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John N. Studwell, Port Chester, Deputy Sheriff.
Stephen L. Hart, Peekskill, Deputy Sheriff.
Philip Kuss, Yonkers, Deputy Sheriff.
Daniel A. Molloy, New Rochelle, Deputy Sheriff.
Jeremiah J. Moore, Mount Vernon, Deputy Sheriff.
Irving J. Loder, Somers Center, Deputy Sheriff.
Present Register of Deeds and Staff.
THOMAS R. HODGE, Mount Vernon, Register.
William A. Guinand, Mount Kisco, Deputy Register.
Frank P. Crasto, Mount Vernon, Bookkeeper. Francis H. Hessels, White Plains, Index Clerk. Edward C. Dunning, Jr., White Plains, Clerk.
Charles R. Madden, Sing Sing, Recording Clerk. Warren A. Martin, Port Chester, Recording Clerk.
Stephen M. Romain, New Rochelle, Recording Clerk.
Henry J. Staab, Tuckahoe, Recording Clerk. Edward J. Hearne, Peekskill, Recording Clerk.
Twelve additional clerks are temporarily employed in the Regis- ter's office making new indices, per order of the Board of Supervis- ors.
Present County Treasurer and Assistants,
FRANCIS M. CARPENTER, Mount Kisco, County Treasurer.
Samuel C. Miller, White Plains, Deputy Treasurer. Leonard E. Teed, Goldens Bridge, Clerk.
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Surrogate's Court.
THEODORE H. SILKMAN, Yonkers, Surrogate.
Leslie Sutherland, Yonkers, Surrogate's Clerk.
Isaac H. Smith, Peekskill, Stenographer.
I. Sumner Burnstine, Yonkers, Transfer Tax Assistant.
George H. Peene, Yonkers, Record Clerk.
Wallace Dutcher, Peekskill, Recording Clerk.
Lemuel Fisher, Mount Pleasant, Assistant Recording Clerk. James Flanagan, New Rochelle, Index and Accounting Clerk. William S. Ferguson, Yonkers, Court Officer.
Present County Clerk and Deputies.
LEVERETT F. CRUMB, Peekskill, County Clerk.
Charles J. F. Decker, Croton Falls, Deputy County Clerk.
Robert Coward, Port Chester, Special Deputy Clerk.
Frank Montross, Peekskill, Special Deputy and Naturalization Clerk.
A. R. Stainach, White Plains, Special Deputy and Index Clerk. H. R. Free, Peekskill, Special Deputy and Index Clerk.
Miss K. A. Halpin. Yonkers, Stenographer.
County Law Library,
COURT HOUSE, WHITE PLAINS.
Frederick F. Miller, White Plains, Librarian.
Court House Janitor, Watchman, etc.
Thomas Zimmerman, White Plains, Janitor. John Anderson, White Plains, Assistant Janitor. Mrs. Mary E. Loy, White Plains, Janitress. Thomas J. Casey, White Plains, Night Watchman. ... ....
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Incorporated Villages in the County.
NAME OF VILLAGE.
INCORPORATED.
POPULATION JANUARY, 1898.
Ardsley, in town of Greenburgh .....
1896
372
Bronxville, in town of Eastchester ...
1898
391
Croton, in town of Cortlandt. . .
1898
1,244
Dobbs Ferry, in town of Greenburgh.
1873
2,840
Hastings, in town of Greenburgh ...
1879
1,712
Irvington, in town of Greenburgh .. .
1872
2,013
Larchmont, in town of Mamaroneck.
1891
711
Mamaroneck, in town of Mamaroneck and Rye
1895
3,729
Mount Kisco, in town of Bedford and New Castle
1875
1,374
New Rochelle, in town of New Ro- chelle
1858
12,297
North Pelham, in town of Pelham ...
1896
627
North Tarrytown, in town of Mount Pleasant
1875
4,011
Pelham, in town of Pelham.
1896
142
Pelham Manor, in town of Pelham ..
1891
436
Peekskill, in town of Cortlandt. . .
1827
9,496
Pleasantville, in town of Pleasant
Mount
1897
1,181
Port Chester, in town of Rye.
1868
7,257
Sing Sing, in town of Ossining
1813
8,160
Tarrytown, in town of Greenburgh. .
1870
4,674
White Plains, in town of White Plains
1866
7,363
The locality now known as Port Chester adopted, on April 23, 1823, the name of Saw-Pit. The change to Port Chester was made March 11, 1837. West Mount Vernon and Central Mount Vernon were incorporated as a village in 1869 and consolidated with the village of Mount Vernon in 1875.
Cities in the County.
NAME.
CHARTERED. POPULATION.
Yonkers, in town of Yonkers. 1872 40,000
Mount Vernon, in town of Mount Vernon ... 1892 23,000
Yonkers was incorporated as a village on April 12, 1855, and chartered as a city on June 1, 1872. Mount Vernon was incor- porated as a village on Dec. 13, 1853, and received a city charter on March 12, 1892.
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Present Supervisors Representing the Several Towns.
Following is a list of Supervisors representing the several towns in the County of Westchester for 1898-99:
Bedford, Isaac W. Turner, Katonah.
Cortlandt, James H. Haight, Peekskill.
Eastchester, Herbert D. Lent, Tuckahoe.
Greenburgh, Alexander McClelland, Dobbs Ferry.
Harrison, George T. Gray, White Plains.
Lewisboro, James F. Lawrence, South Salem.
Mamaroneck, Charles M. Baxter, Mamaroneck.
Mount Pleasant, Moses W. Taylor, Neperan.
Mount Vernon, First Ward, Edward W. Storms, Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, Second Ward, Stephen Van Tassell, Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, Third Ward, Charles C. Bigelow, Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, Fourth Ward, Albert S. Jenks, Mount Vernon.
Mount Vernon, Fifth Ward, Edgar K. Brown, Mount Vernon. New Castle, Joseph O. Miller, Mount Kisco.
New Rochelle, Michael J. Dillon, New Rochelle.
North Castle, Joseph B. See, Valhalla. North Salem, Isaac Purdy, Purdy's Station.
Ossining, Gilbert M. Todd, Sing Sing.
Pelham, John M. Shinn, Pelham Manor. Poundridge, George I. Ruscoe, Scott's Corners.
Rye, Charles Eldredge, Port Chester. Scarsdale, Chauncey T. Secor, White Plains. Somers, S. M. Lounsberry, West Somers. White Plains, Frank G. Schirmer, White Plains. Yonkers, First Ward, W. H. Greenhalgh, Yonkers. Yonkers, Second Ward, Hall B. Waring, Yonkers. Yonkers, Third Ward, Edgar A. Forsyth, Yonkers. Yonkers, Fourth Ward, Thomas A. Browne, Yonkers. Yonkers, Fifth Ward, Edward J. Earl, Yonkers. Yonkers, Sixth Ward, Patrick Whalen, Yonkers. Yonkers, Seventh Ward, Walter B. Dixon, Mount Vernon. Yorktown, Edward B. Kear, Yorktown Heights.
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Clerks of the Several Towns.
Bedford, William B. Adams, Bedford Station.
Cortlandt, S. Allen Mead, Peekskill.
Eastchester, William J. Fisher, Tuckahoe. Greenburgh, E. H. Purdy, Tarrytown. Harrison, Frank P. Cox, Harrison. Lewisboro, Frederic Howe, Cross River. Mamaroneck, John C. Fairchild, Mamaroneck.
Mount Pleasant, J. Benedict See, North Tarrytown. New Castle, Orin P. Barnes, Chappaqua. New Rochelle, Augustine Smith, New Rochelle. North Castle, Charles McDonald, Armonk.
North Salem, Albert J. Lobdell, Salem Centre. Ossining, Robert T. Dennis, Sing Sing. Pelham, Patrick J. Marvel, North Pelham. Poundridge, William Jones, Poundridge. Rye, George Grandison, Port Chester. Scarsdale, Joseph C. Morrell, White Plains.
Somers, Stephen F. Lane, Somers Centre. White Plains, Lewis C. Platt, White Plains.
Yorktown, Merritt L. Peet, Yorktown Station.
City Clerks.
Mount Vernon, William H. Hoyt, Mount Vernon. Yonkers, John Pagan, Yonkers.
Tax Receivers in the County.
Bedford, George W. Gardner, Bedford Station.
Cortlandt, Frank Wessels, Peekskill.
Eastchester, Joseph Silk, Tuckahoe. Greenburgh, Augustus Travis, Ardsley. Harrison, Michael H. White, Purchase. Lewisboro, Charles L. Mills, Boutonville. Mamaroneck, John C. Kane, Mamaroneck.
Mount Pleasant, George Sinnot, Jr., North Tarrytown.
Mount Vernon, John H. Brett, Mount Vernon.
New Castle, David C. Kipp, Sing Sing. New Rochelle, M. B. Valentine, New Rochelle.
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North Castle, Joseph J. Johnson, Armonk.
North Salem, Friend J. Palmer, Brewster.
Ossining, J. Wm. Myers, Sing Sing. Pelham, John L. Logan, Pelham. Poundridge, Elbert Burhite, Poundridge.
Rye, Thomas Jordan, Port Chester. Scarsdale, Gilbert M. Dobbs, Scarsdale.
Somers, Nelson Thorne, West Somers. White Plains, E. G. Sutherland, White Plains.
Yonkers, Henry B. Archer, Yonkers. Yorktown, L. H. Baker, Kitchewan.
Taxes for 1897 were confirmed by the Board of Supervisors of Westchester County on March 18, 1898.
Assessments and Taxation.
According to the report of the Committee on Equalization of Assessments, submitted to the Board of Supervisors and adopted on March 8, 1898, the total assessment of real and personal property in Westchester County for the year 1897 reaches an aggregate of $192,004,467, of which $167,969,356 is the assessment of real prop- erty, and $24,035,111 of personal property. Compared with the year 1896, there is an increase of $73,575,727 in the assessment of real estate, and $20,816,203 of personal property, making a total in- crease of $94,191,930. This large increase is attributed, it is claimed, to a more conscientious compliance with the requirements of the statute regarding the methods of assessments. Notwith- standing that the several Boards of Town Assessors, under instruc- tions from the courts, have put forth heroic efforts in endeavors to get upon the assessment books, during the past year, all property, real and personal, at full value, it is claimed that the result is not altogether satisfactory, especially, as to personal property, which is difficult to reach for the reason that a great portion of said property usually is intangible, easily concealed and past finding out, be the Assessor ever so determined to do his duty. As has been said: "It is a melancholy reflection that in this Christian age, neither the mem- ory of early moral training nor present religious profession, hopes or fears for the hereafter, the penalties of the law, nor any other pos- sible considerations are sufficient to restrain the average possessor of personal property from forcing other men to pay the taxes for which he is justly liable, by methods unquestionably immoral, if not abso- lutely criminal."
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National Banks Located within the County.
The following are the banks of deposit, discount and circula- tion located in the several cities and villages of Westchester County, together with names of their officers and the dates on which the banks were organized.
Dobbs Ferry Bank, Dobbs Ferry, Nov. 5, 1890; James De Witt Wilde, President; B. L. Wallace, Cashier.
Mamaroneck Bank, Mamaroneck, July 28, 1891; Bradford Rhodes, President; R. G. Brewer, Cashier.
Mt. Kisco National Bank, Mount Kisco, Dec., 1895; T. Ellwood Carpenter, President; William H. Moore, Cashier.
Bank of Mount Vernon, Mount Vernon, May 25, 1885; G. Rogers, President; Jesse Lantz, Cashier.
Peoples' Bank, Mount Vernon, Sept. 24, 1889; C. L. McClellan, President; Theodore F. Nesbitt, Cashier.
Bank of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, July 23, 1888; W. W. Bissell, President; H. J. Van Zelm, Cashier.
Westchester County National Bank, Peekskill; as a State bank May 27, 1833; as a national bank July 11, 1865; C. A. Pugsley, Pres- ident; George I. Ferguson, Cashier.
First National Bank, Port Chester, May 9, 1864; R. H. Burd- sall, President; J. N. Wilcox, Cashier.
First National Bank, Sing Sing, April, 1864; Henry C. Nelson, President; R. S. Lockwood, Cashier.
Tarrytown National Bank, Tarrytown, Feb. 8, 1882; Robert A. Patterson, President; William D. Humphrey, Cashier.
Central Bank of Westchester County, White Plains, Oct. 16, 1828; W. H. Albro, President; H. E. Foster, Cashier.
White Plains Bank, White Plains, March 15, 1893; David Cromwell, President; Charles Prophet, Cashier.
First National Bank, Yonkers, Aug. 10, 1854; William H. Doty, President; Wallis Smith, Cashier.
Citizens' National Bank, Yonkers, Dec. 5, 1872; Charles E. Waring, President; John H. Keeler, Cashier.
Westchester Trust Company, Yonkers, April 7, 1898; John Hoag, President; Charles P. Marsden, Jr., Secretary.
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Savings Banks in the County.
The savings banks located in the county, incorporated by acts of Legislature, on dates here given, are as follows:
Eastchester Savings Bank, Mount Vernon, May 8, 1871.
Greenburgh Savings Bank, Dobbs Ferry, May 8, 1869.
Union Savings Bank of Westchester County, Mamaroneck, May 10, 1887.
Peekskill Savings Bank, Peekskill, April 18, 1859.
Port Chester Savings Bank, Port Chester, March 14, 1865. Sing Sing Savings Bank, Sing Sing, April 2, 1859. Westchester County Savings Bank, Tarrytown, July 21, 1853. Home Savings Bank, White Plains, May 1, 1869. Yonkers Savings Bank, Yonkers, April 13, 1854. Peoples' Savings Bank, Yonkers, May 4, 1868.
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Present Officials of the County.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JACKSON O. DYKMAN.
Jackson O. Dykman, Supreme Court Justice, was born in the town of Patterson, Putnam County, N. Y., on May 15, 1826. His early years were spent upon a farm, and like most farmers' sons, attended school when opportunity offered. That he made good use of his time while at school is proved by the fact that he, at an early age, was able to get em- ployment as a teacher in a public school. He studied law in the office of Congressman William Nelson, at Peekskill, where so many of West- chester County's bright young men received their start in the legal pro- fession. As the average young law- yers of that day, he took readily to active politics. In 1860 he was elected School Commissioner of his native county and served until 1863. In 1862 he was elected District At- torney of Putnam County. At the expiration of his term in the latter office, in 1866, he removed to West- chester County, becoming a resi- dent of White Plains. He was elected a School Trustee, District No. 1, White Plains, in 1867, and served three years. In the fall of 1868 Mr. Dykman was elected Dis- trict Attorney of Westchester Coun- ty on the Democratic ticket and continued in office until 1872. In 1875 he received an Independent Democratic nomination for Justice of the Supreme Court for the Sec- ond Judicial District, and on the same day he also received a nomi- nation from the Republican party. He was elected by a large majority over Abraham B. Tappen, the reg- ular Democratic nominee. This
election is remembered as one of the most exciting ever held in the district over the choice of a Su- preme Court Justice. The regular Democratic candidate for the office had already served one term and
sought a re-election; his nomina- tion had dissatisfied certain Demo- crats, particularly those from Orange County and immediate vi- cinity, who claimed that their rights had been time and again ignored in making nominations for this position, until patience had ceased to be a virtue. It was this dissatisfied element that prevailed upon Mr. Dykman to permit the use of his name, and it was this Demo- cratic faction which first nominated him. In 1889 Justice Dykman was re-elected to another term of four- teen years, with little or no oppo- sition. In the performance of his official duties Justice Dykman has ever been patient, affable and cour- teous, a favorite with both lawyers and suitors. Being of a kind, gentle nature his sympathy is easily aroused. He has been a member of the general term of the Supreme Court from the time he took his seat on the bench. In 1896 Justice Dykman, having reached the age limit, was retired, but at the com- mencement of each year, since, the Governor has, by assignment, re- turned him to the bench, and to the full exercise of all judicial powers of a Supreme Court Judge, as here- tofore. In 1897 members of the Westchester County Bar Associa- tion, together with other friends, caused to be painted and hung in the Court Chamber of the County Court House, at White Plains, a life-size portrait of Justice Dyk- man. Justice Dykman was married to Miss Emily L. Trowbridge, daughter of Alexander Trowbridge, of Peekskill, on May 15, 1850. Mrs. Dykman died at her home in White Plains in 1896. Eight children were the result of this union. Of that number two only remain-William N. Dykman, of Brooklyn, and Henry T. Dykman, of White Plains, both lawyers.
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THEODORE H. SILKMAN.
Theodore Hannibal Silkman, Sur- rogate, was born in the city of New York on March 25, 1858, and is the only son of James Baily and Har- riet Van Cortlandt (Crosby) Silk- man. He has always been a resi- dent of the county, although not a native of it. In the maternal as in the paternal line he comes from old Westchester stock, the Crosby fam- ily having been settled in the coun- ty from a comparatively early colo- nial period. The celebrated Enoch Crosby, of the revolution, immor- talized in Cooper's "Spy," was a member of this Crosby family, and, as he married a Baily, was likewise of kin to Judge Silkman's collateral ancestors on the paternal side. The maternal grandfather of Judge Silk- man was Rev. Alexander H. Crosby, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, of Yonkers, and his ma- ternal great-grandfather was Darius Crosby, of Scarsdale, a lawyer, who held the position of Master of Chan- cery and other offices in Westches- ter County in 1812. The early boy- hood of Theodore H. Silkman was spent in the town of Lewisboro. In 1867 he removed with his parents to Yonkers, where he has since re- sided. He attended the academy of Rev. R. Montgomery Hooper (Yon- kers) until the age of fifteen. It had been the intention of his father to send him to Yale, but this was prevented by limited financial means of the family. Leaving the academy, he entered his father's law office in New York city. After remaining there two years he be- came a clerk with his uncle's law firm, Lockwood & Crosby (Levi A.
Lockwood and Darius G. Crosby),
also located in New York. Here he applied himself with great deter- mination and industry to the mas- tery of the details of legal proceed-
ings, working early and late, and so
familiarizing himself with every phase of the business of the office that he was soon considered indis- pensable to its transaction. Unlike the ordinary office student of law,
his preparation for entering upon the profession was very little in the
line of reading or of elaborate study
of the minutiæ of legal science; indeed, his active labors in the
practical concerns of the office left him almost no time for formal study of any kind, and when he came to be examined for admission to the bar his preparation as to general principles was confined to such reading as he could do on the eve of the occasion. He was able, however, to pass a satisfactory ex- amination in all the branches of the subject. He was admitted to prac- tice in May, 1879, when he had just completed his twenty-first year. He continued with Lockwood & Crosby until the death of Mr. Lockwood, in 1883, when the firm was reorgan- ized under the name of Silkman & Seybel (Daniel E. Seybel), Mr. Crosby being its senior member, al- though his name did not appear. The business of the new firm in- creased so rapidly that in 1885 it was again reorganized, Mr. Joseph Fettretch being admitted, and the style being changed to Fettretch, Silkman & Seybel, under which it still continues. Mr. Crosby re- mained with it, as senior partner, until his death, in January, 1897. It is now one of the very well- known legal partnerships of New York city, conducting a large gen- eral practice which is especially im- portant in the department of the management of estates. Mr. Silk- man has always been active and prominent as a citizen of Yonkers. From boyhood he has taken an in- terest in politics as a supporter of the principles of the Republican party, never failing to vote at any election or a primary. He has fre- quently been a delegate to local, county and State conventions. From 1884 to 1897 he held the posi- tion of United States Commissioner for the city of Yonkers, by appoint- ment from Circuit Judge Wallace. For six years (1891-97) he served as a Police Commissioner of the city, most of the time being president cf the board. In 1894 he was nomi- nated by the Republican convention for Surrogate of the county, to lead what was supposed to be a forlorn hope against the Hon. Owen T. Coffin, who had been the incumbent
of the office for twenty-four consec-
utive years. He was elected by a majority of 4,000, leading all the candidates on his party ticket. In the County of Westchester the office
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of Surrogate is of peculiar import- ance, owing to the unusually large relative wealth which centers in it. As an instance of this, the county stands third in the amount of trans- fer (inheritance) taxes collected, being surpassed in that respect only by New York and Kings Counties, although several other counties (those containing the large cities of Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, Utica and Albany) exceed it in popula- tion. In the administration of the very extensive and important legal business resulting from this condi- tion, Judge Silkman has made a highly creditable record. During his three and one-half years of service not one of the decisions ren- dered by him has been reversed on appeal. He has also remodeled the Surrogate's office, introducing mod- ern methods of keeping records and indices, through which the work of reference has become very much simplified and the risk of destruc- tion has been greatly lessened. He continues his connection with his New York firm, devoting to its af- fairs such time as he can spare from his official duties. Previously to becoming Surrogate his services were frequently in request as ref- eree, both by appointment and by the consent of counsel. Judge Silk- man is at present (1898) president of the Westchester County Bar As- sociation, having succeeded Hon. William H. Robertson in that posi- tion in 1897. He has served as pres- ident of the City Club, of Yonkers; is a member of the Palisade Boat Club, has been a vestryman of St. John's Episcopal Church for a number of years, and is one of the managers of St. John's Hospital. He is also a member of the Union League Club of New York, the New York Athletic Club, and the New York Riding Club. He was married October 4, 1882, to Mary Virginia, daughter of Frederic C. Oakley, of Yonkers. They have two children living-Eleanor, born July 7, 1883, and Theodore Frederic, born March 30, 1885.
SMITH LENT.
Smith Lent, County Judge, was born in Peekskill on December 1, 1851, a son of Isaac H. Lent and
Matilda (McCoy) Lent. When very young his parents died and he went to reside with an uncle on a farm a few miles from Peekskill. He was only permitted to attend the public school in the winter time, when there was but little to do about the farm; therefore, his early educa- tion was quite limited. When sev- enteen years of age he determined upon going out into the world a seeker after fortune and fame, de- pending only upon his own exer- tions. The plucky boy accepted the first employment offered him-that of a laborer on a gravel train on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. While thus em- ployed he spent the hours after a day's hard labor in study, until he became eighteen years of age, when he left railroading and began teach- ing, and continued thus employed three years. He entered the State Normal School at Albany and grad- uated therefrom, in February, 1873, with special high honors, and as a mark of particular favor the presi- dent of the college recommended him for appointment as vice-prin- cipal of the High School at New Brunswick, N. J., in which position he served one year. In 1875 he graduated from the Albany Law School and was admitted to practice at the bar. He established his law offices at Sing Sing, to which place he removed in July, 1875, and where he has continued to reside. Judge Lent has always been associated with the Republican party, for years he has been a recognized leader of that party in the county, and has received many honors at the hands of his party friends. He has held several local offices and was in 1889 his party's candidate for District Attorney, but with other nominees of the party he suf- fered defeat; in 1892 he was his party's unsuccessful candidate for member of Assembly; in 1895, when a candidate of the same party for County Judge, he fared better, and won over one of the strongest can- didates the Democratic party could name. He is also president of the Board of Education in the Sing Sing District. Judge Lent was mar- ried on July 1, 1879, to Miss Eliza- beth Carrick, daughter of Robert Carrick, of Albany, N. Y.
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GEORGE C. ANDREWS.
George Clinton Andrews, District Attorney, was born in Rye, this county, on December 3, 1858. A son of George and Maria (Clinton) Andrews. His great-great-grand- father Andrews was the seventh man to enter Fort Ticonderoga in the famous assault of Colonel Ethan Allen in the Revolutionary War, and his collateral line in- cludes Gov. Andrews, the famous "War Governor" of Massachusetts. His mother is the daughter of Rich- ard Whiley and Anna Maria Beek- man, daughter of Stephen D. Beek-
man and Maria Clinton, fifth daughter of Governor George Clin- ton. The ancestral line includes the distinguished families of the Philipses, Clintons, Van Cortlandts and Beekmans. At an early age Mr. Andrews, with his parents, re- moved to Tarrytown, Mis present place of residence. He was edu- cated at the public and private schools of Tarrytown, subsequently graduating from the Delaware Lit- erary Institute, Franklin, N. Y. The first public position held by him was that of official court stenogra- pher of Rockland County, holding the same for ten years. Le studied medicine to aid in reporting crimi- nal cases, and acquired a proficien- cy that would have admitted him to practice as a physician. He began the study of law, and was admit- ted to the bar in 1882, and began practice in Tarrytown, where he still has an office. As a lawyer he won an enviable reputation by his successful management of impor- tant cases in both the civil and criminal courts. His success at- tracted the attention of leaders of his party, who saw in him a most available candidate for District At- torney in 1895. His election was secured by a handsome majority, he running far in advance of his col- leagues upon the Republican ticket. He was the first of his party to hold this office in many years. As a District Attorney he has won special honors, owing to ability dis- played in the discharge of his du- ties. At the expiration of his term, in 1898, he was renominated by the Republican party. He held for sev- eral years the offices of counsel for
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