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position he held but a short time, as business required him to relin- quish it. He was subsequently ap- pointed one of the Water Commis- sioners of the city of Yonkers. He was elected as the Republican nom- inee as Mayor and served from 1894 to 1898. For years Mr. Peene has been recognized as one of the leaders of his party in the county, and was a prominent figure at all the party conventions-national, State and local. With Hon. Wil- liam H. Robertson he attended as a delegate the National Convention which nominated William McKin- ley for President. He is a member of the Republican League and has attended its national conventions as a delegate. He is a member of the Yonkers Board of Trade. Mr. Peene was married on November 24, 1864, to Miss Jeannette A. Starr, daughter of Benjamin A. Starr, of Yonkers. His wife died on May 22, 1882. He was again married on August 1, 1884, to Miss Ava L. Hol- der, daughter of F. T. Holder, of Yonkers. .
JOHN H. SCHLOBOHM.
John H. Schlobohm, Alderman, of the city of Yonkers, was born at Holstein, Germany, in 1843, and came to America in 1860. Seven years after his arrival in the United States he became a resident of Yon- kers. He has been many years a hotel proprietor in that city, and with the years he grew successful and popular among his fellow-citi- zens. He was married on August 8, 1867, to Charlotte Budendick; his wife died in 1877. He remarried in 1879 to Frederica Lange, of Yon- kers. Mr. Schlobohm is actively identified with the Republican party and has received many hon- ors from his party. He has served as an Alderman of Yonkers for twelve years, three years of which time he served as president of that body and acting Mayor, which po- sitions he now holds. He has been for five years president of the Yon- kers Teutonia Singing Society; is a prominent Mason, a member of Rising Star Lodge, No. 450, F. and A. M., during the last twenty-five years; is a charter member of Hol-
salica Lodge, No. 297, D. O. H .; a member of the Yonkers Turn-Ve- rein; is chairman of the Second Ward Republican Club, and mem- ber of the Republican City Com- mittee; was grand master of Grand Lodge of the State of New York of the Order of Harugary for 1884-85; also grand master of the same order for the United States, 1890-92, with a membership of 25,000. During the civil war Mr. Schlobohm served in the United States Navy two years.
THOMAS SMITH.
Thomas Smith, editor and pro- prietor of the first weekly and daily newspaper published in Yonkers, Justice of the Peace, etc., was born in the city of New York in 1816, the son .of James and Mary Smith, and was of Scotch descent. He attended the best schools accessible at that time, but the better part of his ed- ucation was obtained in the print- ing office to which he was appren- ticed at an early age. He gave much of his leisure hours to study, and, being endowed with great nat- ural talent, he was not slow to learn. When quite young and at an age when most boys would desire to play, he found recreation in reading and solving difficult prob- lems. As a writer he was both forcible and logical. Several years before coming to Yonkers he was engaged as an editorial writer on some of the leading journals of New York city. He also was the owner of one of the largest job printing establishments in the lat- ter city, his place of business being on Spruce Street. He went to Yon- kers in 1852, when the place was but an insignificant hamlet. He had built for his use the first brick building erected on Main Street and one of the first in the place, and in other ways he endeavored to in- spire a boom that might benefit the locality. He started the Yonkers Herald, the first newspaper pub-
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lished in the place, immediately af- ter his arrival, the publication office being located on North Broadway, two doors north of Main Street, and two doors south of the Broadway House, one of the principal hotels in the place. He early advocated the incorporation of Yonkers as a village, personally and through his newspaper. At public meetings held to consider the proposition he was one of the principal speakers in favor. Subsequently, when it became apparent that the old vil- lage hall, on Factory Street (Pali- sade Avenue), had outgrown its usefulness and something more spacious was needed for village purposes, Mr. Smith, in 1867, he be- ing a Village Trustee at the time, proposed that the village purchase Manor Hall, then belonging to James C. Bell, Esq., and thereby accomplish two desirable objects- securing the accommodations the village needed and at the same time properly providing for the care and maintenance of one of the most illustrious of historic structures in this State. His suggestion was adopted and the necessary arrange- ments for the purchase of the build- ing and adjacent land were' com- menced forthwith. Mr. Smith took an active interest in educational matters and was a firm advocate for good public schools. It was on his motion, while a member of the Board of Education, that the school district first decided to purchase books needed by pupils in the schools. His idea was to prevent children of poor parents from be- ing hindered in their studies owing to inability to purchase the neces- sary class books, and to put all pupils of the schools on the same footing as to the securing of books. In 1858 a Union Free School was established and Mr. Smith was elected one of the first Trustees. For many years he was president of the Board of Education and under his administration many modern ideas were introduced and perma- nent improvements made. Finding it impossible to obtain all the ben- efits desired by the local Fire De- partment, without a more compact organization than had hitherto been obtained, representatives from the various fire companies met on - August, 1874.
July 7, 1858, and organized the Fire Department Association, and chose Mr. Smith as its first president. He was elected a Justice of the Peace and held the position sixteen years, most of that time presiding over all sessions of Justice's Court held in that town. As a Judge he was fair and just. He did not encourage litigation, but prevented it where an amicable settlement was possi- ble. His kindly disposition attract- ed him to every person in need. He was charitable beyond his means; he dispensed charity with an open hand to all and held malice toward none, not even to those who en- deavored to injure him. He de- tested hypocrisy and underdealing and did not hesitate in condemn- ing its practice on all occasions. He was democratic in principle and manner of living. He avoided all show and ostentation, preferring being considered an every-day man. He was ever popular with the voters, especially with wage earn- ers, who recognized no party lines when he was a candidate for office. They had reason to know that in him they had a friend who was not influenced by hopes of making money as the result of their confi- dence; that he never tired in serv- ing their interests, even though there was no prospect of reward. He was a member of the Fire De- partment from the date of its or- ganization; he served as a Village Trustee for several years, was a member of the Town Health Board, and in fact held, at different times, most of the public offices in his town and village. In 1862 he was tendered by State Democratic lead- ers the nomination of that party for Lieutenant-Governor of this State, in a year when the nomina- tion was equivalent to an election. He declined the honor, replying that his town was willing to give him all the offices he desired to hold. He was always an aggres- sive Democrat, from his youth up. He was several times a delegate to National Democratic Conventions and regularly was sent as a dele- gate to State and local conventions. He doubtlessly was one of the best- known men in public affairs in Westchester County. He died in
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JOHN T. WARING.
John T. Waring was born at Southeast, Putnam County, Novem- ber 7, 1820, and passed his boyhood till 1834 with but little experience of change at his father's home. Meanwhile, in 1828, his brother, William C., and Hezekiah Nichols, had come down to Yonkers and be- gun the hatting business in the "Glen," on the spot now taken up by Copcutt's Silk Factory. Re- verses and changes came over this firm and its business during the next six years. In the spring of 1834, however, Mr. William C.
started upon the same spot the new firm of Paddock & Waring. It was about the opening of this firm's experience that John T. Waring en- tered its employ and began to learn
the hatting business. From 1844 to 1849 he had business interest in the firm. In 1849 he began hatting on his own account on "Chicken Isl- and." Until 1876 his business ca- reer was a growing success. In 1857 he bought William C.'s factory on Elm Street and enlarged it. In 1862 he built a factory on the opposite side of the street. He employed 800 men and made 800 dozen hats per day, and by 1876 the invested cap- ital of $45,000 had grown to nearly $1,000,000. In 1868 he bought a site in North Yonkers and developed "Greystone," which cost him nearly
one-half million dollars. In 1876 he lost all and "Greystone" came in possession of Samuel J. Tilden. In 1884 Mr. Waring returned to Yon-
kers, after filling contracts for mak- ing hats by convict labor in prisons, and bought large property on Vark Street, the building once known as "Star Arms Works." Mr. Waring was told that this building would prove much too large for his pur- poses, but he thought differently; time has proven his judgment cor- rect, as recently he had to increase his facilities by erecting additional buildings. His business gives em- ployment to many thousand per- sons. Mr. Waring is the inventor of valuable hat manufacturing ma- chinery. In politics he was a staunch Republican and a strong supporter of the Union cause dur- ing the civil war. In 1861 he was elected President of the village of Yonkers. In the same year a com- pany of 75 men was formed in Yon- kers to go to the front, the village agreeing to care for their families while they were gone. When every- thing was in readiness the men re- fused to go unless the President of the village would be personally re- sponsible for their families' wel- fare. This responsibility he accept- ed, and upon investigation it was found that 65 families would have to be cared for. John T. Waring married Jeannette P., daughter of
the late Anson Baldwin. Their children were Arthur B., Grace (married Lewis Roberts), John T. Jr., (deceased), John T., Jr., Cor- nelia B., Pierce C., Susan B., Anson (deceased), James Palmer and Janet. He is connected with St. John's Episcopal Church and for many years has held office therein.
JOHN T. WARING.
JAMES M. HUNT.
Waldo G. Morse.
JOHN G. PEENE.
JOHN H. SCHLOBOHM.
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TOWN OF YORKTOWN.
Yorktown is another of the original towns of the county, hav- ing been organized March 7, 1798. Early historians maintain that the town was formerly given the Mohegan name "Appamaghpogh." The land on which the town is erected is part of a tract purchased from the Indian Sachems Pewemind and Oskewans, by Stephanus Van Cortlandt, in 1683.
The town was in the very center of activity during the Ameri- can Revolution, and many a hard-fought battle waged between the American and British forces. It is an historical town and the rem- iniscences related by its old residents are of a most interesting character.
The great dam of the old Croton Acqueduct is situated in the southeast corner of this town. Croton Lake and Mohansic Lake, among the prettiest bodies of water in this State, are also within the town's borders.
As a general geographical description of the town, it is men- tioned "that the north is broken by the hills of the southern border of the Highlands, and the general surface is hilly, though its hills are of a moderate height in the south." Numerous springs of water run through the town and assist manufacturing. The soil is pro- ductive and the town abounds in fine farm lands. Walnut, oak, hickory, chestnut, maple, black birch and hemlock trees are quite plentiful. The town is rectangular in shape and is the largest as to acreage in the county, having 23,620 acres.
A fair average valuation of land per acre is $64. Last year's rate of taxation was $5.64 per $1,000, on assessed valuation. The tax rate this year is $4.64 per $1,000. This rate is the lowest of any town except Somers. The assessed valuation is: Real, $1,258,617; personal, $106,615.
The town has no indebtedness. Back taxes are collected by the Supervisor. Property sold for unpaid taxes is bought in by the town.
The town is situated on the New York and Putnam Railroad, distant 42 miles from New York City. The population, according to last census, 1890, was 2,378.
The churches in the town are: The Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. J. Cummings pastor, Yorktown; Hicksite Friends' Meeting House, no pastor, Amawalk; Mohansic Methodist Church, Rev. C. B. Langdon pastor, Yorktown Heights; Methodist Church, Rev.
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Henry Sheldon pastor, Lower Yorktown; Episcopal Church, Kitch- awan, open in summer, Rev. Dr. Parker Morgan, of New York pastor; Yorktown (Orthodox) Friends' Meeting House, Rev. E. L. Requa pastor, Yorktown Heights; Methodist Church, Rev. Henry Sheldon pastor, Pines Bridge, Croton Lake; Catholic Church, Shrub Oak, and St. Peter's Catholic Church, Yorktown Heights, Rev. John McIlvoy pastor; Methodist Church, Rev. John O'Neil pastor, Shrub Oak; Episcopal Church, Rev. Cortlandt de Peyster Field, pastor, Shrub Oak; St. Catherine's Episcopal Church, at the Field Home, was built by the Rev. Cortlandt de Peyster Field, who con- ducts the services regularly, and from his own purse pays all ex- penses; the Baptist Church edifice, west of Yorktown Station, has been unoccupied about seven years.
The physicians of the town are: Dr. James H. Curry, Dr. H. F. Hart and Dr. J. H. Jenkins, of Shrub Oak; Dr. Chas. Rich and Dr. E. Scholderfer, of Yorktown Heights.
There are no lawyers resident of the town, the town has no banking institutions, no newspaper, nor organized police or fire departments.
The postmasters in the town are: Garwood Peet postmaster, and Merritt L. Peet assistant, Yorktown Heights; George Palmer postmaster, Charles Conklin assistant, Croton Lake; Silas Gregory postmaster, Kitchawan; Edmund J. Travis postmaster, Amawalk (the building containing this post office was destroyed by fire March 1, 1898); Miss Minnie Peterson postmistress, Yorktown; Frank Dar- row postmaster, Shrub Oak; John W. Birdsall postmaster, Jefferson Valley.
The section composing this town was, up to date of organiza- tion, a part of the Manor of Cortlandt.
The officials of the town for 1897-8 are: Supervisor, Edward B. Kear, Yorktown Heights; Town Clerk, George J. Purdy, York- town Heights; Justices of the Peace, Richard W. Horne, Mohegan, James V. Irish, Yorktown Heights; Thomas J. Bushell, Croton Lake, Hiram Farrington, Kitchawan; Assessors, Jesse Ryder, Kitch- awan, Chauncey D. Griffin, Croton Lake, Albert Lee, Yorktown; Collector of Taxes, Leverett H. Baker, Kitchawan. School District Collectors-District No. 1, Oscar Odell, Shrub Oak; District No. 2, Joseph Pierce, Jefferson Valley; District No. 3, Theodore Purdy, Yorktown Heights; District No. 4, Edward Titus, Yorktown; Dis- trict No. 5, Edmund Requa, Peekskill; District No. 6, Jacob Ben- nett, Yorktown Heights; District No. 7, Henry J. Griffin, Yorktown Heights; District No. 8, Fred Reynolds, Croton Lake; District No. 9,
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Chas. Twiggar, Kitchawan; District No. 13, Wm. Brown, Mohegan, joint district. Commissioners of Highways-H. Frost Horton, Sing Sing; Constant F. Whitney, Yorktown Heights; Peter B. Curry, Jefferson Valley. The road tax is worked out by districts, each taxpayer is assessed one day for each $500 of his assessment. The Supervisor, Justices of the Peace and Town Clerk compose the Board of Town Auditors; the same officers, with citizen George J. Griffin, form the Town Health Board. Dr. E. Scholderfer, Town Health Officer.
School Trustees-District No. 1, Robert L. Knapp, Shrub Oak; District No. 2, Oscar C. Barger, Jefferson Valley; District No. 3, Henry C. Kear, Yorktown Heights; District No. 4, Ira D. Strang, Nathaniel C. Strang, Yorktown; District No. 5, Stephen L. Hart, Field Home, Peekskill; District No. 6, Charles I. Purdy, Yorktown Heights; District No. 7, Chauncey D. Griffin, Croton Lake; District No. 8, John Reynolds, Charles Crawford and Daniel Birdsall, Croton Lake; District No. 9, Chas. Halstead, Sing Sing.
The town's population, as shown by census enumerations of several years was: In 1830, 2,141; in 1835, 2,212; in 1840, 2,819; in 1845, 2,278; in 1850, 2,273; in 1855, 2,415; in 1860, 2,487; in 1865, 2,198; in 1870, 1,996; in 1875, 1,961; in 1880, 1,818; in 1890, 1,475.
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GOVERNORS OF THE STATE.
George Clinton, Ulster County, elected in 1777. John Jay, New York city, elected in 1795. George Clinton, Ulster County, elected in 1801. Morgan Lewis, Dutchess County, elected in 1804. Daniel D. Tompkins, Richmond County, elected in 1807. John Tayler, Albany, elected in 1817. De Witt Clinton, New York city, elected in 1817.
Joseph C. Yates, Schenectady, elected in 1822. De Witt Clinton, New York city, elected in 1824. Nathaniel Pitcher, Sandy Hill, elected in 1828.
Martin Van Buren, Kinderhook, elected in 1828. Enos T. Throop, Auburn, elected in 1829. William L. Marcy, Troy, elected in 1832.
William H. Seward, Auburn, elected in 1838.
William C. Bouck, Fultonham, elected in 1842. Silas Wright, Canton, elected in 1844. John Young, Geneseo, elected in 1846. Hamilton Fish, New York city, elected in 1848. Washington Hunt, Lockport, elected in 1850. Horatio Seymour, Deerfield, elected in 1852. Myron H. Clark, Canandaigua, elected in 1854. John A. King, Queens County, elected in 1856. Edwin D. Morgan, New York city, elected in 1858. Horatio Seymour, Deerfield, elected in 1862. Reuben E. Fenton, Frewsburgh, elected in 1864. John T. Hoffman, New York city, elected in 1868.
John A. Dix, New York city, elected in 1872. Samuel J. Tilden, New York city, elected in 1874. Lucius Robinson, Elmira, elected in 1876. Alonzo B. Cornell, New York city, elected in 1879. Grover Cleveland, Buffalo, elected in 1882. David B. Hill, Elmira, elected in 1885.
Roswell P. Flower, Watertown, elected in 1891. Levi P. Morton, Rhinecliff, elected in 1894. Frank S. Black, Troy, elected in 1896.
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PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES,
George Washington, of Virginia, born Feb. 22, 1732; first inau- gurated April 30, 1789, served two terms, refused a third; died Dec. 12, 1799.
John Adams, of Massachusetts, born Oct. 30, 1735; inaugu- rated March 4, 1797, served one term; died July 4, 1826.
Thomas Jefferson, of Virginia, born April 2, 1743; inaugurated March 4, 1801, served two terms; died two hours before John Adams, July 4, 1826.
James Madison, of Virginia, born March 5, 1751; inaugurated March 4, 1809, served two terms; died June 28, 1836.
James Monroe, of Virginia, born April 28, 1758; inaugurated March 4, 1817, served two terms; died July 4, 1831.
John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, born July 11, 1767; in- augurated March 4, 1825, served one term; died Feb. 21, 1848; was stricken with paralysis on the floor of Congress and died in the Capitol.
Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee, born March 15, 1767; inaugu- rated March 4, 1829, served two terms; died June 8, 1845.
Martin Van Buren, of New York, born Dec. 5, 1782; inaugu- rated March 4, 1837, served one term; died July 24, 1862.
William H. Harrison, of Ohio, born Feb. 9, 1773; inaugurated March 4, 1841, died one month after becoming President.
John Tyler, of Virginia, born March 29, 1790; Vice-President, inaugurated April 4, 1841; served out the term of President Har- rison; died Jan. 18, 1862.
John Knox Polk, of Tennessee, born Nov. 2, 1795; inaugurated March 4, 1845, served one term; died of cholera, June 18, 1849.
Zachary Taylor, of Louisiana, born Nov. 24, 1784; inaugurated March 5, 1849; after serving as President one year and four months he died July 9, 1850.
Millard Filmore, of New York, born Jan. 7, 1800; Vice-Presi- dent, became President July 9, 1850, and served out President Tay- lor's term.
Franklin Pierce, of New Hampshire, born Nov. 23, 1804; inau- gurated March 4, 1853; served one term; died Oct. 1, 1869.
James Buchanan, of Pennsylvania, born April 23, 1791; inau- gurated March 4, 1857, served one term; died June 1, 1868.
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Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, born Feb. 12, 1809; inaugurated March 4, 1861; elected for two terms; was assassinated April 14, 1865, and died next day.
Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, born Dec. 29, 1808; Vice-Pres- ident, inaugurated April 15, 1865, and served out President Lin- coln's term; died July 31, 1875.
Ulysses S. Grant, of Illinois, born April 29, 1822; inaugurated March 4, 1869, served two terms; died July 23, 1885.
Rutherford B. Hayes, of Ohio, born Oct. 4, 1822; inaugurated March 5, 1877, served one term; died Jan., 1893.
James A. Garfield, of Ohio, born Nov. 19, 1831; inaugurated March 4, 1881; July 2, 1881, he was shot in the Baltimore Railroad Station at Washington, and died Sept. 19, 1881.
Chester A. Arthur, of New York, born Oct. 17, 1830; Vice- President, was inaugurated President Sept. 20, 1881, and served out the term of President Garfield; died Nov. 18, 1886.
Grover Cleveland, of New York, born March 18, 1837; was in- augurated, first term March 4, 1885, second term March 4, 1893; still living.
Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, born Aug. 30, 1833; inaugu- rated March 4, 1889, served one term; still living.
William McKinley, of Ohio, born Jan. 29, 1843; inaugurated March 4, 1897; now in office.
VICE-PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES.
John Adams, Massachusetts, inaugurated 1789-93.
Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, inaugurated 1797.
Aaron Burr, New York, inaugurated 1801.
George Clinton, New York, inaugurated 1805-9. Eldridge Gerry, Massachusetts, inaugurated 1813.
Daniel D. Tompkins, New York, inaugurated 1817-21.
John C. Calhoun, South Carolina, inaugurated 1825-29.
Martin Van Buren, New York, inaugurated 1833.
Richard M. Johnson, Kentucky, inaugurated 1837; the only Vice-President ever elected by the Senate.
John Tyler, Virginia, inaugurated 1841.
George Mifflin Dallas, Pennsylvania, inaugurated 1845. Millard Filmore, New York, inaugurated 1849.
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William R. King, Alabama, inaugurated 1853; died one month and fourteen days after taking office; office vacant remainder of term.
John C. Breckenridge, Kentucky, inaugurated 1857.
Hannibal Hamlin, Maine, inaugurated 1861.
Andrew Johnson, Tennessee, inaugurated 1865.
Samuel Colfax, Indiana, inaugurated 1869.
Henry Wilson, Massachusetts, inaugurated 1873; died in office Nov. 22, 1875.
William A. Wheeler, New York, inaugurated 1877.
Chester A. Arthur, New York, inaugurated 1881.
Thomas A. Hendricks, Indiana, inaugurated 1885; died in office Nov. 22, 1885.
Levi P. Morton, New York, inaugurated 1889.
Adlai E. Stevenson, Illinois, inaugurated 1893.
Garret A. Hobart, New Jersey, inaugurated 1897.
The following Presidents pro tem. of the Senate, acted as Vice- Presidents, in the year given, vacancies in the office of Vice-Presi- dents being caused by death:
Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey, 1842.
William R. King, Alabama, 1851.
David R. Atchison, Missouri, 1853.
Jesse D. Bright, Indiana, 1855.
Lafayette C. Foster, Connecticut, 1865.
Thomas W. Ferry, Michigan, 1875.
John Sherman, Ohio, 1886.
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Section 33 of the Election Law makes personal registration a prerequisite to voting in "cities and villages having 5,000 inhabit- ants or more."
St. John's College, at Fordham, was incorporated by act of the Legislature passed April 10, 1846.
Woodlawn Cemetery organized under act of April 27, 1847, was incorporated by act of the Legislature passed April 23, 1864.
The Legislature of 1898 adjourned finally on April 31.
Under the State Constitution no State officers are to be elected by the people next year, 1899.
The last Legislature passed a bill authorizing the expenditure of $30,000 for improvements at Sing Sing prison .
The Good Roads bill passed by the last Legislature divides the cost of building roads between the State, the counties and the tax- payers benefited.
The money appropriated by the Legislature as a war fund does not figure in the State tax rate. The amount used will be levied as a separate tax.
The last Legislature passed a bill authorizing the Governor to appoint a commission to look into the causes of New York's loss of commerce and suggest a remedy. Alexander Smith, of New Ro- chelle, this county, was appointed one of the Commissioners.
The act authorizing the construction of the Hudson River Rail- road, from New York to Albany, was passed by the Legislature May 12, 1846. Aaron Ward and Fortune C. White, of Westchester County, were named in the act among those composing the first Board of Directors of the railroad company.
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