Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century, Vol. II, Part 50

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1094

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store on the corner of Almond and Cedar streets and the latter in a general agency business at Room A, Onondaga Co. Savings Bank.

Harrigan, John J., Syracuse, is a son Patrick, a moulder, who came to America from Ireland about 1850, and was born in the Fifth ward of Syracuse, on Otisco street, Aug. 4, 1854, being the second of eleven children. Receiving a common school education, he began life as a wire worker in the old Syracuse Iron Works, where he remained four years, after which he rolled steel in the Sweet manufactory for one year. He then became a clerk in the grocery store of Coville & Morris, where he remained in all twelve years, in the mean time firing an engine on the Chenango Valley railroad for one year. In 1884 he went to Oneonta and spent two years in the grocery and crockery business with E. W. Hunt. Returning to Syra- cuse he established his present general provision store on the corner of Merriman avenue and Oswego street in Sept, 1886, in partnership with John C. Melligan, whose interest he purchased one year later. Aug. 1, 1883, he married Mary A., daughter of Joseph Bolway, of this city, but a native of Germany. Their children are Edward H., Frank J., Louise M., Mabel E., and John Jay.

Hitchcock, Charles A., Syracuse, born in Seneca Falls, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1859, moved with his parents to Fayetteville when very young, where his father, Dr. Thomas E. Ilitchcock, published the Fayetteville Recorder for a time during the war. From thence they removed in 1865 to Chittenango, Madison Co., where the family home has since been maintained, although Dr. Hitchcock has practiced dentistry in Syra cuse for about fifteen years. Charles A. received his education in the schools of Chittenango, attending the Yates Polytechnic Institute, and began reading law in Syracuse in the office of Lansing & Lyman. He was admitted at the Albany Gen- eral Term in Jan., 1883, and commenced practice in Chittenango with Daniel D. Walrath, who retired from the firm after two years. In 1893 he came to Syracuse and formed a partnership with Frederic A. Lyman, which continued until May 1, 1895, when he associated himself with Donald F. McLennan. He has been emi nently successful in the legal profession, especially in criminal litigation. Ile is also active in Democratic politics. He was married, first, in 1883, to Miss Florence E., daughter of William W. Harp of Canastota, who died in 1884. His second wife, whom he married in 1890, is Alice B., daughter of Dr. Sylvanus D. Hanchett, of Chittenango. By his first marriage he has one daughter, Florence II.

Hanford, George C., Syracuse .- Among the older and prominent manufacturing industries of Syracuse is that of the G. C. Hanford Manufacturing Co., established since 1874, of which George C. Hanford is president and Mr. Joseph Waibel, secre tary and treasurer. This house is best known in connection with the manufacture of the well known " None Such " Baking Powder, besides which they manufacture a full line of choice flavoring extracts and two proprietary medicines: Hanford's Cel- ery Cure for the nerves, and Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh, a surpassing remedy for burns and the like. This house was established in 1874 by George C. Hanford, and, for the first year or two, Mr. Hanford manufactured flavoring extracts only. Along in the summer and fall of 1876, some experimenting was done with baking powder, and as a result, in March, 1877, Mr. Hanford started the now well known and cele. brated "None Such " Baking Powder, which for years has been recognized as the

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standard for purity and excellence. About four or five years ago the manufacture of Hanford's Celery Cure, that well known remedy for " nervous folks," was added to their business and had a healthy growth from the start. To these products, in Sept. of 1893, the firm added another old and well known proprietary article: Han- ford's Balsam of Myrrh, which has been manufactured by Mr. Hanford's parents for the last forty-eight years and which came to Mr. Hanford in the nature of a legacy. The foundation of this house was begun in a very small way, Mr. Hanford himself starting the business in a small room on the third floor in the Washington Block, on South Salina street. This was in the fall of 1874, and after continuing there a year or two, he inoved to South Clinton street, near their present place of business. Re- maining in this location about six years, he thence moved to the present location, where the firm has since remained. The corporation now employs three travelers and several employees in the office and factory; in advertising they expend some- thing like $6,000 a year. On April 1, 1893, the firm was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, being capitalized for $35,000, of which $25,000 is common and $10,000 preferred stock; the purpose of the company being to carry on the busi- ness as heretofore conducted by Mr. Hanford and to manufacture the several articles above mentioned.

Henley, B. J., Syracuse,-The Henley Shorthand Business College was started in Syracuse by Miss S. M. Henley on Feb. 2, 1891, and three weeks later her brother, Benjamin J., was admitted to partnership; on Jan. 1, 1895, the latter became presi- dent and business manager, and both continue as proprietors. The school first oc- cupied one small room ; now, seven rooms are utilized, while the number of students has steadily increased from one or two to seventy-five or one hundred. The institu- tion, at its annual graduating exercises, has sent forth graduates as follows: On May 12, 1892, 71; May 19, 1893, 83; June 1, 1894, 98; June, 1895, 95. Up to June, 1894, the institution was devoted entirely to teaching stenography. At that time a bookkeeping department was added, in which business law, arithmetic, commercial forms, banking, etc., are taught in addition to shorthand. The college owes its emi- nent success to the fact of being able to place its graduates in positions, and works as much for this as for imparting knowledge. Of the 252 graduates to June, 1894, 229 have been successfully placed in lucrative employment. Miss Henley entered Lavere's Business College in Oswego in 1881 and remained eight and one-half years, having the responsible charge of the school much of that time. Prior to this she was for four years a student and teacher in the parochial school of that city under the eminent theologian, Rev. Michael Barry.

Hohes, Matthew J., Syracuse, is a son of John and Mary Hohes, and was born at Manlius Station, Sept. 8, 1848. John Hohes came from Baden, Germany, and set- tled in Manlius in 1846 and died at Bridgeport, N. Y., where his widow now lives, in June, 1892. He was a railroad man and long a member of Herbner's famous bank at Manlius Station. His children were Matthew J. ; Clara (Mrs. Edwin Mayo), of Bridgeport; Conrad; George, of Bay City, Mich .; Lewis; Frank; Jennie (Mrs. Ed- ward Goodspeed) of Chicago; and one who died in infancy. Matthew J. began busi- ness as a clerk in a dry goods store in Bridgeport. On Feb. 14, 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 2d N. Y. Heavy Art., and served until Oct. 10, 1865, being promoted cor- poral. He was with his regiment during the period of his enlistment and partici-

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pated in twenty-three engagements, as follows: Gettysburg, July 1 to 3, 1863; the Wilderness, May 5 to 9, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 12 to 21: North Anna River, May 22 to 26; Tolopotomy, May 31; Cold Harbor, June 1 to 12; Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, June 16 to 22; Deep Bottom, July 22; Strawberry Plain, Aug. 16; Reams Station, Aug. 25; South Side and Weldon Railroad, Dee. 9; Battle of Second Corps front of Petersburg, March 25, 1865, Five Forks, March 26 to April 1; South Side Railroad, April 2; the evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, April 3; Sailor's Creek, and Aractia Springs, April 6; Farmersville, April ?; Surrender of Lee's Army, April 9. Returning from the war he became a clerk in a general store in Bridgeport, and in 1866 in Manlius Center, and in 1868 came to Syracuse, where he has sinee resided except one year in the dry goods business in Battle Creek, Mich. He married first, June 3, 1875, Emma, daughter of Henry West, of Syracuse, who died 1885. His second wife, whom he married Aug. 16, 1888, was Mrs. Addie M. (Fix) Padden of Syracuse, who has one son, Willard Frank Padden, aged fifteen, by her first husband. They have one child, Harold Adolph Hohes, aged six years.

Hooker, Frederick, M. D., Syracuse, son of James L., was born at Pillar Point, Jefferson Co., April 30, 1866. He attended school at Williamstown, Mass., and Watertown, N. Y., and studied medicine with Dr. G. S. Farmer at the latter place. He was graduated from the Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College Feb. 23, 1886, and began his practice in that city with Dr. Hobart. In May, 1887, he located at Fayetteville, N. Y. In Sept .. 1889, he moved to Plainville, whence he came to Syra- cuse in Nov., 1892. He is a member of the Onondaga County Homoeopathic Medi- cal Society, assistant supreme medical examiner for the Knights of S. F. I., and the local medical examiner for the Independent Order of Foresters. Dr. Hooker was married to Anna F., daughter H. D. Warner, of Syracuse, Feb. I, 1890 They have one child Harriet Louise, born April 24, 1892. Dr. Hooker is a lineal descend- ant of Thomas Hooker, the founder of Hartford, Conn.

Heise, John, Syracuse, proprietor of the Syracuse Wire Works, was born in Sche- nectady, N Y., March 15, 1853, and at the age of thirteen moved with his parents, Henry and Dorothy (Bender) Heise, to Albany, where he finished his education. In 1870 he apprenticed himself to his trade, that of wire worker, and in 1876 he engaged in that business on his own account, in which he continued until 1883. He then went to New York city and worked about two years, thence to Pittsburg for one year, and afterwards to Rochester, where he remained three years. March 15, 1887, he came to Syracuse and started his present business, styled the Syracuse Wire Works, man- ufacturing bank and office railings of all kinds, screens, window guards, flower stands, elevator enclosures, etc., making a specialty of the first named product. This is the only establishment of the kind in Onondaga Co., and in its conduct Mr. Heise has been eminently successful. June 12, 1879, he married Miss Mary, daughter of Jacob Vagele, of Albany, N. Y. Their children are Edward Charles, born April 13, 1880, and Elmer Vagele, born March 13, 1893.

Haley, John T., Syracuse, was born in the town of Geddes, April 13, 1868. His father, Martin Haley, now a resident of Syracuse, is a native of the town of Onon- daga, and a son of Martin Haley. Martin married Elizabeth Welch and had seven children, of whom five are living. John T. Haley was educated in the public schools

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and became a clerk in a broker's office, where he remained eight years. In 1889, with John A. Scheninger, under the firm name of Haley & Scheninger, he established his present business as a manufacturer of mattrasses and jobber in all kinds of bed- ding supplies. The firm was dissolved in Sept., 1893, and since then Mr. Haley has conducted the business alone. He has been actively identified with the Democratic party, and for three years has served as county committeeman. He is a member of the C. B. L., the C. M. B. A., and the A. O. H.

Hopkins & Bondy, Syracuse -Frank Hopkins, born in Onondaga, June 12. 1856, is a son of John (who settled there in 1848) and Bridget A. (Feeny) Hopkins, and was educated at Onondaga Academy and Syracuse University, graduating from the latter institution in 1879. He studied law with Costello & Ide, was admitted in Jan., 1880, and has since practiced his profession in Syracuse, first alone, then with Joseph Sedg- wick, and since 1886 with Joseph Bondy. Active in Republican politics and an in- fluential campaign speaker, he was school commissioner of the Fourth ward from 1882 to 1884 inclusive and chairman of the finance committee of that board in 1883; in this position he made an enviable record. In Aug., 1885, he married Mary A., daughter of Michael Lally, of Syracuse, and has one son, Frank, jr., born in March, 1887.

Joseph Bondy is a son of Gabriel and Mary (Cohen) Bondy, natives of Austria, who came to America and settled in Syracuse in 1844, where they still reside ; Gabriel served his full time (about eight years) in the Austrian army, and for thirty years held a position with A. C. Yates & Co., in this city. Mr. Bondy was born in Syra- cuse, Sept 13, 1863, was graduated from the High School in Feb., 1881, and from Columbia College in 1885, studying law in the mean time in New York city and with Frank Hopkins and Costello & Ide in Syracuse, and was admitted at Binghamton in Oct., 1885. He at once began practice in this city and on Sept. 1, 1886, formed his present partnership with Frank Hopkins, making one of the most successful law firms in Central New York. Mr. Bondy was president of his class in Columbia College, was supervisor of the Seventh ward in 1888 and 1889, has been president of the Standard Club, and hasalways been an active Republican in politics. He married, June 22, 1892, Frances Elias, of Buffalo, and has one daughter, Arline Rose.

Kieffer Brothers, Syracuse .- This enterprising firm is composed of Charles and Joseph D. Kieffer, sons of Theobald, who came to Syracuse from Thann, Alsace, France, in 1833, and died in 1891, aged seventy-nine years; he came here with his father and was first an employee in the salt works and later engaged in the flour and feed business. Charles Kieffer was born in the First ward of this city July 15, 1844, was educated in the public schools, and learned the hardware and tinning trade of Leopold Schwartz, with whom he remained a number of years, and in 1876 accom- panied by his brother Joseph D. went to Geneva, N. Y., and opened a hardware store. Joseph D. Kieffer, born in the First ward this city, June 23, 1860, and after complet- ing a course through the public schools, passed the regents and into the High School ; he became a clerk in a hardware store at the age of fifteen, a commercial traveler at the age of twenty-two, and has always continued in the business. In March, 1877, Charles returned from Geneva, and the two brothers, forming a partnership, estab- lished their present business, which has increased from a small retail concern with a

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capital of about $3,000 to a large retail and jobbing trade extending throughout the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut. Their building was formerly Corinthian Hall and was erected in 1845 by Judges Noxon, Comstock and Gen. John A. Green for a business block and theater. It was subse- quently converted into a commercial establishment, passed into the hands of Judge Comstock, and was purchased by the Kieffers in 1889. Their business, one of the most extensive in the city, consists of general hardware, stoves, builders' supplies, tools, housefurnishing goods, manufacturers of stoves and stove repairs, etc., and contracting engineers in sanitary plumbing, heating and ventilating, steam and gas fitting, gas and electric fixtures. Charles Kieffer was married on Nov. 12, 1871, to Emma, daughter of Joseph Goss, of Cicero, and has had six children: Theodore J. (a graduate of the Syracuse High School and now a student in the Syracuse Medical College, class of '96), Mamie L., Minnie, Gertrude, Robert II. and Esther. Joseph D. Kieffer was married in 1890 to Catherine E. Emmerich, daughter of Christian Emmerich of this city, and they have four children, Ethel May, Joseph D., jr., Chester J. and Harold T. Kieffer.

Klopfer, Simon, son of Adolf, a manufacturer, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., July 16, 1860, and received his education in that city. He began life as a traveling sales- man, continuing four years. In 1883 he started a fancy goods store with his brother Charles in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., under the firm name of Klopfer Brothers, and in 1888 they established a branch millinery store in Scranton under the name of Samuel Has- lacher. In 1891 he came to Syracuse and under the style of Klopfer & Co. purchased the New York millinery store of L. A. Graff, and in 1893 the firm started the New York mil- linery establishment of Haslacher & Co. in Rochester. They continue all these four concerns, three of which are devoted exclusively to fine millinery, each having an extensive retail trade. Mr. Klopfer was married March 27, 1893, to Miss Stella Dan- ziger, daughter of David Danziger, of Syracuse, and they have one daughter, Elma.

Knapp, William Mead, Syracuse, was born near Niles, Mich., July 26, 1852, and with his parents came to this State the following spring and settled on a farm in Dewitt about six miles east of Syracuse, where the early years of his life were spent. He received a common school education in the Fayetteville schools. Nov. 27, 1879, he was married to Miss Sarah J. McElroy of Chicago, and has had born to him two children, Florence Robinson and Margaret Walker. In Dec., 1880, he removed to Syracuse and engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted successfully for eight years. He then entered the real estate field, doing a general brokerage business, in which he is now engaged. He has been quite successful as a real estate broker and has by his energy and perseverance and manner of conducting his busi- ness, gained the confidence and respect of the community. Being progressive and enterprising, he has always taken an active interest in the improvement and devel- opment of the city, and enters heartily into all plans for local improvement and the general good. In politics he has always been a Republican, because he believes in the principles (but not always in the practice) of the Republican party. His office is at 601 Kirk block, where he is always glad to see his friends, either socially or on business, and will conscientiously look after the interests of all who intrust their business to him.

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Kohles, Michael, Syracuse, was born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 27, 1843, and came to America with his parentsin Aug. 1858, settling in the town of Salina, Onondaga Co. His father, John J. Kohles, a tailor by trade, died here July 7, 1879, aged nearly seventy-nine; his mother's maiden name was Eva M. Roeschlaub, and her death occurred Feb. 28, 1877, at the age of a little less than seventy seven. Their children were Casper, a resident of Germany; Philip, a volunteer in the American Rebellion, deceased; Andrew and Michael, of Syracuse; Frank, deceased; Barbara (Mrs. John Hemmer); Margaret (Mrs. Nicholas Lauer), deceased; Katherine (Mrs. Joseph Bitt- ner); and Margaret 2d (Mrs. Joseph Michels). All those living reside in Syracuse except Casper. Michael Kohles was educated in the common schools of the father- land, and after his arrival in this country began the work of self-support. He was first an employee of Smith & Powell, nurserymen, for three years, and then a clerk in the store of Nicholas Peters for six years. In 1868 he started a grocery store for himself on North Salina street and after about fifteen years added a dry goods de- partment. He conducted both for a period of two years, when he sold out the grocery business, and has since devoted his attention to dealing in dry goods and furnishings. He is one of the most prominent Germans in the city and always takes an active part in promoting every good enterprise. In 1892, in company with D. C. and Albert Woerner, under the firm name of Woerner Brothers & Co., he embarked in the canning business, and the success attending their efforts brought about the incorporation of the Woerner Preserving Co., of which Mr. Kohles was the first president and manager. He subsequently resigned these positions, but still retains a large interest in the concern as stockholder. He is an active Democrat, has fre- quently been a delegate to political conventions, and was supervisor of the Second ward in 1878 and 1879. In July, 1869, he married Miss Walburga, daughter of Xavier Zett, of Syracuse, and their children are Anna, Frank E., John M., Theresa B., Barbara, Joseph A., and Alexius A.

Kinne, Arthur B., M. D., Syracuse, was born in the town of Dewitt, Sept, 25, 1850. His grandfather, Prentice Kinne, came to that town from Connecticut in 1792, and died there in 1830. His father, Mason P. Kinne, was born there Nov. 30, 1830, and died Feb. 3, 1891. Both were farmers. The latter married Mary J. Spaulding, of Canandaigua, and had five children, of whom three are living: Dr. A. B .; Charles M., of San Francisco; and Dr. Porter S., of Paterson, N. J. Arthur B. Kinne was graduated from Syracuse High School in 1871, taught school for a time, and in 1874 began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. William Henry Hoyt. He was graduated from the New York Homeopathic Medical College in March, 1877, and began the practice of his profession in Syracuse in May of that year. He is a mem- ber of the Onondaga Homeopathic Medical Society, of which he was president one year, and belongs to the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society and the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was one of the incorporators and the first president of the Syracuse Homeopathic Free Dispensary in 1891. Dr. Kinne was married in Oct., 1880, to Miss Julia, daughter of James M. Smylie, of Paterson, N. J., and they have one child, Margretta, O.

Klink, Adam, Syracuse, son of Adam and Barbara (Snyder) Klink, was born in the First ward of Syracuse on Sept. 25, 1848. Adman Klink, sr., came to this city from Germany in 1844, married here, and died Aug. 12, 1865, aged forty-five. He first

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engaged in salt manufacturing and also had a grocery store on the corner of Turtle and Lodi streets. In 1852 he sold out and moved to 437 North Salina street, where he kept a hotel and boarding-house. In 1855 he took a contract to enlarge the Erie Canal between Pitt Lock and Clyde in Wayne Co., and resided in Clyde until 1857, when he returned to Syracuse and opened a canal stable where the West Shore Railroad crosses the Oswego Canal, which he kept until 1860, when he purchased the old Chapman estate on the opposite side of the canal and continued the business un- til his death. He was a strong Democrat, but never an office seeker. He had six sons and two daughters, of whom two sons are deceased. Adam Klink, jr., educated in the common schools of the city, began the trade of moulder upon his father's death and followed it for five years. He then entered the employ of Duguid, Wells & Co., manufacturers of saddlery hardware, and remained there until 1876, when he was appointed keeper at the Onondaga Penitentiary, a position he held for four years, under Supt. J. C. Williams. He was then made general foreman for the North River Construction Co. in building the West Shore Railroad, having charge of 200 men and all the material between Syracuse and Lyons, N. Y. Upon the fail- ure of this concern he entered the city engineer's office under Mr. Goodsell, and sub- sequently accepted a position with Holden & Son, having charge of their Butternut street coal yard, etc., which he held for three years. June 27, 1889, he formed a partnership with his brother, William T, under the firm name of Klink Brothers, and engaged in the wood and coal business at the corner of North Salina and Butter- nut streets. Mr. Klink has been somewhat active in politics, being a Republican, and was the first supervisor of the new Sixteenth ward, serving for one term in 1893-4. He is a member of Salt Springs Lodge F. & A. M., the Syracuse Turn Verein, the Capital Club, and other organizations. He was married Oct. 31, 1871, to Miss Margaret Groub, of this city.

Lauma, Adam, Syracuse, was born in Hilders, Bavaria (now Prussia), July 29, 1856, was educated in the public and high schools and gymnasee of his native coun- try, and came to Syracuse in 1873, where he learned the jewelry trade with William Duncan with whom he remained eight years. In 1880 he established his present business of manufacturing, repairing and gilding jewelry. He is a member of the Syracuse Turners, was a member and treasurer of the old Yates Dragoon Cavalry, and treasurer of the Giants and the Grand American Republican Association. In 1872 he married Mary A. Benham of Syracuse, and has one daughter, Minnie. Mr. Lauma's father, Leonard, was a county judge in Bavaria, whither his grandfather, Adam, a physician and surgeon, came from Prague, Austria,

Lewis, Samuel H., Syracuse, son of Abraham M., was born in London, England, July 4, 1849, came to America with his parents and settled in Buffalo in April, 1860, and moved thence to Chicago in 1869, where his father died June 30, 1880. Receiv- ing his education in England, he served an appenticeship in the painting and deco- rating trades in Buffalo and in the larger shops of the country, and in 1875 estab- lished business for himself in Cleveland, O. He subsequently gave up this up and became a traveling salesman in the same line, and to be near headquarters nioved to Syracuse in 1879, where he has since resided. In 1889 he relinquished traveling and engaged in the California wine trade, and the spring of 1882 established his present business as a dealer in real estate and negotiator of loans, etc. He was one

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Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century, Vol. II, Part 50

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908 Publication date: 1896 Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company Number of Pages: 1094

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1094