Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 70

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

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extensive work is a volume entitled THE TRANSFIGURING OF THE CROSS. He was married in 1864 to Emeline T. Farel, and has had two children, the younger of which died in 1887. The elder, Cara Angenette, was graduated at the Lasell Sem- inary, Auburndale, Mass., in 1896.

Sage, James H., was born in Fredonia, N. Y., in 1840. His father, William C. Sage, was born in 1814 in Brunswick, N. Y., and was a produce buyer. He was a brother of Russell Sage, the celebrated financier of New York city. He died in 1887. His mother, Lucritia (Jones) Sage, born in Jonesville, N. Y., in 1811, died July 2, 1885. James H. was educated at the public schools and entered the fruit and pro- duce business and has been in that business since. He married Helen E. Young of Montpelier, Vt., in 1885, a step-daughter of the Hon. William Lord, speaker of the House of Representatives of the Vermont Legislature.

Shields, William II., was born in Troy in 1853. He is the son of Hamilton L. Shields, who gradnated from West Point in 1847 and served in the Mexican war, and on General Wool's staff, but resigned in 1854. He died in 1889. His mother is Caroline (Hart) Shields, a daughter of Richard P. Hart. William II., after leaving the Troy Academy, took a position with the Troy Steel and Iron Co., where he remained nine years and then accepted a position at the J. Wool Griswold Wire Works of Troy as manager, and still occupies that position. In 1885 he married Miss Anna Thaliiner, a daughter of the late Peter Thalimer; she died in December, 1888. They had two children, William and Anna. His present wife was Sarah Johnston of Cohoes, N. Y. He is a member of the Troy Club, was for seventeen years a member of the Citizens' Corps, and is now a member of the Old Guard.

Simons, William, was born in Rochester, N. Y., where he received his education and went into the office of Garson, Kerngood & Co. Seven years later he came to Troy and with Leo August, of Denver, Colo., formed the firm of August & Simons, better known as the Model Clothing, which is the double store located on the corner of River and Fulton streets. On September 19, 1894, they opened their store, since which time they have been doing a very successful business. On July 15, 1896, they admitted as partner S. I. Hirshberg of Rochester, who was connected with the wholesale manufacturing business. They are hve advertisers and liberal in all their dealings. They manufacture most of their clothing and also do a large business in gents' furnishing goods and hats. The store is lit by are and incandescent lights and gas, and is one of the best equipped stores for the clothing business in the State. Leo August is a member of the B. P. O. E.

Tompkins, Albert, was born in Rhode Island in 1829. His father, Clark Tompkins, came to Cohoes in 1840 and was employed to do the repair work for the Harmony Mills, where he remained until 1846, when he came to Troy and started a machine shop. In 1870 he went to California on account of ill health where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1876. His mother, Eliza A. (Cook) Tompkins, came from Rhode Island. She is now living in California and is eiglity-nine years of age. He received his education in district schools and when fourteen years of age entered the machine shop and learned the trade, and with his brother Ira, manufactures knitting machinery on Ida Hill. Heis a commander of Post Griswold, G. A. R., and a member of King Solomon's Primitive Lodge, F. & A. M. He belongs to the

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Exempt Firemen's Association, and was for twelve years school commissioner of Troy, and fire commissioner for nine years. He was married to Miss Julia Skeels of Albia in 1870, His present wife was Mrs. Sarah E. Sprung, to whom he was married in 1873. Ile has one son and four daughters.

Van Santvoord, Seymour, was born December 17, 1858. His ancestors on his father's side were Holland Dutch. The progenitor of the family in this country was the Rev. Cornelius Van Santvoord, a graduate of the University of Leyden and preached in Dutch, Frenel; and English on Staten Island, His father, George Van Santvoord, was at one time a member of the Troy bar practicing in partnership with the late David Seymour. He also published several legal books, a hfe of Algernon Sydney and Lives of the Chief Justices of the United States. His great- grandfather on the maternal side was Dr. Peter Van Schaack, a graduate of King's College, and a celebrated lawyer. His grandfather was a lawyer and the founder and for many years the editor of the Kinderbrook Rough Notes, one of the oldest papers in the State. Seymour received his education at the Kinderbrook Academy, after which he entered the printing office of his grandfather, where he remained six months. lle later entered Williston Seminary at East Hampton, Mass., and after six months entered the sophomore class of Union College and graduated in 1878. In the fall of 1878 he entered the law office of Warren & Patterson as a student and graduated from the Albany Law School in 1880 and opened an office where he prac- ticed alone until January 1, 1894, when he formed a copartnership with George B. Wellington, the firm now being Van Santvoord & Wellington. He is a member of the Holland Society of New York, a director of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society, a trustee in the Second Street Presbyterian church, and president of the Troy Good Government Club. At present he is one of the receivers of the Walter A. Wood Mowing and Reaping Machine Co. Ile is a trustee of the Albany Law School and the Samaritan Hospital. He married a daughter of the late Capt. N. L. Shields of the United States Army, He has five children. Ile is a Democrat in politics.

Vanderbogart, John II., was born in Columbia county in 1835. His father, John M. Vanderbogart, was a farmer of Columbia county and belonged to the Relief Corps in the Civil war, assigned to fort duty, and died in August, 1882. llis mother, Sophia M. (MeAlpin) Vanderbogart, died in 1871. Joli II. when nine years of age went to work in the cotton mills at Valatie, N. Y., until nineteen years old, when in 1854 he came to Troy and entered the employ of B. F. Thompson, who was in the fruit business, and later was a messenger for the National Express Co. until 1863, when he went to work in the Starbuck Iron Works on Center Island, and was later with A. W. Orr & Co., and started in business for himself in 1870 in the manufacture of boilers and also does all kinds of boiler and tank work. His factory is in the city of Watervliet, N. Y. He belongs to Trojan Lodge No. 27, I. O. O. F., and also the John W. Nesbot Encampment No. 110; also a member of Canton Leo, and a men- ber of Rebecca Eclipse Lodge No. 151. In 1857 he married Miss Susan Craver of Troy. He has one son, the Rev. A. J. Vanderbogart, who is now the pastor of an Episcopal church in Salisbury, Md .; a daughter, who was the wife of Joseph H. Martin, died April 26, 1886,

Willets, John H., was born in Enfield, Tompkins county, N. Y., September 15,

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1845. His father, Henry Willets, was born in White Plains, N. Y., and was a farmer. His mother, Jane (Hooper) Willets, was born in Enfield. He prepared for college at the Ithaca Academy and entered Cornell in 1869, but did not graduate. Ile began teaching in 1869. Ile came to Troy in 1875 and taught until March, 1895, when he was elected superintendent of schools. He belongs to the Royal Arcanum. In 1870 he was married to Mary H. Jennings of Tompkins county, by whom he has one daughter.

Williamson, Rev. Robert D., was born in Millersburgh, Ohio, February 23, 1833. He is of Scotch-Irish descent. His early ancestors settled in Lancaster, l'a., about 1780. His father, David Williamson, was born in Pennsylvania and died in Ohio in 1860. His mother was Catherine Duncan, who died in 1882. Rev. Wilhamson grad- uated from Franklin College, New Athens, Ohio, in 1853, and entered the Theologi- cal Seminary at Xenia, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1857, and was licensed to preach in the spring of the same year. He has been pastor of the Lansingville, N. Y., Florida, N. Y., and Paterson, N. J., United Presbyterian churches, and of the United Presbyterian church of Troy since December, 1871. He has been stated clerk of the Albany Presbytery for twenty-two years, and superintendent of mis- sions ten years. May, 1857, he married Phebe L. Cruikshank, of Troy. He has three sons, Isaac Hasbrouck, who is connected with the firm of Tom S. Wotkyns & Co., E. B., who is a member of the firm of Alexander & Williamson, successors to J. W. Cusack and William T., a bookkeeper at the Ludlow Valve Works.

Stout, Edward L., was born in New Haven. Conn., in 1840. His paternal ances- tors came originally from the North of Ireland, and his ancestors on his grand- mother's side are descendants of the famous " Sands" family of England. His mother was a lincal descendant of Roger Sherman. His father, the Rev. Edward S. Stout, was a Methodist clergyman, prominent in New York East Conference, and died at Troy in 1859. Ilis mother, Julia R. Foote, was born in Alford, Mass., and died at Troy in 1861. Edward L. Stout received his education m the common schools and the Montgomery Academy, and entered the Mount Vernon College in Iowa, where he remained for one year, On coming to Troy in 1859, he entered the employ of Corning & Winslow, and was with them and Il. Burden & Sons until 1864. He was paymaster for Winslow & Griswold when they were building the Monitor and Galena. Later he entered the insurance business, the firm being Allen, Rogers & Stout. In 1852 he entered the oyster business with J. H. Goodsell, the firm being J. II. Goodsell & Co. Mr. Goodsell retired in 1874, and Mr. Stout has since carried on the business. In 1894 the firm became Stout & Metcalf, and besides their large oyster business they carry on a very extensive fruit and produce trade. He is a 32d degrec Mason. He is also director in the R. R. Y. M. C. A., and clerk of Joint Board State Street Methodist Episcopal church, recording secretary Rensselaer County Bible Society, vice-president of Union Mission. He married Miss Mary Goodsell of New Ilaven, Conn., by whom he has two children: Dr. E. G. Stout, a physician of Troy; and Mary J. Stout.

Schneider, Henry, was born March 27, 1856, at Troy, N. Y. He is a son of Louis and Margaret (Cook) Schneider, who came to this country in 1854. Ile died in 1863 and his wife died in 1870. Henry was educated in the schools of Troy and in 1869

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went to Germany where he attended school one year. He then returned to Troy and entered the store of L. Burton & Co. as clerk, where he remained until 1875, when he again went to Europe and returned in 1876 and went to Colorado, and was for several years in the drug business. In 1883 he returned to Troy and opened a drug store, where he is still in business. He is a member of the Masonic bodies of Troy. May 16, 1880, he was married to Eleanor Golightly, of Leadville, Col., by whom he has had one son and two daughters: the son Louis, died in infancy; Jo- hanetta (who also died in infancy), and Gretchen, now living, is a bright little girl of ten years.

Magill, David F., was born in Belfast, Ireland, January 24, 1841, and came to this country with his parents, Andrew and Mary Magill, in 1846. His mother died in 1867. Mr. Magill received his education in the common schools, and later went to work in the paper store of Tonsley & Teal. He later went to work in a drug store, that of Dr. Taylor, on Broadway, where he learned the business, and was in the business with J. Walter Jones for eight years. In 1870 he started in the business for himself on King street, where he carries on an extensive drug business, also making a specialty of laundry supplies. He belongs to the Masonic bodies of Troy, being a 32d degree Mason. He has been an active fireman since 1859, belonging to Trojan Hook and Ladder Co. since 1860, of which he has held the office of assistant captain four years, and captain one and a half years. He married Esther Mont- gomery of Lansingburgh, January 6, 1864. Her father, John Montgomery, has been with D. Powers & Son over fifty years. Their children are Samuel B., a drug- gist of Lansingburgh, Walter, James, and Ida. His brother James was killed at Southside Railroad, March 31, 1865, while in the service of his country, having; en- listed in the 169th Regt. N. Y. Vols. Another brother, Thomas Il., was formerly a dry goods merchant of Troy, now retired; his elder brother Frederick, has charge of the crematory at Oakwood Cemetery.

Hislop, Thomas W., was born in Troy, N. Y., November 3, 1861. His father, James Hislop, was born in Scotland and came to Troy in 1851, and for many years ran a grocery store on the corner of Second and Madison streets. He died April 30, 1882. His mother, Elizabeth (Glass) Hislop, now lives in Troy. Thomas W. Hislop received a common school and business college education, and entered the drug store of his father, where he remained until his death in 1882, and since that time has had charge of the estate. In 1895 he bought an interest in the firm of Foot & Thorne of New York city, wholesale dealers and jobbers in all kinds of glass. lle is president of the concern, and belongs to Mount Zion Lodge No. 311, F. & A. M., Apollo Chapter, Bloss Council, Apollo Commandery, of which he is captain gen- eral and generalissimo in the Drill Corps, and the Mystic Shrine. He belongs to the Laureate Boat and Troy Yacht Clubs, and is a general trustee in the Third Street M. E. church. He is first lieutenant in the Troy Citizens Corps, and has been captain for a number of years in the City Central Staff, a Republican campaign club. He married Miss Nellie Bitley of West Troy, March 9, 1888, by whom he has two children: Thomas W., jr., and Mabel Elizabeth. Ile is a half owner in the Troy and West Troy Ferry.

Goldthwaite, Abel G., was born in Sandgate, Vt., and comes from old New Eng-

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land stock, many of his ancestors having taken part in the Revolutionary war. He is the son of Elias and Angelina (Squier) Goldthwaite of Vermont. His mother died in 1894. Abel G. Goldthwaite was educated in the common schools of Ver- mont, and went as a millwright's apprentice. He came to Troy in 1862 and entered Tolhurst's machine shop, where he has held all positions from working at the bench to his present position as designer and draughtsman for that concern. He belongs to Apollo Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is past master; of Apollo Chapter, Bloss Council, Apollo Commandery, of which he is past commander, being a 32d degree Mason. He married Kate II. O'Brien of Bennington, Vt., in 1847. He has two sons: Bert L., a physician of Williamstown, N. Y., and Fred A., a machinist.

Faulkner, Thomas, was born at Whitehall, Washington county, in 1842. He is a son of Charles and Mary Faulkner, who died when he was quite young. He lived on a farm in Easton until he was eighteen years of age, and during the time he at- tended the district school. He came to Troy and was employed in the store of C. 11. Garrison as clerk, and after a few years formed a partnership with Stephen W. Holton. Hle entered the grocery business under the firm name of Holton & Faulk- ner. The firm afterwards became Faulkner & Hamlin, and two years later he bonght Mr. Hamlin's interest in the concern, and in 1869 took possession of the store on King street, where he has since carried on the business. He is a member of King Solomon Lodge, F. & A. M. In 1863 he married Anna E. Law of Troy. lle has one son, a lawyer of Troy, and one daughter, Lidie M.

English, Lawrence A., was born in Troy, N. Y., in 1863. He is the son of John and Hannah (Lyons) English. His father came to this country from Ireland in 1855 and settled in Troy, and in 1860 opened the bakery at 349 Second street. In 1865, in connection with other business, he opened a coal yard. Mr. English re- ceived his education in the common schools, and entered the coal office of his father and in 1886 became a partner, the firm being John English & Son, which continued until 1895, when he became proprietor, still retaining the name of John English & Son. Besides this large wholesale and retail business, he is a large real estate owner. In September, 1888, he married Mary C. Fitzgerald, daughter of the late John Fitzgerald of Troy. Ile has three sons: John, Lawrence and Joseph.

Dongrey, Howard M., was born in Lansingburgh, September 1, 1839. His great- grandfather came from Ireland and settled in Lansingburgh. His grandfather, James Dongrey, was born in Ireland, and for many years was a maltster and brewer in Lansingburgh. His father, James Dougrey, was also in the brewing business, and was later secretary of the Rensselaer County Insurance Company and also gen- eral agent for same. He was justice of the peace, assessor, and was supervisor for two terms. lle died in 1863. His mother, Frances E. (Moulton) Dougrey, was born in Troy, where she died Feb. 18, 1887. Howard M. Dougrey was educated in the com- mon schools and the Lansingburgh and Kinderbrook Academies, and went to work in the wholesale grocery business of Haight & Gillespie, where he remained for about eight years, when he went to work for John Warr; after a short time he took a position as messenger for Chapin's Troy & New York Steamboat Express. Later he went in the employ of the National Express Co., and after filling nearly all the positions in the office, was made an agent of the American National Express Co. for Troy. He is a 32d degree Mason, and was for many years a member of Osgood Steamer Co.

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Chase, Theodore T., was born in Mechanieville, N. Y., in 1866. He is the son of E. Corning and Gertrude (Lewis) Chase, Mr. Chase was educated in the common schools and the Mechanieville Academy. He then entered the music store of Clnett & Sons as elerk, where he remained for three years. He then engaged with Gilbert Geer, jr., & Co., m the insurance business, where he remained for seven years. January 1, 1892, he formed a partnership with Charles Mccarthy, the firm name being McCarthy & Chase, and opened the insurance and real estate office at No. 315 River street. He is a member of Trojan H. & L. Co., Trojan Wheelmen, Laureate Boat Club, Riverside Club, and King Solomon Lodge, F. & A. M. He married Mabel Farley of Troy, December 25, 1889. She died July 9, 1896.

Carl, Herman, born in Prussia, Germany, February 17, 1831, was educated in the common schools and learned the knitting trade, which he followed until 1854, when he came to America. In 1856 he settled on Green Island, Albany county, and secured employment in the Gilbert Car shops, where he remained until 1864. In 1865 he opened a eigar and tobacco store in Troy, but the poor tobacco erop of 1870 forced him to give up the business and he started a restaurant. Ile moved in 1876 to No. 1 Fulton street, where he remained until he opened a wholesale wine and liquor store at No. 3512 River street. In May, 1884, he moved to No. 139 Fourth street, where he is still doing business. Mr. Carl is a member of Apollo Lodge No. 13, F. & A. M , Apollo Chapter No. 48, R. A. M., Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Mistletoe Grove No. 11, U. A. O. D., Rhein Lodge No. 248, I. O. O. F., Guttenberg Lodge No. 112, K. P., Troy Maenner- chor and Saengerbund; he is a charter member of the Germania Hall Association and its only treasurer since its organization ; he was for three years president of the Troy Turn Verein. Ile joined Doring's Band in 1860, but resigned in 1878 because of pressure of business. In 1857 he married Walburga Tesehan of Rastadt, Baden, Germany; she died November 3, 1880, and in 1882 he married Katrina Baker of Kirdorf Hessen, Germany, Mr. Carl has eight children living: Carrie, Amelia, Annie, Marie A., Edward, George, Fred and Louis B.

Coutie, George S., was born in Troy, N. Y., in 1861. Ile is the son of William and Christina (Stewart) Contie, who eame from Seotland and settled in the United States 1 1818. William Contie was the first to manufacture compound engines in the United States. George S. Contie has charge of the business established by his father in 1850. The firm is now William Coutie & Son. They manufacture stove foundry machines, tools, and compound engines. He was supervisor from 1890 .to 1896 and is now clerk of the board. Mr. Coutie was married March 19, 1891, to Henrietta Bennett, daughter of HI. O. and Mary E. (Seward) Bennett of Troy.

Bayer, William F., was born in Troy, N. Y., May 28, 1858. His parents, Thomas and Regina Bayer, were born in Germany and are of the oldest and most respected German residents of this city. His father, Thomas Bayer, died in 1863, his mother is still alive and has been a resident of this city for over fifty years. Mr. Bayer re- ceived his edneation in the publie schools and left the Troy High School to accept a position in the Troy City Bank, where he remained several years; the practical busi- ness and financial education he received there has been of great value to him. Owing to ill health he left the bank, and went to Colorado, where he remained on a ranch

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until finding his health restored he returned to Troy and entered the lumber office of Howes & Weaver which was soon succeeded by Weaver & Thompson. Ile soon acquired a knowledge of the business and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his employers. When the firm of Weaver & Thompson was dissolved in 1887 Mr. Bayer negotiated for the purchase of the business, and having associated with him as part- ner Mr. Alonzo McConihe, succeeded to the business. The firm of Bayer & McCon- ihe was thus formed and by enterprise and maintaining a reputation for fair dealing, it has steadily increased its business, so that it is now the largest and best known wholesale and retail lumber firm in this vicinity. Their office is located at 53 River street, Troy, N. Y. Mr. Bayer was married in 1893 to Wilhelmina, a daugh- ter of Werner Strecker of the firm of Macdonald & Co.

Berry, Rev. George T., the eldest son of the Rev Charles T. Berry of Brooklyn, was born at Valatie, N. Y., where his father spent the first five years of his ministry as pastor of the First Presbyterian church, afterwards serving for a quarter of a century as the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Caldwell, N. J. Rev. George T. received his early education at the Caldwell high school and prepared for college at the Newark Academy. In 1883 he entered Princeton college and was grad- uated with the class of 1887. After teaching two years in Ohio he returned to Prince- ton and entered the Theological Seminary, graduating in 1892. He was heensed to preach by the Presbytery of Newark one year previous to his graduation, and he sup- phed the First Presbyterian church of Boston the summer following. In June, 1892, he was ordained by the Presbytery of Newark and came to Troy as a supply for the Second Presbyterian church during the absence of the Key. Dr. Hall in Europe. In the fall of the same year he returned to Princeton for a post-graduate course, at the conclusion of which he devoted a year and more to foreign travel, completing the journey around the world. He returned to Troy in September, 1894, and since that time has supplied the pulpit of the Second Street Presbyterian church, of which he was installed pastor in November, 1895. He was married in 1893 to Carrie E. Packer, daughter of George A. Packer of Troy, N. Y.

Allendorph, John II., was born in Ogdensburgh, N. Y., in March, in 1866. He is of German descent and the son of II. E. Allendorph, who was born in Moreau, N. Y., and came to Troy in 1540, and for a short time was in the employ of John O. Mariom in the manufacture of pocket-books. He afterwards went with the auctioneer, A. M. Priest. In 18442 Mr. Priest and himself started a store at No. BIS River street, under the firm name of Priest & Allendorph, and sold toys, notions, etc. Two years later they opened a branch store in Albany. The Albany store was taken five years later by Mr. Priest, and Mr. Allendorph continued in the Troy store with his brother William. They opened a branch in Ogdensburgh in 1851, which was discontinued in 1870. Mr. 11. E. Allendorph died in 1891. His mother, Isabell (Salisbury) Allen- dorph, is still living in Troy. In 1890 John H. Allendorph in connection with George 1. Johnson reorganized the business of his father under the firm name of J. II. Allen- dorph & Co., and do a large business in notions, toys, fire works, etc. He was elected alderman from the Third ward in 1890, and re-elected in 1892. Ile belongs to Apollo Lodge F. & A. M., and is a member of the Trojan Hooks and was secre- tary of the same for five years. Hle married Susie J. Ostrom of Rochester, N. Y., in 1892.

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Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 70

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