Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 43

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


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Burton Arnold, born July 15, 1809, died December 28, 1880; Sarah Greene, born December 21, 1810, married William Vary, October 12, 1833, and died January 26, 1849; Rowland, born March 4, 1813, drowned in the Mohawk river at Glenville, N. Y. by a falling bridge, June 9, 1880; Phebe, born October 13, 1814, married Alvaro R. Traver December 24, 1835, and died January 19, 1851 ; Russell (a daughter), born May 20, 1818, married Mervin C. Traver November 20, 1841, and died March 22, 1869; Alonzo, born July 2, 1820, died December 17, 1889; Mary Esther, born May 28, 1827, married William Vary December 20, 1849, died November 28, 1854; Marilla, born March 16, 1831, married Charles M. Traver February 19, 1848, and died August 21, 1885; Albert Peleg, born January 15, 1834, died June 23, 1886; and Minerva, born March ' 12, 1836, married Reuben Van Decar March 25, 1856, and died Sep- tember 29, 1893. Burton Arnold Thomas spent his early life on his father's farm and attending the district schools, developed a taste for surveying and land- seape gardening and at the time of his death was one of the oldest surveyors in Rensselaer county. Ile read law and was admitted to the bar October 10, 1842, under George R. Davis, first judge, practiced successfully in the probate courts, set- tled many estates, was commissioner and inspector of schools, town clerk, super- visor, justice of the peace twelve years, was first a Democrat and later a prominent Republican, and died December 28, 1880. He married Maria, daughter of Henry Cipperly, of Sand Lake, who survives at the age of eighty-seven. [ Iler family de- seends from Barrent Zippertie, a blacksmith, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and one of the religious refugees brought to America by Gov. Robert Hunter in 1710. Ile eame with one son, Barrent, jr., and settled in Rhinebeck, N. Y. In 1712 his two other sons, Frederick and Michael, joined him. He was a widower, and married here, February 27, 1711, Anna Maria Reichard (or Rykert), daughter of Hans Ry- kert, of Wurtemberg. Michael Zippertie (Cipperly) was born in 1707, and had a son Joseph Henry Cipperly, who was born in Rhinebeck in 1743. The latter married Elizabeth Teall and had five children: Henry, George, Katharine, Regina, and Ger- trude. Henry Cipperly, born in 1768, married Catharine Miniek, of Greenbush, who was born the same year. Their children were Elizabeth, born May 14, 1792; Peter, June 14, 1993; Margaret; George; Jacob; Michael and Philip (twins), May 25, 1802; Henry, October 92, 1803; Nicholas, September 1, 1805; David, June 8, 1806; and Maria (Mrs. Burton Arnold Thomas), February 14, 1810. The family moved from Rhinebeck to S,und Lake, Rensselaer county, about 1790. ] Burton Arnold and Maria (Cipperly) Thomas had two children: Alsina, born August 1, 1833, married George N. Goewey March 2, 1851, and died June 13, 1854; and Jeffrey Peleg, born in West Sand Lake December 2, 1838. Jeffrey P. Thomas was educated and studied sur- veying at Hartwick Seminary in Otsego county, and when nineteen began surveying with his father, continuing about fifteen years. He was superintendent of the Albany Rural Cemetery from June 1, 1868, to July 1, 1893, and many adornments of that beautiful spot are due to his taste and skill. His father did more or less work on that cemetery for thirty-two years. January 1, 1896, Mr. Thomas formed a partner- ship with Charles G. Witbeck, as Thomas & Witbeck, and opened an office in Troy. Ile is a Republican, was town elerk of Sand Lake, and is a 32" Mason. June 14, 1865, he married Sarah Henrietta, daughter of Jacob and Jane A. Warner. | Jacob Warner was born January 1, 1800, married Jane Ann Cochrane June 5, 1839, and had five children, all born in Wynantskill, Rensselaer county, viz .: Eliza Maria,


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(Mrs. James H. Chapman), born April 16, 1840; Matilda Ann, born January 1, 1842, died May 25, 1855; Almyra Jane born January 9, 1845, died July 30, 1845; Sarah Henrietta (Mrs. Jeffrey P. Thomas), born January 1, 1847; and Nancy Catharine, born January 23, 1850. ] Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey P. Thomas have had three children : Burton Arnold, born April 21, 1868, died May 22, 1894; Jeffrey Warner, born Sep tember 3, 1871, died September 19, 1871; and Jessie Florence, born November 7, 1872, who married James Annan Ayers September 2, 1896.


Bontecou, R. Brinsmade, M. D., was born at Harwood General Hospital at Wash- ington, D. C., December 1, 1864, where his father, Dr. Reed B. Bontecou, at the time had charge of 3,000 wounded sokliers. In 1883 he entered Williams College where he remained one year, and afterwards entered Harvard University where he was for one year; subsequently he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city where he was graduated in 1889. He then began practice in Troy where, with the exception of about six months, he since has continued. He has been president and secretary of the Rensselaer County Medical Society ; was a dele- gate to and is now a permanent member of the New York State Medical Society; is a member of the Medical Association of Troy and Vicinity; one of the governors and surgeon of the Marshall Infirmary; secretary of the Pension Board, and a mem- ber of the Troy Scientific Association. He was one of the medical sanitary inspec- tors during the cholera seare in 1893, and belongs to the Arba Reed Steamer Com- pany. In 1890 he married Lula May Vail of East Marion, Long Island, by whom hic has two children, Susan May and Louise Cluett.


Smith, Charles H., was born in the city of Albany, N. Y., September 7, 1854. Ile was educated there in the public schools, and entered the employ of the Troy City Railway Co. in the year 1870, first as barn boy. In 1880 he was made foreman; in 1881 he was appointed general superintendent; in the year 1885 he was appointed general superintendent of all the lines under this contract, and later when the Troy & New England Railroad was built, he was appointed general manager of the road; he is one of the directors and is one of the executive committee. July 7, 1887, he was married to Catharine Cranner of Cohoes, Albany county, N. Y. They have had two sons, William and Charles A. Mr. Smith is a member of Cohoes Lodge No. 116, E. & A. M., of Cohoes Chapter No. 168, K. A. M., of Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., Delta Lodge of Perfection, Delta Council P. of J., Delta Chapter, Rose Croix of Albany. lle is a member of the Waterford Club of Waterford, Saratoga county, and a member of the celebrated Apollo Drill Corps.


Bowman, Joseph, jr., was born in Troy, September 9, 1852. lle was educated in the public schools and Bryant and Stratton's Business College. He worked at the paper collar business for eight years in New York city; he then came to Troy in 1876 and became a collar and cuff manufacturer under the firm name of Joseph Bowman & Sons. He has married twice, first, in 1874, to Nettie Wilson of New York city, by whom one daughter has been born: Vinnie G. Mrs. Bowman died in 1879. For his second wife, on April 3, 1882, he married Emma A., daughter of Daniel and Jane Ford of Troy, by whom three children have been born: Albert M., Clarence F., and Florence B. The father of Mrs. Bowman, Daniel Ford, was born in the town of Grafton in 1818. Ile spent his early life on a farm, and was afterwards a contractor


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and builder, He married Jane Bonesteel of the town of Brunswick, by whom three children were born: Martha, Ellen, and Emma A, Mr. Ford died in 1888, and his widow survives at this date. Mr. Bowman is a member of Apollo Lodge No. 13, F. & A. M., of Troy, of Phoenix Chapter No. 133 R. A. M., of Lansingburg, of Bloss Council No. 14, R. & S. M., of Troy, of Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T. of Ori- ental Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., and of Apollo Drill Corps. The ancestry of the family is German, Scotch, and English.


Sweet, Hon. Rufus, born in Stephentown, January 22, 1833, is the son of Rufus and Mary (Shaw) Sweet, both natives of Stephentown. The grandfather, Elnathan Sweet, came from Connecticut to Stephentown on horseback in pioncer days. He married Miss Rodgers, a daughter of one of the early settlers of Stephentown. The Sweet family are of English and Scotch descent. The parents of Mary Shaw were An- thony and Dianah (Smith) Shaw, who were early settlers of Stephentown, coming from Rhode Island. The father of Rufus during his early life was engaged in various occupations, but in his latter days followed farming. He was justice and town clerk and collector twenty-one years in succession, He died in April, 1860. Mrs. Sweet died August 27, 1856. Rufus was educated in the common and select schools in Stephentown and when quite young took charge of the home farm on which he has always resided. He owns the homestead of 190 acres to which he has added 125 acres. In 1857 Mr. Sweet married Eunice M., daughter of Malankin and Eliza C. (Smith) Bently of Hancock, Mass. To Mr. and Mrs. Sweet have been born three children: George B., farmer of Hancock, Mass .; Mary E., Carrie, a teacher in Virginia. Mr. Sweet has been ten years supervisor of Stephentown, railroad com- missioner several years, and member of the Assembly from 1882 to 1883. June 14, 1893, he was appointed superintendent of the poor of the county and in the following fall was elected to the same office by a majority of 7, 121. Ile is a member of Amity Lodge, F. & A. M., also of the I. O. O. F.


Winnie, Daniel R., was born in Lansingburgh, February 11, 1824. He was edu- cated in the public schools and began his life work about 1841. Ile was with Captain Alfred Mosher on his sloop on the Hudson River, and through life's various changes always attended to his business with various partners until 1971. At that time he went into partnership with Cooper & Co. in the ice business, which was continued until 1891, when a joint stock company was formed with the following members: B. Cooper, president ; Daniel R. Winne, first vice-president; G. T. Bond, treasurer and secretary; M. F. Horton, manager; and II. Hoffman, assistant manager and bookkeeper. Mr. Winnie is a member of the Board of Charities and served as presi- dent of the board. He was married twice, second time in 1857 to Kate Geer of Troy. Ile had two children by his first marriage: Julia F. and Mary J. Julia F. married Herman Hoffman, by whom three children have been born: Irwin, Daniel W., and Kate. Mary J. married Peter Mealy of Troy, by whom eight children have been born: Daniel R., Walter B., Alice, Grace, Clarence, Chester, Alida and Susan. Mr. Winnie's second wife died and for his third wife he married Mrs. Anna E. House, born Philip, of Troy. Ile has two great-grandsons, Daniel Hoffman and Walter Gunther. Ilis father, Philip, was born near Lansingburgh in 1798; he married Roxie Robinson, by whom nine children were born: Julia A., Daniel R., Jane, Ilester, Levinas, Susan, Maria, Philip, Catherine and Nancy, Daniel R. Winne


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is a member of the Apollo Lodge No. 13 of Troy, F. & A. M. The ancestry of the family was of Dutch and New England extraction,


Galbraith, Hugh, was born in Troy, October 22, 1865. He is the son of William J. Galbraith, who was born in Ireland and came to this country about 1850 and set- tled in Michigan. Ile came to Troy in 1855 where he died 1880. His mother is Sara Jane (Crooks) Galbraith, who was born in Paisley, Scotland, Ile received his education in the public schools and went to work in the Troy and Boston railroad office for two and a half years and then was with Boutwell & Son, and in 1892 the Boutwell Milling & Grain Co. was incorporated and he has been one of the firm since and is secretary and manager of the same; he is a director in the Troy Hydraulie Co., a member of the Senior Company of the Troy Citizens Corps, Laureate Boat Club, Apollo Lodge, Apollo Chapter, Bloss Council, Apollo Commandery, and Ori- ental Temple of the Mystic Shrine. In 1891 he married Caroline L. Sturtevant of Troy.


Heimstreet, Thomas B., M.D., was born in Troy, March 11, 1843. His father, Dr. Charles Heimstreet, was for many years a druggist in Troy, being the first prescrip- tion druggist in the city; he died in 1854; he was married to Miss Harriet J. Walsh of Lansingburgh, N. Y., in 1838; she died in 1876. Thomas B. received his education at the common and private schools, Albany Medical College, and graduated from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in March, 1867, when he began practice in Troy. He has been one of the attending physicians of the Troy Hospital, and is a member of the Rensselaer County Medical Society, the New York State Medical Association, and the American Ornithologists' Union. Ile was librarian of the Troy Young Men's Association for nine years. In 1871 he married Miss Mary E. Quintal of Fall River, Mass.


Bowman, Joseph, sr., was born in Royalton, Windsor county, Vt., April 30, 1815. He was married three times as follows: Sarah Van Arnam, of Lansingburgh, N. Y. ; Sarah G. Moseley, of Troy, N. Y., and Mrs. Cynthia Everett, of Troy, N. Y. Ile was one of the first to manufacture collars and cuffs in Troy under the name of Bowman & Moseley in 1853. His sons now compose the firm which is known as Joseph Bowman & Sons. He was the oldlest fireman in Troy, having been appointed in 1843. He died September 11, 1896, in his eighty-second year, leaving two sons and one daughter.


Greenman, Charles Edgar, M. D., was born in Manchester, Mich. ; September 29, 1867. Ilis father, Lorenzo Greenman, was born in Waterloo, N. Y., and when young came to Troy and learned the mason's trade, later moved to Michigan and enlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry and in 1870 came to Cohoes where he died in 1880. His mother, Ellen (Magary) Greenman, was born in Montreal, P. Q., and is at present living in Troy. Dr. Greenman received his education in the public schools and graduated from the Albany Medical College March 21, 1889, and has since been in practice at 179 First street, Troy, N. Y. Ile is assistant physician of the out- patient department of the Troy Hospital and is examining physician for the Union Central Life Insurance Co. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and belongs to the New York State Medical Association, Rensselaer County Medical Society and the Medical Associa- tion of Troy and Vicinity. IIe also belongs to King Solomon's Lodge F. & A. M.


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June 3, 1891, he married Margaret Frances Mitchell of Waterford, N. Y. They be- came the parents of one son, Harold, who died January 20, 1896.


Donovan, jr., Daniel D., M. D. was born in Troy, N. Y., November 5, 1873. His father, Daniel Donovan, came from Ireland in early childhood and settled in Troy. Ilis mother is Ann (Daly) Donovan ; she was born in Ireland. Daniel D. was grad- uated from St. Mary's in 1892, and entered the Syracuse University for the study of medicine, afterwards entering the Albany Medical College from which he was grad- uated in June, 1895. He is now resident physician of the Troy Hospital. He is a member of the Medical Association of Troy and Vicinity and Rensselaer County Medical Society.


Kinloch, Osman F., M. D., was born in Brunswick, Rensselaer county, N. Y., Jan- mary 29, 1853. He is a son of Charles and Catherine A Kinloch; Charles was a mer- chant in Troy for many years and was in the grocery business at the time of his death. Osman F. first attended the district schools of Brunswick, later the public schools of Troy, the Troy Academy and the business college, and graduated from the medical department of Union University at Albany in 1879. He was a student of Drs. Reed B. Bontecon and C. E. Nichols. He was elected delegate to the Medical Society of the State of New York, and is now a permanent member of same. He has been secretary, treasurer and vice-president of the Rensselaer County Medical Society and is now serving as president of the same. He is also a member of the Medical Asso- ciation of Troy and Vicinity for which he served as first secretary and treasurer He was city physician for five years, was deputy health officer at the time of the small pox epidemie, and was physician and surgeon in charge of the Rensselaer County Hospital during the absence in Europe of the regular apointee (Dr. Herrick) in 1887; he was jail physician for one year. He is medical examiner for a large number of life and accident insurance companies. He is a member of King Solomon's Primitive Lodge No. 91, F. & A. M., a member of Trojan Hook and Ladder Co., and in 1886 served as its president. He is now serving as alderman from the Fourth Ward, and is a member of the Good Government Club. He married May L. Fales of Troy, November 8, 1881; she is the daughter of the late Joseph and Harriet II. Fales.


Rickerson, Le Roy, was born in Durham, Greene county, N. Y., in 1845. 11is father was Lyman Rickerson, who was born in 1818; he was a captain in the State militia. His mother was Laura (Bagley) Rickerson; she died in Troy in 1888. Le Roy received a public school education and afterwards worked with his father on the farm, and afterwards clerked in a village store, Ile came to Troy in 1871 and went to work for P. M. Marston in the grocery business. He bought Mr. Marston out in 1873 and carried on the business until 1876, when he engaged in the flour and grain business under the firm name of Lape & Rickerson; after six years Mr. Lape retired and Mr. Riekerson bought his interest in the business. Ile was alderman from 1888 to 1892, and is secretary of the Citizens' Association, treasurer of the Uni- tarian Church Society, a member of the East Side Club and the Farnham Steamer Fire Company. He married May M. Murphy of Dutchess county in 1883, and has two children.


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in 1831 with his parents, Richard and Elizabeth (Wells) Carter. His father came to Troy in 1833 and started the plane manufacturing business, which he continued at until he removed to Lewis county in 1855 and died in 1891; his wife died in 1875. Edward received his education in the public schools of Troy and Troy Academy and entered the manufacturing business; he has been sole propriotor of same since 1864. He represented the Fifth ward in the Board of Aldermen ten years and during that time was president of the board one year; he has been general assessor for ten years; he was a member of the Arba Reed Steamer Company five years, and was five years a member of the Farnham Steamer Company, during which time he was president of the company. Mr. Carter was one of the number selected to form a committee of one hundred who had charge of the proceedings to commemorate the anniversary of Troy's Centennial in 1889, In 1849 he married Lucy A. Stevens of Troy. They have two sons, Richard, jr., and Edward, jr., who assist in the manu- facturing business.


Crandall, Louis S., was born in Troy, N. Y., December 25, 1850. This ancestors were English and came from Rhode Island early in the present century, and settled in Brunswick, N. Y. His great-grandfather, Ethan Crandall, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, Ilis father, Ethan A. Crandall, was born in Brunswick in 1814. He came to Troy when a young man, and entered into the manufacture of mill stones, and was thus engaged until his death, which occurred in 1860. His mother was Leona (Smith) Crandall, who was born in Troy in 1824, and died in August, 1866. Louis S. received his education at the high school and afterward entered the academy for a short time. fle elerked for J M. Warren & Co. from 1868 to 1870, and then started the manufacturing of mill stones which he continued for ten years. In 1880 he with George H. Morrison bought out the seed business of Warren & Taylor and conducted business under the firm name of Crandall & Morrison; in 1886 he sold his interest in the concern and bought A. L. Hotchkin's furniture store. In 1890 he bought a controlling interest in the Troy Belting and Supply Company, and has been secretary and treasurer since; he is also interested in pulp and paper mills in Essex county, of which he is secretary and treasurer; he was elected alder- man in 1894, and re-elected in the fall of 1895; he has been treasurer of the East Side Club since its organization. He married Miss Kate J Lape of Troy in IST8. He has four daughters.


Tupper, John H., was born in Troy, N. Y., November 26. 1841. His father, Will- iam W. Tupper, was a boatman owning a number of sloops. He retired from steamboating in 1851, and went into the lumber business in New York city and in 1862 entered the iron manufacturing business at which he was engaged until he ched, which was in 1893. His mother, Frances E. (Perry) Tupper, is now eighty years of age and lives in New York city. He was educated in private schools in Troy and Brooklyn. He made several trips across the ocean for business and pleas- ure. In 1860 he entered Charles Merrill & Sons' hardware store in New York city, where he remained until 1862, when he was engaged by the Hudson River Rail- road and afterwards became first bookkeeper and then auditor for the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co., New York office. He left New York and came to Troy in the fall of 1869, and bought an interest in the coal business of William Barton, an old established business at 433 River street. In 1878 he purchased Mr. Barton's inter-


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est and has since carried on the business alone. He belongs to the Laureate Boat Club, of which he was president for a number of years, and has been president of the Troy Coal Exchange since 1891; has been lieutenant in the Troy Citizens Corps, and has been prominently connected with St. Paul's Episcopal and St. John's Epis- copal churches; he is one of the directors of the Y. M. C. A. He married Miss Ade- laide Taylor, May 20, 1868. She was at the time a resident of Brockville, Ontario, Canada.


Seaton, William G., was born in Troy, August 17, 1861. His father, Alexander S., was born in Scotland and came to this country in 1845. He was a eurrier by trade and took charge of Ehas Plumb's tannery for a number of years, and died in 1888. Ilis mother, Mary (Ridgeway) Seaton, was born in Ridgeway, England, and died in 1892. William G. attended the public schools of Troy and later entered a business college. Then he learned the papermaking trade, worked at that six years, when he learned the trade of a machinist and worked at that two years, when he went to work again at papermaking. In 1884 he started a news room and confectionery store on River street, and seven years later he moved to 206 River street, where he is at present conducting a gent's furnishing goods establishment. He served on the Board of Aldermen from 1890 to 1892. He is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge F. & A. M., Diamond Roek Lodge 1. O. O. F., and has belonged to the Troy Fire Depart- ment sinee 1882. Ile is a member of the Royal Arcanum, the Brownie Club of North Troy and the N. T. A. C. of North Troy.


Pollock, Philander, was born in La Chute, Quebec, Canada. His father, James Pollock, came from Paisley, Scotland, and settled in La Chute, Canada; he died in 1848. His mother, Maria (Stevens) Polloek, was born in Vermont and moved to La Chute with her parents abont the time of the War of 1812; she died in 1841. Phi- lander went to work for a tanner and learned the trade and came to Troy in 1866. He worked for Mr. Haight one year, and for a short time afterwards worked in New York city, In 1870 he returned to Troy and entered the store of Ross & Smith as clerk ; he was with that concern as clerk until January 1, 1873, when Mr. Ross died and he bought his interest in the concern and carried on the business under the firm name of Smith & Pollock. In 1892 Mr. Smith died and he became sole owner of the leather business. He is a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist church, and the Royal Arcanum. In 186; he married Miss Jennie E. Hoyt of Troy. He has one son and a daughter.


Peterson, S. A., was born in Fulton county, N. Y., March 18, 1814, son of William and Nancy (Riddle) Peterson. He received a district school education and was reared on his father's farm; at the age of seventeen years he came to Troy and en- gaged in the coal business at his present location, and he has carried on his exten- sive coal business since that time; his office is on the west end of Fulton street with yards adjacent. In 1822 he took in as partner George A. Packer; Mr. Packer died in June, 1896. His father died in May, 1872, and his mother in July, 1892. On April 1, 1872, Mr. Peterson married Sarah M. Mackey; one daughter was born, who died in infancy.


()'Brien, Michael II., was born in Troy in 1857. Ilis father and mother died when he was quite young. After leaving school he entered the clothing house of Julius


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Saul where he remained until 1888. when he went into the clothing business at 316 River street, taking in Mr. M. V. Molloy as partner. The firm is doing an extensive clothing and gent's furnishing goods business, under the name of O'Brien & Molloy. They occupy the entire building consisting of three floors, 130 feet deep and twenty- five feet wide. They carry a fine line of goods and sell strictly at one price.




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