, as manager of their furniture department. He became connected with the fire department June 5, 1845, as a member of Cataract Engine Company No. S, and continued with that company, with the exception of two years, until January 18, 1856. when he joined what is now Trojan HI. & L. Company No. 3, serving with that company for thirty four years, when he resigned March 27, 1890; was appointed clerk of the Board of Fire Commissioners March 1, 1815, which position he still occupies; and is a member of the Exempt Firemen's Association. He is a member and past master of King Solo- mon's Primitive Lodge No. 91, F. & A. M., Apollo Chapter No. IS R. A. M., Bloss Council No. 14 R. & S. M., and 33 member of the Supreme Council A. & S. Rite U. S. A. In 1849 he married Henrietta Luce of Cohoes, who died in 1885. His present wife is Catherine Shipperman of Amsterdam and his children are Mrs. J. W. Ben- nett of Harvey, Ill. : Mrs. J. A. F. Bosworth of Philadelphin; Fred G. Peoble who is in the furniture business in Cincinnati, and Robert Green Peoble who is a traveling salesman.
Quigley, John 11., son of Thomas and Mary (Devine) Quigley, was born in Schuy- lerville, Saratoga county, October 11, 1860, and was educated in the public schools at Victory Mills, where he lived with his grandmother after his mother's death in July, 1862. He also attended St. Peter's Sisters school in Troy. After a few years spent in Saratoga and Schuylerville, he went to Greenwich, Washington county, where for three years he was clerk of the Central House, under George Dawley, pro- prietor, with whom he went to Schuylerville when he purchased the Goldsmith House, now the Schuyler House; soon after he purchased a restaurant in Schuyler- ville and finally went West for a short time. He returned to Troy in May, 1884, and on September 15, engaged in business with George Dorlan, at the foot of Broad way, where he remained until Mr. Dorlan's death in 1886. August 31, 1889, he purchased his present restaurant. May 13, 1886, he married Ella E., daughter of Arthur M. Moynihan, of Greenwich, N. Y., and they have four children; Mary A., James J., Johanna and Helen.
Manss, Frederick II., son of John and Catharme (Meisch) Manss, who were born near Frankfort-on-the- Main, Germany, was born in Troy, January 15, 1861, received Ins education in the public and high schools and took further tuition under J. T. Mc- Kenna, formerly principal of the Troy High School. May 19, 1836, he secured a position in the passenger department of the Troy and Boston Railroad, where he became chief clerk. He resigned this position in 1885 to accept that of night ticket agent in the office of the N. Y. C. & 11. R. R. R. at Troy, where he remained two years. In 1887 when the joint office was formed, he was appointed ticket agent for the several lines forming the Troy Union Company, which position he now holds. Mr. Manss is a member of the Old Guard of the Troy Citizens Corps; he is a Mason and a member of Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T. In October, 1887, he married Caroline L. Fenn, of Rutland, Vt., who died December 19, 1893, leaving one son: Paul llerman.
Treanor, John P., son of John B. aud Margaret (Donnelly) Treanor, was born in Abbottsford, Province of Quebec, Canada, March 15, 1866. In 1870 he came to Troy
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with his parents and was educated in the public schools. He learned carriage black- smithing and followed that trade for seven years, with Martin Payne and the Gilbert Car Works, on Green Island. In 1890 he was appointed agent and later assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, which latter position he held about two years. He was selected by the faculty of the La Salle Institute of Troy, N. Y., as military instructor in November, 1892, and assisted in forming the present batallion of cadets; he retamed this position until October, 1895, when he resigned, on account of business; he also instructed the students of St. Joseph's Parochial School in the elementary principles of military tactics in 1892. In October, 1893, he was appointed a clerk in the adjutant-general's office at Albany, where he remained one year. In July, 1894, he was appointed letter carrier at the Troy office, by postmaster M. F. Sheary, which position he still holds. He is a member and trustee of Byron Council C. B. L., a member of the choir and Young Men's Sodality of St. Joseph's church, of the Alumni Association of the La Salle Institute and an honorary member of the Tibbitts Cadets. January 30, 1895, he married Mary E., daughter of James Crowley, of Troy.
Flynn, John, was born in Ireland, May 5, 1839, and came to America in 1848 with his father, his mother having died when he was six years of age. They settled in Troy. At the age of ten years John Flynn was working on a farm; he next worked in a chair factory in Troy and again farmed for seven years; he was subsequently engaged on State and government works, building dykes, ete. In 1863 he became connected with the ice business in which he is still engaged. lle is now superin- tendent for the Consolidated Ice Company. On February 14, 1852, Mr. Flynn mar- ried Bridget Minmock ; they have a family of two sons and two daughters, namely, Frank Flynn, who is superintendent for the Yonkers lee Company, and William Flynn; Mrs. Thomas Clinton and Mrs. William Thomas Clifford. Mr. Flynn was trustee of the village of Castleton two years; was elected president of the village in the spring of 1895, and was re-elected in 1896. He has the fullest confidence of all classes and is widely respected for his sound judgment, business ability and sterling integrity.
Herrick, G. M., jr., was born in Schodack on the farm he now owns. April 20, 1851. asout of G. M Herrick, se., and Lucretia (Dungs) Herrick. G. M., sr. was born in East Greenbush, June 9, 1808, and his wife was born in Columbia county, January 19, 1812 The grandfather of Mr. Herrick came from Dutchess eomity to East Greenbush where he died. The father was a farmer; he came to Schodack in 1840 and bought the farm Mr. Herrick now owns, and there died, January 9, 1874. Mrs. llerrick was a daughter of Adam Dings. To. Mr. and Mrs. Herrick were born five children: William I., of Sehodack Landing; Mary J., wife of Johnson Willard, of Wilmington, Del. ; John A., of Schodack Landing; Maggie N., wife of James R. Downer, Castleton; and G. M., jr. G. M. Herrick, jr., was reared on a farm and received a common school education. Ile is a farmer and has 210 acres of land, where he lives, and his wife has a farm of 133 acres in Saratoga. January 27, 1875, he was married to Hattie A. Fry of Clifton Park, N. Y. To Mr. and Mrs. Herrick were born two sons: John W., born September 28, 1878; and Herbert E., born Octo- ber 15, 1886. The parents of Mrs. Herrick were William and Hettie (Doty) Fry, both born in Clifton Park, he in 1817 and she in 1820. They came from Saratoga
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to Schodack in 1886, where he died in 1891, and his widow lives in the town. His father was Michael Fry, one of the early settlers of Clifton Park. The father of G. M. Herrick, jr., was first cousin of Dr. Herrick.
Hamilton, Roswell, was born in Athens, Greene, county. April 1, 1840. His car- lier years were spent on the farm but while yet a boy he went into brickmaking and was so occupied from 1853 until 1861, when he first became connected with the ice business, entering the employ of the Knickerbocker lee Co. of New York city. After being four years in the employ of this company he was made superintendent of one of their depots in New York, which position he filled for eight years. In 1872 he came to Schodack Landing and built their mammoth ice house for them. He then returned to New York as superintendent and remained until 1884 when he went to Schodack landing as superintendent for the company on the Hudson River, which position he still holds. In 1858 Mr. Hamilton married Rachel J. Smith and they have a family of two daughters: Carrie E. Hamilton and Ethel, now Mrs. Harry Connolly. Mr. Hamilton is a prominent Mason and a member of the Odd Fellows. During his business career in New York he kept his residence in Athens and was for many years a member of the Board of Education and was twice president of the board; also served as president of the village for two years. His parents were J. B. and Lany (Saulsbury) Hamilton. His grandfather, Samuel Hamilton, was a Scotch- man and served in the Revolutionary war.
Herrick, John A., was born in the town of Schodack, May 26, 1811, and has re- sided in Rensselaer county all his life. He was reared on a farm and at the age of twenty-two went into the forwarding business which he followed from 1863 until 1873 when he sold out and embarked in mercantile business, starting the dry goods and grocery business which he still conducts. In 1864 Mr. Herriek married Mary L. Van iloesen who died leaving three daughters: Carrie L., Cora B., and Grace E., now Mrs. William Kennedy. Mr. Herrick's father was G. M. Herrick, and his mother, Lucretia Dings. Mr. Herrick is a successful and enterprising business man and is a prohibitionist in politics.
Butterworth, Charles F., was born in London, England, in 1836, where he learned the furrier's trade, and came to this country in 1857 with his father, Fred Butter- worth, also a furrier, His father died in 1862, and his mother, Elizabeth (Pige) Butterworth, died in 1891. Charles F. was engaged in the manufacture of furs in New York, and came to Troy in 1869 and was foreman for Mr. Boughton for several years, when he entered in partnership with HI. Broughton, under the firm name of Broughton & Co. Three years later he started a business of his own at 259 River street, where he carried on the fur business. In 1863 he was a member of the 13th Regiment of Brooklyn National Guards and is now an honorary member of the Tib- bits Cadets. He belongs to King Solomon's Lodge, F. & A. M., to all the Masonic bodies of Troy, of the Albany Sovereign Consistory, and has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1859. In 1860 he married Catherine Rice of Brooklyn, and their children are Elizabeth J., Charles 11., George P., Frederick G., Louise and Albert.
Bussey, jr., Esck, was born in Troy, January 15, 1866. His grandfather on his mother's side was a major in the Continental army. llis great-grandfather, Robert Cruinkshank, was born in 1800; he was appointed major of the militia by
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Governor Clinton; he died in 1892. His father, Esek Bussey, was born in Hoosick Falls and came to Troy in 1855, was with his father in a stove store on River street, and later with Charles A. MeLeod formed the celebrated firm of Bussey & Me Leod, stove manufacturers. Esek, jr., entered the Riverview Military Academy, from which he was graduated in 1886, and entered the firm of Bussey & McLeod in 1890, and is now secretary and superintendent of the works He is a member of the Esck Bussey Fire Company, of which he has been captain six years. June 16, 1892, he was married to Miss Eva Macy of Hudson, N. Y.
Hutchins, Charles P., was born at Schuyler Lake, Otsego county, March 21, 1829, Ile is of English and German descent. His great-grandfather, William Hutchins, was a captain in the French and Indian wars, and was a resident of Bennington, Vt., at the time of the Revolutionary war and participated in the celebrated battle of that name. His father, the Rev. Stephen, was born in Otsego county and was a Baptist elergyman; he died in 1843. His mother was Mary (Zimmerman) Hutchins, born at Minden, Montgomery county, N. Y., and died in Utica in 1882. Chartes P. attended the Beunington Academy, and at the age of fourteen entered a carpenter shop at Cooperstown, where he remained for three years. In 1846 he came to Troy and worked for Z. E. Fobes, a prominent builder, for seven years, In 1858 he formed a partnership with John Shannahan, under the firm name of Shannahan & Hutchins. In 1860 he went in business for himself and since that time he has done an extensive building and jobbing trade and keeps a force of men employed all the year round. His first wife was Elizabeth Talmadge of Troy, who died in 1866. His present wife was Miss Mary Baldwin of Charlotteville, to whom he was married in 1867. Ile has one son, J. Maynard Hutchins.
Ilislop, James W., was born in Troy, N. Y., February 3, 1860. Ilis father, Thomas T. Hislop, was born near Glasgow, Scotland, and came to this country, settling in West Troy, where he worked in an iron foundry, and later came to Troy and was engaged as foreman in the Marshall foundry, where he remamed for eighteen years, when he purchased the business and run it until his death, which occurred in 1880. The foundry manufactured machinery castings. His mother, Elizabeth Williams, was born in Wales, and came to this country when young; the foundry is now run
in her name. They had ten children. James W. received his education in the public schools and the Business College of Troy, and learned the tiusmith's trade with II. Joice, where he remained seven years, and since his father's death he has had charge of the foundry; they employ from fifteen to twenty moulders on an average and do all kinds of moulding and tinning on malleable, wrought and cast iron. Ile married in 1890 Ada C. Miller of Troy, a daughter of Abram Miller, a well-known hotel man of Albia.
Hoffman, Heman F., was born in Brunswick, N. Y., in 1847. He the son of Adam II. Iloffman who was a mason and died in 1875. Ilis mother was Christina (Meyers) Hoffman of Troy who died in 1855. Heman received his education in the publie schools of Brunswick and Troy and was in the U. S. navy from 1863 to 1865, after which he returned to Troy and learned the machinist trade and nine years later became connected with the wholesale and retail ice business of B. Cooper & Co. where he has been since, He belongs to Rensselaer Lodge No. 53, I. O. O. F. In
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1871 he was married to Julia Winne, who died in 1880. In 1883 he was married to Hannah Horton, who died in 1890. His present wife is Ouida Whipple, to whom he was married in August, 1892. He has two sons and one daughter.
Sayles, John P., was born in Adams, Mass., April 11, 1811. Ile is a son of Nathan Sayles who was born at Smithfield, R. I., in 1780, and died in 1860. His mother, Ilarty (Lippitt) Sayles, was born in Cheshire, Mass., in 1783, and died in 1858. John P., received his early education in Adams, Mass,, and later learned the trade of cabinet making. He came to Troy in 1833 and for a time worked at this business, but soon took up the business of pattern making for the leading stove factories of Troy, including, Vedder, Davy, Inram & Phillips, Fuller & Warren, and other con- cerns of Troy. In 1844 he was married to Celia Wilmarth of Troy who died August 28, 1896. They have one daughter, Mrs. George Hitchcock of Troy.
Adt, L. F., M. D., was born in Torrington, Conn., April 4, 1866. He received his education in the High School of Waterbury, Conn., and entered the Albany Medical College in 1889, graduating in 1892, afterwards studying for two years in France, Germany and England. He is a member of the Rensselaer County Medical Society, also of the Medical Society of Troy and Vicinity. He took a special three months' post-graduate course in the New York Polyclinic. Ile located in Troy, N. Y., Octo- ber 3, 1894. lle is a specialist on the eye and ear, and is connected with the Troy Ilospital, House of the Good Shepherd and the two orphan asylums of Troy.
Stillman, Wait J., was born in Petersburgh, N. Y., in 1816, and is a son of David M. and Susannah (Powers) Stillman, both natives of Petersburgh. Ilis father died in 1825 and his mother in 1874. Wait J. attended the common schools and Benning- ton Academy, and for eleven years taught school in Brunswick and other places. For many years he was a dealer in horses, cattle, and sheep. He later engaged in farming and ran a mill. He moved to Troy in 1870 and entered the insurance busi- ness, and a few years later started a teaming business in connection with the insur- anee and real estate business, under the firm name of Stillman & Sons. Mr. Still- man is a Jeffersonian Democrat and a member of Apollo Lodge, F. & A. M. HIe married Sevena M. Haner, who died November 6, 1891, and his children are Wait 11., Byron aud Marie Antionette Captain Wait H. Stillman, the eighth of the nune, was born at West Sand Lake, June 11, 1850, and received his education in the district and boarding schools at West Sand Lake, the Troy Academy and the Troy Business College, and has been a member of the firm of Stillman & Sons since 1870. HIe was elected a member of the Troy Citizens Corps December 6, 1876; enlisted in the 6th Separate Company as private, January 22, 1877; promoted quartermaster- sergeant, March 6, 1877; reduced to sergeant on his request, January 11, 1878; hon- orably discharged at the expiration of his term, March 23, 1882; re-enlisted as pri- vate, March 27, 1882; promoted sergeant, March 31, 1882; first sergeant, February 21, 1884 ; second lieutenant, December 13, 1888; first lieutenant, May 7, 1891, resigned, honorably discharged, February 14, 1893, and was commissioned captain, March 9, 1893. He is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge, F. & A. M. and Apollo Chapter, and is vice-president of the Albany Camera Club, vice-president of the Troy Camera Club, and is a member of the Pafraets-Dael Club. He married Nella F. Mathews of Troy; she is the danghter of the late Hiram Mathews of Troy. Captain Stillman is a mem ber of the First Baptist church, and politically a staunch Republican,
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Burton, Henry B., M. D., son of the late Dr. Mathew II. Burton, was born in Troy, N. Y., April 11, 1869. He attended the Christian Brothers' Academy, the Troy Academy and gradnated from the Albany Medical College in the class of '92. IIe then went abroad and studied medicine in London and Berlin two years. He re- turned to Troy and began an active practice with his father. He was attending phy- sician of St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum and Troy Orphan Asylum, which positions he resigned, and belongs to Read Steamer Co., is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and the sons of Veterans. He is secretary of the Rensselaer County Med- ical Society, and the Medical Society of Troy and Vicinity and member of New York State Association.
Butler, George T., was born in Troy in 1859. Ilis grandfather, John Butler, came from Yorkshire, England, about the year 1820, was very prominent in Lansingburgh politics and died in 1884. His father was born in Lansingburgh, was a brush man- ufacturer by trade and previous to his death, which occurred in 1865. he was in busi- ness with his brother manufacturing those articles. His mother, Mary F. (Sands) Butler, was a native of Troy, N. Y. He received a publie school education and entered the drug store of R. H. Lawton where he remained eight years. He then took a position with D. F. Magill and after twelve years opened a drug store at 21 Hoosick street, forming copartnership with A. W. Loudon under the firm name of George T. Butler & Co. He is a member of Apollo Lodge F. & A. M., and belongs to the State Pharmaceutical Association. In 1989 he married Miss Mary Elizabeth Shepardson of Troy.
Burton, Mathew II., M. D., was born in Albany March 15, 1833. He studied medicine in the office of his father, C. V. W. Burton, and with Dr. Leonard, and was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1853. He then came to Troy and located with the Sisters in the old Troy Hospital on Washington street; afterwards was one of the medical staff and one of the surgeons to that institution, where he remained until 1858. He then opened an office on the corner of Third and Congress streets for general practice. He was elected coroner of Rensselaer county and was health officer of Troy for sixteen years; he was attending physician at the Marshall Infirmary, the Troy Hospital, the St Vincent's Orphan Asylum, St. Joseph's Pro- vincial Semmary, and Troy Orphan Asylum. He was a volunteer surgeon during the war, serving on General Carr's staff. He was sent to Berlin, Germany, in 1892 as a delegate from the New York State Medical Society: he belonged to all the med- ical societies. Ile was a member of King Solomon's Lodge, F. & A. M., Apollo Chapter and Commandery, and was a thirty-second degree Mason. He was also a member of the Troy Citizens Corps. He died in Bay Shore, L. 1., at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. Ives Plumb, April 28, 1895. Ile was a member of St. Paul's church of Troy.
Bloss, Jabez P., M. D., B. N.S., was born in Windsor county, Vt., in 1827. Ile was educated at the Royal Academy in Vermont and afterwards entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy, from which he graduated in 1846. In 1846 he went to work as first assistant engineer on what is now known as the Boston and Albany Railroad. In 1849 he sailed around Cape Horn to California, afterwards sailing up and down the Spanish Main, visiting the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Japan, etc ..
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