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Fowler, Stephen, was born in the town of Brunswick, February 19, 1830, and was educated in the district schools, and was a farmer by occupation. In 1861 he mar- ried Susan L. Myers of Greenbush. They had two children: Ammon and Lorretta. Mrs. Fowler died December 1, 1892. The father of Mr. Fowler, Ammon, was born on the old homestead in Brunswick, April 3, 1809, and was educated in the schools of that early day, and was a farmer by occupation. June 10, 1828, he married Eliza Winnie of his native town. They have had seven children: Stephen, Mary, Emily, Johu R., Elizabeth I., and two are dead. Mr. Fowler died February 20, 1890, and his wife died June 4, 1891. Stephen Fowler has been a wholesale confectioner for the past seven years, with his daughter as general manager. The ancestry of the family is of New England stock.
Golden, Justin C., was born in Dutchess county, July 16, 1853, and moved with his mother to Vermont at the age of ten. He was educated in the public schools and in 1872 came to Lansingburgh. He is serving his second term as superintendent of the waterworks. August 20, 1878, he married Libbie Campbell of Troy, formerly of Lansingburgh, by whom six children were born: Linda R., Jennie M., Thomas W., Justin C., jr., John Il., and Helen E. The father of Mr. Golden, John Y., was born in New York city in 1809, was educated in the district schools, and went to Vermont when a young man. He married Mary Wright of that State and had four children : Ida, Justin C., Kate W., and Henry W. Mr. Golden died in 1863 and his widow died August 23, 1865. Hle is a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., and is also a member of the Royal Arcanum No. 1,005.
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Morrissey, Thomas F., was born in England in 1857, and came to the United States with his parents when two years of age. They located in Lansingburgh, N. Y., where he was educated in the public schools. He began to manufacture brick in 1883; also is a dealer in coal, building material, fertilizers, etc., under the firm name of Spall, Morrissey & Abbott. Ile manufactures brick on his own responsibility ; the capacity of the plant is 25,000 daily, and at this time of writing he is manufac- turing 2,000,000 annually. In 1892 Mr. Morrissey married Anna Lewis of Lansing- burgh, and they have two children : Thomas and Catherine. Mr. Morrissey's father, Thomas, was born in the old country and married Mary Lawless of his native place, by whom he had six children: John, Michael, Catherine, Thomas (deceased), Thomas F., and Lawrence.
O'Brien, William J., was born in Ireland in 1844, and came to the United States with his parents when a young child They located in Lansingburgh, N. Y., where he was educated in the public schools and when a young boy he learned the brush trade with George Scott, since which time he has been in the brush factory. In 1868 he was made its superintendent, which position he has ably filled since; he also has an interest in the business; the firm's name has never changed, namely, The George Scott Co. In 1879 he married Anna Hannon, of this place, and they have seven children: Mary, Anna, William J., jr., James M., Catherine M., Adalaide and Mar- garet. Mr. O'Brien is a protection Democrat.
Spall, John, was born in Germany, May 17, 1847, and came to the United States with his parents when a young boy, and first located in Utica and afterwards in Ilerkimer county, and was educated in the district schools. He was a general mer- chant and lumber dealer. The family came to Lansingburgh in 1887 and conducted a general store of fruit and produce. He is also a partner dealing in coal, building material and phosphate, etc., under the firm name of Spall, Morrissey & Abbott. He was married twice, first, to Catherine Roberts, and had two children: Charles Il. and Mary J. Charles H. married Bertha E. Stowe of Lansingburgh, and has one son, Raymond A. Mary resides at home. Mrs. Spall died in 1882, and for his sec- ond wife he married Sarah M. Hughes of Oneida county. She was the daughter of William 11. Hughes of England. Mr. Spall was the son of George Spall, who was born on the old homestead in Germany. Mr. Spall is a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., of Phoenix Chapter No. 155, R. A. M., of Bloss Council R. & S. M., of Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., of Diamond Lodge No. 568, 1. O. O. F., and of Poland Lodge No. 183, A. O. U. W., of Herkimer county. The ancestry of the family is German and Welsh.
Smith, Hans, was born in Schleswig Holstein, Germany, May 11, 1839, and was educated in their schools. Ile has been married twice, first in 1863 to Engerberg Lind of his native place, by whom he had one daughter, Elizabeth. Mrs. Smith died in 1865, and in 1870 he married Mary Jensen, formerly of his native place, by whom he had six children: Jens J., Peter, Christian J., Charles, Anna and Hans, who died at four years of age. Elizabeth married Peter 1I. Lauretsen of Lansing- burgh and they have one daughter, Dorothy. Jens J. married Mary Peterson of Lansingburgh, N. Y., by whom he had one daughter, Ethel. Mr. Smith's father, Jens C., was born at the old home in Germany. He married Elizabeth Jessen of his
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native place, by whom he had six children. Both father and mother are dead, The family are members of the Lutheran church, of which Mr. Smith is one af the elders, and he is also president of the Board of Trustees. The ancestry of the family is Danish and German.
Wager, T. Blatchford, was born in West Troy, N. Y., November 4, 1848. He was educated in the public schools and Trinity Academy. He was clerk in the post-office of West Troy, N. Y., and afterward assistant postmaster in Lansingburgh, N. Y., and at same time was telegraph operator and station agent of Troy & Boston Rail- road. He was made director and secretary of the Andrew M. Church Co. of Troy, N. Y., on organization of the company some ten years ago and is still in same posi- tion. In December, 1875, he married Harriet J. Noyes of Lansingburgh, daughter of Nathan Henry Noyes, and they have one son, Stephen Noyes Wager, Mr. Wager's father, Ariel, was born in Troy, N. Y., in 1814, and was educated there; he was for many years in painting and paper hanging business on Congress street, Troy, N. Y. He married Harriet Ballou of Troy, formerly of Washington county, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Wager are now residing in West Troy, N. Y. T. Blatch- ford Wager and family are members of the Methodist church, he being recording steward and a class leader. The family is of Dutch and French descent.
Boland, John II., was born in Ireland, December 21, 1851, and his father, James Boland, came to this country in 1852 and settled in Troy and was a mason by trade. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, First New York Mounted Rifles, and October 24, 1864, he was honorably discharged. He was wounded in Virginia. He died Dec. S. 1881. His mother, Sarah Houlihan Boland, died April 11, 1896. John IL. received his education in the public schools of Troy, and learned the trade of patternmaker, and later went on the road for the Olympus Mills, selling coffee and spices, in which position he remained for eleven years. For the following ten and a half years he traveled for W. A. Lent & Co. He bought an interest in the firm of Little & Co., manufacturers of cigars, where he has charge of sales. December 5, 1895, he was appointed port warden of the port of New York by Governor Morton, which ap- pointment was confirmed by the Senate, January 15, 1896. January 21, 1873, he married Delia Duffy of Albany, by whom four children have been born: Constance, a teacher m public schools; Walter J., now attending the High school; John 11., jr., and Richard, Politically he is a staunch Republican. He is a member of St. Peter's church.
Squires, Norman B., was born in Bennington, Vt., December 22, 1816. His grand- father, Saxton Squires, was a native of Connecticut and was in the Revolutionary war. His father, Buckley Squires, was born in Vermont and was a manufacturer and died in 1860 aged sixty-nine. His mother, Lucretia (Norton) Squires, of Ben- nington, Vt., died in 1885 aged ninety-one. Norman B. was educated at the Ben- nington Academy and went as clerk in the store of J. & G. B. Norton of Bennington, Vt., and came to Troy in 1835 entered the dry goods store of George Wells as clerk, where he remained until 1844, when the firm of Armstrong & Squires, wholesale groceries, was formed, which continued until 1852, and then he went in business with Jared S. Hakes, and in 1858 formed a partnership with Peter MeDoual and John Sherry, the firm name being MeDoual, Squires & Sherry. Mr. MeDonal died in
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1860 and Ilenry Galusha was taken into the business, the firm taking the name of Squires, Sherry & Galusha, which is the name of the concern at present time; it is one of the most prosperous wholesale grocery houses in Troy, also being the oldest. Mr. Squires has been a member of the School Board, is president of the Episcopal Church Home, and is a director in the Troy Savings Bank and the United National Bank.
Mann, William 11., was born in Warnerville, N. Y., in 1859. His father was Alex- ander Mann, born in the town of Richmondville, N. Y., and was a farmer ; he died in 1892. Ilis mother was Anna Maria Klock, sister of Daniel Klock, jr., of Troy; she died in 1863. William II. received a publie school education and came to Troy in 1872, and for a short time attended the schools of Troy; in 1876 he entered the rubber store of Daniel Klock, jr., and in 1888 was taken in as a partner, the firm name becom- ing Daniel Klock, jr., & Co., one of the largest wholesale and retail rubber establish- ments in the country. He is a member of the official board of the State Street M. E. church, member of the Choral Chib, and has taken a deep interest in the musical matters of the city; and a member of the City Club, the Eastside Club, and of the Ionie Club, of which he has been president. He was married in February, 1886, to Ellen S. Avery. Her father, Lyman R. Avery, was a school commissioner, an alderman and was vice-president of the State Bank ; he died August, 1890,
Benedict, T. Lee, was born in Galway, Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1857. ilis father, Daniel C. Benedict, was born in Galway, N. Y., and at the time of his death was a resident of Little Falls, N. Y., having moved there a short time previous for the benefit of his health. He was of the firm of Velsey & Benedict, Benedict & Brown, Benedict, Brown & Co., and later Benedict & Walker. His mother, Eleanor C. (McMillan) Benedict, was born in Galway, and died when T. Lee was but a child, being the oldest of five children. T. Lee after receiving a public school and aca- demie education in Troy went to work for the Northern News Co., of which S. F. Hloyt was manager. At the end of one year he resigned and became clerk for his unele in the retail grocery trade, remaining with him about two years. At the expi- ration of this time he engaged with 11. II. Darling & Bro. as salesman, and in 1886 was made a partner in the concern, the firm being II. II. Darling, Bro. & Co., wholesale grocers. He is a member of the Laureate Boat Club, the Pafraets Dael Club, Post D Commercial Travelers, and the Royal Arcanum. He was alderman one term from the Fourth ward, and belongs to the Trojan H. & L. Co. He married in 18844 Jennie Ranken, daughter of the late Hugh Ranken, who was a very promi- nent man of Troy and the founder of the Ranken Steamer Co.
Brennan, George J., was born in Ireland, June 8, 1831; was educated in Dublin and London and left the latter city for Troy in 1845. His father, John Brennan, who was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, had preceded him to his country sev- eral years, coming directly to Troy, where he taught school for several years and died in 1852; his wife, Margaret (Taylor) Brennan, was born in Ireland and died in 1832. George J. Brennan learned the paper hanging, decorating and painting trades in New York city, and returned to Troy in 1852 and worked with John S. Perry about seven years. The business in which he is now engaged was established in 1860 in the same building he now occupies. The firm was then Myers & Brennan, which
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continued about two years when Mr. Myers retired, and the firm of Perry & Brennan was formed in Jannary, 1866, and continued until May 10, 1872, when Mr. Perry retired and Mr. Brennan has conducted the business since; it has rapidly increased and about forty skilled men are given steady employment throughout the year. He was county coroner from January, 1865, to January, 1872; school commissioner from March, 1877, to March, 1885, four years of which period he was president of the board; and park commissioner from March, 1894, to July, 1896, when he resigned, being president of the board, Ile was the first president of the Master Painters' As- sociation of New York State; is a trustee of the Catholic Male Orphan Asylum, a member of the Royal Arcanum, and of the Robert Emmet Association, of which he has been president. He married Elizabeth M. Neugent in 1852. His children are William II,, who has been supervisor of the Second ward; James B., at present clerk of the Board of Ilealth; Mrs. George II. Zinke, of Brooklyn, and Mary C.
Freiot, Dr. Alfred K., was born in Troy, N. Y., April 21, 1861. His great-grand- father was Judge Ilenry Koon, who was born in 1979 at Greenbush and for many years was associate judge of the county. He died September 6, 18-13. His father, Charles Freiot, was born in Brunswick, Rensselaer county, and was a practicing physician in Troy for thirty years and was the attending physician at the Troy Or- phan Asylum and St. Mary's Hospital. He died July 7, 1879, His mother is Cor- nelia (Koon) Freiot, who was born in Greenbush, N. Y Alfred K. Freiot received his education at the Troy Academy and Union College at Schenectady, N. Y., and graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1886, and is now practicing physician in Troy. Ile is a member of the Rensselaer County Medical Society and the Medi- cal Association of Troy and vicinity.
Galusha, Henry, was born in Troy. His father, Elijah Galusha, was born in Ver- mont and came to Troy in about 1830. Hle followed the cabinetmaker's trade and died in 1871. Ilis mother, Charlotte M. (Howlet) Galusha, was born in Vermont, and died in New York city in 1888, Henry was educated in the private schools of Troy, and when quite young went to work in the wholesale grocery house of Battershall & MeDoual, and was with that firm and their successors until 1860, when the firm of Squires, Sherry & Galusha was established, and is now the oldest wholesale grocery house in Troy. He is a member of Mt. Zion Lodge F. &. A. M., and is also a men- ber of the Troy Club. He is an exempt and honorary member of the Arba Read Steamer Company, also an exempt and honorary member of the Troy Citizens Corps, being a member of the Senior Company. He married Elizabeth, daughter of the late Ilon. J. C. Osgood. Both he and wife are members of the First Presby- terian church, of which he has been an elder several years, and was formerly chair- man of the board of trustees and superintendent of the Sunday school. As a busi- ness man he takes rank among the oldest and best business men of Troy.
Tappin, Samuel Charters, was born in Troy, N Y., November 30, 1844. His father, Samuel Tappin, was born in England, July, 1818, and came to this country when abont six years old with his elder brother and joined their father in New York, Abont 1840 he came to Troy and for several years was engaged in the manufacturing of umbrellas. He was married to Samantha Smith in 1843. Ile kept the grocery known as the old Hay Scales, after which he went to work for Leonard MeChesney,
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later with Charles R. Mallery; they bought out McChesney and the firm of Mallery & Tappin was estabished as wholesale liquor dealers. Mr. Tappin died September 6. 1885. His wife, Samantha Tappin, still resides in Troy and is now in her seventy- third year. Samuel C. Tappin received his education in the common and Dr. Tucker's schools. Ile entered the jewelry store of Emanuel Marks when he was between thirteen and fourteen years of age, where he remained for nineteen years. He went into business for himself in 1877 at 286 River street, and in 1891 removed to his pres ent quarters, No. 1 Keenan Building, where he has one of the finest stores in North- ern New York-the well known and popular Tappin's Diamond Palace. He imports largely in diamonds and precious stones, brie-a brac, fine French chinas, clocks, bronzes, etc .; other departments of the store contain elegant assortments of ent glass, sterling silver ware, jewelry, and novelties of every description; the manu- facturing and resetting of diamond jewelry being a special feature of the business. He was married in 1863 to Mary Louise Toole of Sandy Hill, N. Y. ; they have two daughters: Mrs. Joseph MeQuide of Troy, and Mrs. Charles E. Birch of Cincinnati, Ohio. Ile is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Mt. Zion Lodge No. 311, Apollo Chapter No. 15 Bloss Council No. 14, Apollo Commandery No. 15, and Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; also a member of the Ionic Club of Troy ; is an Episcopalian, being a member and junior warden of Christ church.
Wing, Daniel A., was born in Pittstown, N. Y., September 30, 1845, and is a son of Jonas and Phoebe (Osborne) Wing of Pittstown. His mother died in 1859 and his father is now living in Bath on the-Hudson. After leaving school Mr. Wing clerked for two years in a drug store, in Lansingburgh, and then came to Troy and entered the store of J. II. Winslow as clerk, and was later with George Boardman. He traveled for Bell & Morey for two years, and for Austin, Nichols & Co. for twelve years, when he formed a partnership with Mr. Large and entered the wholesale grocery business in 1886, under the firm name of Wing & Large. Mr. Wing assumed full control of the business in 1891 and is now sole proprietor. The trade of the honse extends through Northern New York, Vermont, and Western Massachusetts. Ile is a member of the Apollo Lodge F. & A. M., and of the Riverside Club, of which he is a director, and is one of the directors of the Troy Vocal Society. He now re- sides m Lansingburgh. He married, February 25, 1878, Elizabeth Bogardus, of Troy. They have one son, Harry V., who assists in the store. The family are members of the Trinity Episcopal church of Lansingburgh. In polities he is a Re- publican.
Fitzgerald, Thomas B., was born in Ireland and settled in Troy where he has since resided. He was first a bookkeeper for a wholesale liquor house, and later became a traveling salesman, an occupation he has successfully followed for over thirty years, becoming widely acquainted with the wholesale liquor trade. In 1873 he suc- ceeded to the wholesale liquor business of Michael Fitzgerald, deceased, in Fifth avenue, which he has since conducted. He is a member of the Robert Emmet Club and an honorary member of the old Earl Boat Club.
Holmes, Dr. Henry P., son of John W. and Esther M. (Perry) Holmes, was born in Greenfield, Saratoga county, December 8, 1854. His mother, who died while he was an infant, was a daughter of John S. Perry of Troy, who for eighteen years was
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treasurer of the Grand Commandery of the Masonic order of the State of New York. His father, John W. Holmes, was a prominent civil engineer, being connected with the Hudson River division of the New York Central, the old Albany and Northern, and other railroads, and is now a merchant in Lansingburgh; about 1870 he settled in Lansingburgh where he still resides. Dr. Holmes was educated in the public and high schools of Troy, spent about a year in the architectural office of George M. Beaudoin of that city, read medicine with Dr. Charles II. Carpenter of Troy and was graduated from the Albany Medical College December 23, 1875. In the fall of 1876 he entered the New York Homeopathie Medical College, and graduated therefrom in March, 1877, and immediately began the practice of his profession m Troy. In 1879 he moved to Lansingburgh where he has since resided. He is a member of the Rensselaer County Homeopathic Medical Society, the American In- stitute of Homeopathy, the A. O. U. W., the Royal Arcanum, and the National Union, and is past regent of Lansingburgh Council No. 1142 and Premier Council No. 1617. R. A. He has been the representative to the Grand Lodge of the Royal Arcanum from 1890 to 1893 and since 1895. June 1, 1881, he married Emma J., daughter of Capt. Henry Willard an officer in the war of the Rebellion, who was wounded at the battle of Pittsburg Landing and died soon afterward. They have two daughters: Marie Esther and Martha Louise.
Tompkins, Fred J., M. D., son of William B. and Hannah M. (Weaver) Tompkins, was born in South Berne, Albany county, August 28, 1861, and after his father's death in 1872 he moved with his family to Central Bridge, Schoharie county, where he received a common school education. He read medicine there with Dr. Charles McCullock, and in Albany with Dr. William Hails, and was graduated from the Albany Medical College with the degree of M. D. in 1885. Ile then took a post- graduate course in the medical department of the MeGill University in Montreal, Canada, and began the practice of his profession in 1886 at Knox, Albany county, whence he moved in 1888 to Lansingburgh, where he has since resided. Dr. Tompkins is a member of the Medical Society of Troy and Vicinity, the New York State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and Phoenix Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., Phoenix Chapter No. 133, R. A. M., Diamond Rock Lodge No. 661, 1 O. O. B., and the Troy Yacht Club, all of Troy. In 1885 he married Emma, daughter of Eden Up Degrove, of Albany, and they have one son, Clifford E.
Jessen, John F., son of Jacob F. and Mary (Skov) Jessen, was born in the kingdom of Denmark, September 1, 1857, and received his education in his native land. ITis father was a cabinet maker and undertaker. In 1873 Mr. Jessen came to America and on June 29 of that year found himself a stranger in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer county, where he has since resided. He was first employed on a farm and later as gardener by Joseph Fox, then a well known eracker manufacturer of that village. He gradually worked into the business of that factory, learning the trade and becom- ing successively bookkeeper and traveling salesman. In 1880 Mr. Fox sold out to De Freest & Clark, and Mr. Jessen continued with them as salesman imtil 1882, when, owing to ill health, he visited his native country. Returning to Lansingburgh he formed a partnership with William McCollum and John II. Franklin, and under the firm name of Jessen, MeCollum & Co., purchased the establishment of De Freest & Clark. Mr. Franklin died in 1893 and since then the other two partners have suc-
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cessfully conducted the business under their original firm name. They manufacture crackers and biscuits of all kinds on an extensive scale and have a large trade throughout the Eastern and New England States, Mr. Jessen is a trustee of the First Presbyterian church, one of the village school commissioners, a local director of the New York Mutual Savings and Loan Association, and formerly a director of the Lansingburgh Y. M. C. A. In 1888 he married Sarah M., daughter of David Robertson, of Lansingburgh, and they have had two children: Mina E., who died aged two years and five months, and Earl R., born December 26, 1893.
Deniers, Eugene L., was born August 19, 1842, in Troy. Ile was the son of David and Jane A. Demers. His father was a merchant in Troy for a number of years, then retired and removed to Lansingburgh where he died. Eugene was educated in the public schools of Troy. He was first employed on the Troy Times, then as a clerk for the late Peter Bontecou. When the late civil war broke out he enlisted in the 125th Regiment (Col. Willard's) N. Y. Vols., with which regiment he went to the front. The regiment went first to Centerville and from there to Harper's Ferry. Mr. Demers was on picket duty when it was ordered to the latter point, and was captured by the enemy before he could return to the regiment. The captured pickets were taken to Martinsburgh, Va., and from there to Winchester, where each man was given his individual parole. They then went to Zanesville, Ohio, and then re- ported to Dr. Hubbell, the provost marshal at Troy. Mr. Demers was then sent to Baltimore by Provost Marshal Hubbell, in command of troops to report to Gen, Wool, who asked to see his parole and upon his providing the same tore it up. He then sent him under guard to Georgetown, and from there he went to Alexandria where he reported to Parole Camp, and from there he went to Washington and reported his case to Clinton Meneeley, who was then an officer at general headquarters, and who had the case properly adjudicated, and then gave Mr. Demers a pass which entitled him to the freedom of the city of Washington for a few days, after which he was given a pass and transportation to his home in Troy. Later Gen. Wool apologized to Mr. Demers for the way he treated him. Mr. Demers then went to Chicago and reported to the regiment and from there went with the regiment to the battle of Gettysburg, where he was wounded in the engagement of July 3, and had his leg sumputated on the field July 4. This amputation has been the cause of much suffer- ing; and later another amputation had to be performed. Mr. Demers has never been able to wear an artificial limb. Mr. Deniers is a merchant in Lansingburgh. lle was the first commander of Bolton Post, G. A. R. He is prominent in all Grand Army matters and is a publie spirited citizen. He has been village trustee for four- teen years, a member of assembly two years, supervisor for two terms and held over a part of the third, pending a decision of the court. Mr. Demers has also held the office of Police Court judge for two years; and is also a member of the court house commission. Ile married Miss Margaret Cowley of Keeseville, Essex Co., N. Y., daughter of Thomas Cowley. They have had two daughters: Lena, married to Lewis D. Hunt, of Troy; and Ella, living at home. Mr. Demers is filling the posi- tion of supervisor of Lansingburgh, having been elected in March, 1896, to serve two years.
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