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spent his last days in Westchester county, N. Y., and died October 11, 1894, and his wife died March 11, 1888. Mr. Tompkins was reared at North Chatham and educated at that place. He has followed farming and lived in Columbia county until twenty-three years of age. Ile then moved to Saratoga county and then returned to Nassau; after a time he went to Columbia county and then to Westchester and remained there for thirteen years In 1893 he bought the farm he now owns of 117 acres. In 1861 he married Mary E. Bogert, a native of Albany county and daughter of Jacob and Polly (Lester) Bogert ; he spent his last days in Kansas, where his wife still lives. To Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins were born seven children : Edwin J., deceased ; Enoch J , Ella L., Frank B., Jennie II., all four of Westchester county, Jessie A. and Kittie M. at home.
Haussler, Mrs. Marie, born Marie E. Healy, daughter of M. C. Healy of Benning- ton, Vt. Her late husband, Joseph II. Haussler of Hoosick Falls, ched November 29, 1895, and his death was felt as a personal loss by the whole community. His father, Joseph Haussler, came to Iloosick Falls in 1859, carrying on an extensive furniture and undertaking business on Classic street. Joseph H. Haussler was pos- sessed of many noble and generons qualities, aud his personal popularity was re- markable. In 1888 he was appointed postmaster under Cleveland and his admini- stration of that office was thoroughly efficient and praiseworthy. He was a fine musician and always prominent in local musical circles, being musical director and organist of the Roman Catholic church for many years. Always actively instru- mental in advancing local business and social interests, his untimely death was a source of universal regret.
Copeland, William H., first became associated with the Walter A. Wood Company in 1875, having prior to 1823 led a somewhat itinerant life. Ile was born at Holly, N. Y., son of the late Jonathan Copeland, who was for fifty years a clergyman of the Presbyterian church and whose chosen field of labor of necessity precluded fixed residence. Mr. Copeland is very highly esteemed in the village of his adoption for Ins many sterling qualities. Since 1892 he has been paymaster of the Walter A. Wood Company. In 1881 he married Miss Julia Burchard of this place, daughter of an early settler here and an old family of much note.
Sands, George E., was born in Troy, N. Y., March 10, 1861. His father, Damel Sands, belonged to the 169th Regiment N. Y. Vols., and was killed in the battle of the Wilderness in 1864. His mother, Ellen (Maddigan) Sands, who died in 1885, came to this country from the county of Limerick, Ireland, when but achild. After receiving a public school education he entered the 'Troy high school from which he gradnated in 1879. He was for a number of years engaged in newspaper work. He has written at different times for the Standard, Telegram, and Troy Press and was at one time local managing correspondent of the Troy edition of the Albany Sunday Telegram. He was accountant in the city controller's office in 1889 and 1890, during which time he pursued his study of law. He was court clerk for two years, and in 1894 resigned to give his attention to his law practice, which had be- come very extensive. Ile has been county committeeman of the Democratic party for several years.
Rising, Charles H., was born in Westport, N. Y., October 19, 1825. His early
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ancestors came from England about 1656 and located in Boston, Mass. His great- grandfather, Benjamin Rising, settled in Southwick, Mass. Ilis grandfather, Asahel Rising, was born in Southwick, Mass., and by trade was a clothier. Ile moved to Willsborough, N. Y., in 1796 and there built a woolen mill. He served in the war of 1812, as did his son, Roderick R. Rising. In 1816 he sold out his busi- ness and removed to Aurora, O., where he died. Charles II. Rising's father, Rod- erick R. Rising, was born in Southwick, Mass., January 19, 1794, and worked with his father in the woolen mills under the firm name of Asahel Rising & Son, Ile afterward removed to Westport, N. Y., where he continued the same business. He was married in 1820 to Lydia A. Fitch of Litchfield, Conn., a sister of Timothy Fitch, who was secretary of the interior under President Fillmore. In 1832 he moved to Middlebury, Vt., where he was in the woolen manufacturing business for a time, returning to Westport four years later. Ile went out of business in 1850, and with his wife removed to Troy in 1859 to reside with his son, Charles H., where he died in 1880. Mr. Rising's mother died in 1878, Charles II. Rising received his education in the public schools at Middlebury, Vt., and the Westport, N. Y., Acad- emy. In 1838 he went to Ausable Forks and was employed in stores there and at Clintonville three and a half years. In July, 1842, he came to Troy and worked in the dry goods stores of Jared Brewster and Augustus C. Taylor about four years, when he became a partner of E. B. Strout, the firm name being E. B. Strout & Co., who conducted a wholesale millinery business. Three years later Mr. Strout re- tired, James F. Stephens and Charles H. Rising having purchased his interest in the concern, the firm being Stephens & Rising. Three years later Mr. Stephens retired, he being succeeded by Rufus S. Munn, the firm being Rising & Munn. Mr. Rising continned in business alone until 1873, when his son, Charles G., was made a part- ner, and the firm was Charles II. Rising & Son until the death of the latter in 1881. When Mr. Rising entered upon a business career in Troy the transactions in his es- tablishment were comparatively small, but by his untiring zeal and energy and the display of rare business tact, within a few years his store became one of the largest of its kind in the State outside of New York city, Mr. Rising retired from business soon after the death of his son and partner, Ile is one of the oldest members of Mt. Zion Lodge, F. & A. M., in which he holds a life membership. He was elected supervisor from the Second ward in 1871 and was the first Democrat to hold that office in over twenty years. He was also a director in the Central National Bank for twenty-five years. His grandparents, as well as his mother's family, were Church of England people. Mr. Rising has always attended the Episcopal church and his family are communicants. le married Elizabeth R. Gould, daughter of Col. Samuel P. Gould, one of the earliest settlers of Rochester, N. Y., in 1853. She died in 1859, leaving one son, Charles Gould Rising. Ilis present wife is Emma, daughter of Anthony Seiler of Troy, to whom he was married in 1867. They have one son, Harold C. Rising, a lawyer of Troy, who was born in 1872.
Collins, Ilon. Michael F., son of Patrick Collins, a tailor by trade, was born in Troy, September 27, 1854. His father came to Troy from County Limerick, Ireland, in 1848 and died here in 1876. Mr. Collins was educated in the public and high schools, and the Christian Brothers' Academy. Ile learned the trade of printer on the " Troy Weekly " under A. S. Pease, and later held a case on the " Troy Press"
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under Palmer & Clark. During the printers' strike of 1877, he and seven others Started the " Troy Evening Standard," of which he was city editor lle resigned this position in 1879 and purchased of A. B. Elliott, the " Sunday Trojan," which he changed to the " Troy Observer" and of which he has since been the proprietor. He has made the Observer one of the best and most influential Sunday papers in Eastern New York. Mr. Collins has always been an active Democrat and in 1885 was appointed a civil service examiner by Mayor Fitzgerald and held the office two years. In the fall of 1885 he was elected on the Democratie ticket to the Assembly from the First Troy district over James P. Hooley, the workingmen's candidate, and Samuel Morris, Republican, and was re-elected in 1886, serving in both sessions on the committee on commeree and navigation, printing and military affairs. In 1887 he was nominated and elected State Senator for the Rensselaer-Washington county district over James 11. Manville, Republican, by about 2,800 majority. The district was ordinarily Republican by about 3,500, which was his majority in 1889, when he was re-elected over James C. Rogers. In the Senate he served on the committees on state prisons, printing, canals and villages. In 1890 he ran for Congress against John A. Quackenbush and was defeated by about 1, 100. The next year he was again nominated for State Senator, but was defeated by John 11. Derby by 061 votes. In 1893 he was renominated by the Democrats in the new Rensselaer-Columbia district and was again elected to the Senate by 5,876 over Sheppard Tappen. During this term he was a member of the committees on taxation and retreuchment, villages, state prisons and affairs of towns and counties. Mr. Collins has been a member and secretary of the Democratic County Committee for several years, is secretary of the Troy Democratie Club and is a member of the Elks and Robert Emmet Association. In 1880 he married Caroline E., daughter of William O'Sullivan of Troy, and they have six children: C. Alice, Francis M., Catherine, J. Edward, Helen and Marie.
llartigan, Morris Il., was born in Troy, N. Y., November 12, 1865. Ilis father, Richard K. Hartigan, was born in Ireland and came to Troy in 1852 and for many years he was a shipper in the firm of Robinson, Church & Co., then went on the Troy city police force where he remained for eight years and has since retired. Ilis mother, Mary (Day) Hartigan, was born in Ireland and died in Troy June 3, 1878. Morus received his education in the public schools and the Christian Brothers' Aend- emmy; at the age of thirteen years he entered the dry goods firm of J. B. Hall as cash boy, and later entered the dry goods house of Church & Phalen, now the Andrew M. Church Co., where he remained sixteen years, when with his cousin the firm of J. J. & M. HI. Hartigan, was established at 79 and 81 Congress street in 1894. lle is a member of the Robert Emnet Association.
Goldstone, Michael, now deceased, was born in Karnick, Germany, m 1824; at the age of twenty he went to Berlin and learned the tailoring trade and came to America in 1846; after one year in New York city he married a Miss Goldie Jerkow- ski and later came to Troy, where he engaged in the tailoring business and soon had a small store. He was then located opposite the old court house; from this place he removed to 1161 Congress street, where he remained for fourteen years, when he purchased the buildings at 105-107 Congress street. After the death of his wife, which occurred March 8, 1870, the business was conducted by Nathaniel, who built up so great a trade that it became necessary to further enlarge the establishment in
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order to keep up with the demands of trade, and in 1888 the younger sons, James and Benjamin, were added to the firm and Nathaniel entered the manufacture of clothing in New York city and is at present located at 221 and 223 Broadway. Michael Goldstone died March 31, 1894. He was a member of the Third Street synagogue, also a member of Jermah Lodge No. 78, K. S. B., and Bnai Berith. Since his death the business is conducted by James and Benjamin under the firm name of Goldstone Brothers. The business has gained fast in reputation and to-day among our business men none are more highly respected.
Adams, Myron J., was born in Troy, N. Y., November 10, 1872. He was educated in the public schools of Troy and the Troy Business College. He has had a variety of ocenpations. On January 1, 1894, he was made secretary and treasurer of the Troy Carriage Works here: he had been nominally so for some time. He is also a dealer in the talking machine, graphophones, and cuckoo clocks, having a large assortment and variety on hand continually. His father, Charles 11., was born in Troy in 1845; he was educated in the public schools, and was in business with Fuller & Warren in manufacturing stoves for several years. Ile was internal revenue collector for several years. About 1876 he became associated with J. T. & P. Pine with a Mr. Dunham in the collar and cuff business until 1828. He married Ida E. Viets of the town of Schaghticoke, by whom he has had three children: Myron J. (the subject of this sketch), Lottie E., and Kate, who died in infancy. Mr. Adams died August 2, 1878; his widow survives at this date (1896). The ancestry of the family is German and New England stock.
Schmidt, Neil, was born in Germany, October 25, 1860, and was educated in their schools, and in the spring of 1878 came to the United States and located in Lansing- burgh. Ile was a manufacturer and upholsterer in furniture, which business he followed for nine years with success. March 13, 1882, he married Helena Paterson of his native country, by whom six children have been born, four sons and two daughters, Joanna, Iver, Charles, Alfred, Helen and Neil, jr. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt are members of the Danish Lutheran church. He is a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 58, F. & A. M., of Lansingburgh. The family are of Danish origin on both sides.
Derrick, Charles E., was born in Pittstown, November 19, 1812, and was educated in the public schools and Lansingburgh Academy, and has always followed farming. lle came to Lansingburgh and took up his residence with his parents, April 1, 1858. It was originally a land grant to Florris Banker for services rendered in the Revo- lutionary war. This residence was erected in 1989. December 6, 1865, he married Sarah E. Brewster of Brunswick, by whom two children have been born: Willard Il. and Bessie F. Mr. Derrick and son have a milk ronte in Lansingburgh, conducted under the firm name of C. E. Derrick & Son. The father of Mr. Derrick, Hiram, was born in the town of Brunswick, September 18. 1810. He married Caroline Der- rick, by whom three children have been born: Jane C., Sarah F., and Charles E. Mr. Derrick died May 28, 1892, and his wife died September 18, 1852. The grand- father of Mr. Derrick, Adam Derrick, was born in 1788. The father of Mrs. Derrick, Benjamin Brewster, was born in this town in 1814. He married Marcia Ladd, by whom four children were born: Peter A., Sarah E., Alice P., and Benjamin O. L.
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Mr. Brewster died in 1852 and his widow survives at this date, 1896. The family on both sides were soldiers in the Revolutionary war and in the war of 1812. The an- cestry of the family is Dutch.
Frazer, Ira G., Dr., was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., April 20, 1808, and was edu- cated in the schools of that early day. His parents moved to Warren county when he was about nine years old, and when about sixteen years of age he ran away with the Seminole Indians to Florida. They were at war with the United States, who were trying todrive the Indians out of the swamp, The doctor was with a medicine man all the time he was with them. He learned much of his skill in treating cancers and other chronic diseases with his natural ability, and his fame is well known at home and abroad; he has resided in Rensselaer county for over fifty years. He has married three times, first, to Nancy Green of Cambridge, Washington county, and had one son, Ira E .; for his second wife he married Eunice Webb of Chenango county, and had two daughters: Adelaide and Kate; for his third wife he married Mrs. Harriet Gaylord, born Watkins. Ilis son Ira E. married Ruth Wilson, by whom three children have been born: Ira, Jesse, and Jane. Adelaide married Will- iam Ingalls of this place, and has four children: William J., John, Adelaide, and Lillie. Kate married Walter Coon of Troy. The ancestry of the family is New England stock of Scotch extraction.
Wood, George C., was born in Lansingburgh, February 25, 1846, and was educated in the public schools. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Co. 1, 21st Cavalry, New York Vols., and was honorably discharged May 29, 1865. He returned to Lansingburgh and engaged in the teaming business and was for eighteen years with a large dry goods store in New York city. He afterwards returned to Lansingburgh and re- sumed the teaming business, and also contracting the excavations of foundations of buildings. He had two brothers in the war: Artumes and Frank B. November 24, 1867, he married Myra Van Antwerp who bore him four children: Nellie F., Benja- min C., Clara B., and Louisa W. Mrs. Wood died February 12, 1884. His father, Artumes R., was born in Boston in 1804, and was educated in the common schools, and came here when a young man. He was married twice, first, to Mary Curran, and had three sons: Henry, Charles, and Artumes. For his second wife he married Louise Wilson of Albany and had four children: Caroline A., Frank B., George C., and Harriet. Mr. Wood died in 1856 and his wife died December 12, 1872. The ancestry of the family is English and Dutch.
Brown, Amos W., was born in Lansing burgh, N. Y., January 22, 1828. His parents removed to Troy when he was nine years old, where he was educated in the public schools. He then learned the trade of brush making and has manufactured brushes for the last thirty years. In 1853 he married Jane Hackett of Lansingburgh, by whom he had three children: Asa W., Addie, who died at the age of nine, and Alfred. Asa W. married Harriet Niel of Staten Island, where they reside; and Alfred lives at home. Mr. Brown's father, Malachai, was born in Albany county about 1805, and was a cabinet maker by trade, coming to Lansingburgh when twenty-three years of age. He married Eliza Dunlap of this place, by whom he had five children: Asa, Emma, Amos W., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Brown died in 1858, and his wife, in 1842. The grandfather, Asa Brown, was born in Con-
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nectieut. A relative of his, Robert Wendell, bonght the Stone Arabia Patent here. The family is of Scotch origin.
Mathisen, John, was born in North Schleswig, Denmark, April 8, 1862. He was educated in their schools, and afterwards learned the blacksmith trade. He came to the United States in 1882 and worked for others until 1887, when he began busi- ness on his own account on the Brunswick road, and came to Lansingburgh in 1891, where he is doing general blacksmithing. He makes a specialty of horseshoeing and fine plate work for trotting horses. In Mareh, 1884, he married Annie Nesan, of Lansingburgh, formerly of his native place, by whom he had two children: Lillie and Carl. The family are of Danish origin.
Chase, Alanson P., was born in Easton, Washington county, N. Y., February 2, 1821. 1Te was educated in the district schools and has always been a farmer. lle has married twice, first in 1851 to Esther Wood of this town; they had one son, Am- brose S. Mrs. Chase died in 1876. For his second wife, on February 22, 1867, he married Mrs. Mary D. Searles, born Herbert, of Saratoga Springs. They have one son, Herbert P., who is a farmer at home with his father. Ambrose S. has married twice, first to Hattie De Freest of the town of Halfmoon, Saratoga county, N. Y. They had one daughter, Florence S. Mrs. Chase died in April, 1888. For his see- ond wife he married Nellie Hornby of Cohoes, N. Y., and they have two children : Nina and Ralph. Mr. Chase's father, William, was born in Rhode Island in 1802, and came to this part of the State with his parents when he was two years old. Ile married Adeline Peekham, and they had four children: Alanson P., as above, Mary J., William J., and Albert. Mr. Chase died in 1876; his wife died in 1838. The family attend the Reform church. In his political choice he is a staunch Republican. There were five brothers in his father's family, all over six feet tall. The family are of English and New England origin.
Breese, William II., was born in Hoosick, N. Y., in 1840. He is of Dutch descent on the paternal side and French on the maternal side. His great-grandfather was in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, lehabod Bump, died in Hoosick at the age of 100 years, 6 months and 10 days. Henry Breese, grandfather on his father's side, was a mason and lived in Sandy Hill and was a canal contractor, and died at the age of ninety-three. His father, William Breese, was also born in Hoosick and at one time lived in Troy. He died in 1852. 11is mother, Deborah (Bump) Breese, is now living in Hoosick. William 11. received his education in the schools of Hoosick and entered a hotel as an employee. He later moved to Cohoes and came to Troy in 1856 and went in business on Union street opposite the depot. He was burned out in 1862, losing everything he had. Ile then started a restaurant in Rand's Hall on Congress street, and later opened a restaurant on Third street, where he is at present. Ile married in 1861 Miss Ellen Cook of Troy, by whom he has one son, William Breese, jr.
Winkler, Emil F., was born in Germany, March 19, 1854, received a good educa- tion in his native country, came to America in 1871, and first settled in Holyoke, Mass., where he engaged in the wool industry. In 1867 he removed to Troy, and since then has been engaged in the restaurant business, becoming proprietor of the Alhambra Hotel, March 21, 1887. He is prominent in secret societies and other or-
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ganizations; in March. 1882, he was initiated in Rensselaer Lodge No. 53, I.O.O.F., of Troy, and in July, 1884, became its noble grand. In January, 1885, he was ap- pointed grand secretary by D. D. G. M. William Hare and in August of the same year, grand marshal by D. D. G. M. Porter; he held the latter position two years and in August, 1891, was reappointed by D. D. G. M. D. G. Face. In March, 1892, he he was elected D. D. G. M. Ile is one of the foremost and ablest Odd Fellows in the State. In 1888-89 he was grand master of the Order of Druids of the State of New York, and since 1888 has been one of the grand representatives to the Supreme Lodge of the United States. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, was one of the founders of the German Hall Association, and for several years has been president of the body. In 1875 he married Bertha Page of South Hadley Falls, Mass.
Randel, Charles D., son of Adonijah and Catherine (Van Houten) Randel, was born in Goshen, N. Y., November 18, 1839, and is of English and Holland descent. Ile first associated himself in the manufacture of brushes with his father in Williams- burgh (now a part of Brooklyn), N. Y., and when nineteen learned the trade of watch ease making with Samnel S. Bowman of New York city. He followed this for two and one-half years and then moved with the family to Ballston, Saratoga county, where he was employed for two years in his father's saw mill. Returning to New York, he engaged in brush making, but soon learned the wax trade and fol- lowed it eight years. In 1882 he came to Troy, bringing a hay-band plant to the Griswold Wire Works and operating it until 1887, when he began the manufacture of buttonholes on contract. In 18SS be purchased the Gifford House on Congress street and has since been its proprietor. He is a member of Atlas Lodge No. 316, F. & A. M., and Silver Brook Lodge No. 222, I. O. O. F., both of New York. h 1870 be married Mary Frances Stine of New York city, and they have one son: Francis Sylvester.
Campbell, William G. P., was born in Nottingham, England, December 25, 1825. He was educated in their schools and came to this country with the family of seven including himself, when he was eighteen years of age. They located in Troy, N. Y., where he found employment as a dry goods clerk, and was as a father to the whole family. August 31. 1850, he married Charlotte Clarkson, of his native place, one of his school-mates, by whom he has had nine children . Murray P., Anne M., Charles W., Agnes S., Charlotte, George, who died when he was two years of age, Albert S., Harvey C., and Nellie G. Murray P. married Annie Stryker of Lansingburgh, by whom he has had six children: Matilda S., Charlotte Mabel, Paul W., Stryker J., Clarkson M., and Annie W. Annie W. married Harry Lee, formerly of England ; they had five children: Annie M., John O., Elizabeth, Caroline IL., and Elsie C. Charles W. married Elizabeth Austin of Lansingburgh, by whom he has had three children: Grace, Leslie and George W. Agnes S. married Frederick Sanford of Green Island. Charlotte married married Arthur Keefe; they have had one daughter, Ilelen. Albert S. married Elmira Bell, by whom he had two children: Harold J. and Laura. Harvey C. married Martha D. Washburn, of Vineland, N. J. Nellie G. resides at home. Mr. Campbell's father, Murray, was born in England about the year 1785. He married Annie Webster, by whom he had seven children: William G. P., subjeet of this sketch, Sophia, John, and Frederick (two girls and one boy
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died in infancy). Mr. Campbell died in 1832, and his widow in 1885. The subject has 100 acres of fruit and market gardens, with eleven hot-houses, and seven miles of under drains. The ancestry of the family is Scotch and English.
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