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Schaffer, Lawrence J., was born in Rochester, N. Y., January 5, 1847, a son of Jacob and Anna (Robb) Schaffer, and was educated in the schools of his native place. At fifteen years of age he began railroading, which he followed for sixteen years, one and a half years as fireman and fourteen and a half years as engineer, working with the C. & O., B. & O. and the N. Y. Central. In 1882 he began his present busi- ness and has conducted one of the finest restaurants in the State. His entire busi- ness was consumed when the Delaware and Hudson depot burned, but he at once rebuilt, and on March 30, 1899-eight weeks from the date of the fire-he reopened the cepot restaurant. In 1870 Mr. Schaffer married Mary Bell Scagges. Mr. Schaf- fer is a prominent Mason, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery and Shrine. His parents came to America from Germany in 1841 and settled in Rochester. His father died January 1, 1891; his mother is still living.
Waterbury, Heman L., was born in Saratoga Springs, February 23, 1845, a son of Capt. Philo R. and Mehitable (Bullard) Waterbury. Mr. Waterbury was educated in the schools of his native village, where he also learned telegraphy. In 1862 he took a position with the Western Union in Albany, and there remained until 1883, when the company appointed him manager of the Saratoga main office and all its branches. This position he still retains and is regarded as one of the most experienced, reliable and efficient managers in the county. In 1865 Mr. Waterbury married Louise M. Stover, daughter of Rev. Ensign Stover, a Methodist Episcopal minister.
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Their children are Charlotte S., wife of Dr. C. S. Peeke; Capt. Fred M. Waterbury of the Saratoga Eagle, and Minerva L. The Waterbury family is of English descent, William Waterbury, father of Capt. Philo R., settling in Saratoga Springs in 1792, so that the family have been in the county over one hundred years. Mr. Waterbury was connected with the Saratoga Citizens' Corps for many years, both as private and sergeant. He has all the Masonic orders and is past presiding officer in all those bodies that meet in Saratoga county.
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Ashton, Edward B., one of the most enterprising of Saratoga's younger business men, was born at Fort Edward, August 7, 1870, and was educated in his native place. In 1890 he came to Saratoga Springs and established a coal and feed busi- ness, which he has since conducted with success. Mr. Ashton's parents were David B. and Elizabeth (Stewart) Ashton. His great-grandfather, Major Ashton, was a soldier who served with distinction in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Ashton is a mem- ber of the Royal Arcanum, and when at Fort Edward was a member of the Durkee Hose Company, of which he was president for a year. On September 19, 1895, he married Harriet Lohnas, daughter of Deyoe and Huldah Lohnas. They have one son, D. Lohnas Ashton.
Stiles, Jesse, was born in the town of Wilton, Saratoga county, N. Y., a son of James D. and Catherine (Esmond) Stiles. He was educated in the public schools and by private tuition of his uncle; he then took a course in the Fort Plain Insti- tute, after which he taught school for eight terms. He then entered the office of Judge J. R. Putnam at Saratoga Springs in May, 1872, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1875. In 1876 he opened an office for himself and has since been an active and successful practitioner. Mr. Stiles has been the originator of the plan of estab- lishing an institution at Saratoga Springs for the care of members of the Improved Order of Red Men who are or may be dependent upon the order. He first brought forth his idea at the Association of Tribes in Schenectady in 1896; again at the great Council at Saratoga in August of the same year; and at the Association of Tribes of Greater New York, when it took definite form, and a bill was introduced " To Incorporate the Improved Order of Red Men's Home Association of New York." The novel feature of this plan as presented consists of the fact that it is proposed to purchase a spring for the corporate body, put the water on the market and to request all members of the order to purchase it when desiring a beverage, and thus obtain a revenue to support the home. In 1892 Mr. Stiles purchased the river rights on both sides of the Hudson for about three and one-half miles below Palmer Falls for the purpose of erecting an electric plant. Since that time the In- ternational Paper Company have purchased these rights and now propose to use them in connection with their paper manufacture. He is prominent in Odd Fellow- ship and has lectured in lodges in different States, notably south and west. He is at present district deputy grand master and has held all the offices up to this one; he is also president of " The Association of the Tribes of Northern New York of Improved Order of Red Men" and has represented them in all the councils of the State. The Stiles family is the oldest in the county, John Stiles, the progenitor of the family having settled in this county in 1698.
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Cummings, Michael S., was born at Troy, N. Y., February 18, 1855, but came to Saratoga with his parents when five years old. He was educated in the schools of Saratoga Springs and his first employment was in connection with some of the springs which have made this place famous. He next became a clerk in the news business and subsequently had charge of a branch store for Aaron Hill. In 1878 he entered the law offices of Carr & Peters, and became clerk to Mr. Peters when that gentleman was elected surrogate of the county. In 1880 Mr. Cummings was elected town clerk and has held the office for a period of seventeen years, a record which speaks highly of his efficiency, for his incumbency has never been imperiled by the conflicts of political parties. He is a Democrat in politics, but is highly popular with Republicans, because of his ability and the high efficiency with which he discharges the duties of his office. He has also been registrar of vital statistics for the town and village of Saratoga for ten years. He has been a member and secretary of the Jeffersonian Club since its organization in 1881. Mr. Cummings's parents were Syl- vester and Jane E. (Allen) Cummings. On November 23, 1881, Mr. Cummings married Miss Kittie M. Brown, of Albany, and their children are Millie and Marie, and Gerald Cummings.
Bang, H. A. & W. F .- These enterprising hotel men purchased the well known Kensington Hotel in Saratoga Springs, in September, 1897, and conduct it upon the best up-to-date methods. They are widely known and experienced hotel proprie- tors. The Kensington is one of the largest and most select houses for which Sara- toga Springs is famous and is delightfully situated and handsomely appointed, hav- ing accommodations for four hundred guests, and is open from June to October each year, while its rates are extremely moderate when compared with its splendid accom- modations. Both the Messrs. Bang are natives of New York city. H. A. Bang is a graduate of the Stevens Institute of Technology, with the degree of mechanical en - gineer and is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers; also of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. Their grandfather, Henry J. Bang, kept a hotel at Bingen on the Rhine, but came to America with his son about 1847, and in 1853 was conducting a wine importing business in New York city, also the well known Bang's Restaurant, in which he was succeeded by his sons, one of which, Henry J., father of H. A. and W. F., became proprietor of the Sturtevant House in 1893, where he continued up to the time of his death, February 28, 1896; since then the hotel has been under the management of his sons. The Messrs. Bang are members of the Hotel Men's Association, New York city; Hotel Men's Association, New York State, and Merchants' Association, New York city.
Lawton, George Perkins, and Jeannie Menteith Wilson Lathrop, his wife. The main purpose of this sketch is to make a genealogical record. George Perkins Law- ton is the only child of Anthony Lawton of Newport, R. I., and Troy, N. Y. (and Mary A. Wilkinson), son of Robert Lawton of Newport, R. I. (and Sarah Anthony), son of Robert Lawton of Newport, R. I. (and Mercy Easton), son of John Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I. (and Naomi Lawton), son of Isaac Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I. (and Mary Hill), son of Isaac Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I. (and Elizabeth Tallman), son of Thomas Lawton of Portsmouth, R. I. (and Grace Bailey, née Parsons). Naomi Lawton, above, was the daughter of Job Lawton (and Priscilla Thurston), son of
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George Lawton (and Naomi Hunt), son of George Lawton and Elizabeth Hazard, all of Portsmouth, R. I. Thomas, and the last named George Lawton, were brothers, of the family of Lawton, of Lawton Hall, near Stoke-on-Trent, Cheshire, England, who emigrated to Boston in the spring of 1636, and removed to and settled at Ports- mouth, R. I., 1638-39. See Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of R. I. and Omerod's History of Cheshire, Eng., Vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 16, 2d edition, in which the pedigree is carried to temp Henry II. Mary A. Wilkinson, above, was the daughter of Almadus Wilkinson, of Scituate, R. I. (and Margaret Magee), son of Joseph Wilkinson, 3d, of Scituate (and Elizabeth Peckham, née Brownell), son of Joseph Wilkinson, jr., of Scituate (and Alice Jenckes), son of Joseph Wilkinson of Scituate (and Martha Pray), son of Samuel Wilkinson of Providence, R. I. (and Plain Wickenden), son of Law- rence Wilkinson of Providence, R. I. (and Susanna Smith), son of William Wilkin- son of Lanchester, county Durham, Eng. (and Mary Conyers), son of Lawrence Wil- kinson of Harperly Park, Lanchester, Durham, Eng. Lawrence, first above, was a lieutenant in the army of Charles I, captured at Newcastle, October 22, 1644; his estate having been sequestered and sold by the Long Parliament, he emigrated with his wife and son and settled at Providence, R. I., January 19, 1646. See Flower's Visitation of Durham; Sequestrations in Durham 1645-47; Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family by Wilkinson. Joseph Wilkinson, 3d, was a soldier in R. I. troops, Revolu- tionary war, for a year. See Pension Record, July 24, 1838, O. W. & N. Div., Rev- olutionary Bureau of Pensions. Mr. Lawton is also fifth in descent from William Anthony, deputy to the Assenibly of R. I. 1709-10-16; governor's assistant of R. I. 1717-39; 6th in descent from Isaac Lawton (above), governor's assistant of R. I. 1690-91, deputy to the Assembly 1696, 1698, 1699, 1702, 1706, 1708; 6th in descent from Benjamin Hall, deputy to Assembly 1699, 1701, 1704, 1707, 1713-14, governor's assistant of R. I. 1701-02; 6th in descent from Joseph Jenckes, 3d, deputy to Assem- bly 1691, 1698, 1699, 1700, speaker 1698-99, 1707-08, governor's assistant 1708-12, deputy governor 1715-27, governor of R. I. 1727-33; 6th in descent from Edward Gray, deputy to Assembly R. I. 1666-79, soldier in King Philip's war 1676; 7th in descent from William Wodell, deputy to Assembly R. I., 1664-67, 1669, 1670, 1672, 1673, 1680, 1684, 1686; member governor's council, King Philip's War 1676; 7th in descent from George Lawton (above), deputy to Assembly, 1665, 1672, 1675-76, 1679- 80; member governor's council, King Philip's war 1676, governor's assistant of R. I. 1680-86, 1689-90: 7th in descent from John Easton, attorney-general, 1653-54, 1656, 1660; deputy to Assembly 1665-66, 1671-72; deputy governor 1674-76; governor of R. I. 1690-95; 7th in descent from Robert Hazard, deputy to Assembly, R. I. 1664- 67, 1670-71; officer R. I. troops King Philip's war 1676; 8th in descent from Thomas Hazard, member Provincial Convention, New Netherlands, Dutch and English War, 1653-4. (See N. Y. Civil List). 7th in descent from Joshua Coggeshall, deputy to Assembly 1664, 1666-68, 1670-72; governor's assistant of R. I. 1669-76; 7th in descent from John Coggeshall, jr., general treasurer, 1653-54, 1664-72, deputy to Assembly, 1665-71, 1675, 1683; governor's assistant 1663-65, 1672, 1674, 1676, 1683-86; general recorder, 1676-77, 1691-92; deputy and acting governor, 1686, deputy governor of R. I. 1689-90; 7th in descent from Edward Thurston, deputy to Assembly, 1667, 1671-74, 1680-86; governor's assistant of R. I., 1675, 1686, 1690-91; 7th in descent from Edward Smith, deputy to Assembly, 1658-59, 1664-66; governor's assistant of R. I., 1654-55, 1658-59, 1665-66; 7th in descent from Joseph Jenckes, jr.,
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governor's assistant of R. I., 1680-86, 1689-91, 1695-96, 1698; 7th in descent from Rev. John Brown, founder of Brown University, governor's assistant of R. I., 1665- 66; 7th in descent from John Rogers, member of Capt. Miles Standish's Co., 1643, et seq. early Indian wars, deputy to the general court Plymouth Colony, 1657; 7th in descent from Edward Richmond, deputy to Assembly of R. I., 1678-79, 1686, gen- eral solicitor, 1667-70, 1672-76, attorney-general, 1677-80, lieutenant R. I. troops, King Philip's war, 1676; 8th in descent from Nicholas Easton, attorney-general, 1653-54, 1656-76, 1680, 1682-86, 1689-90, president of R. I., 1650-54, deputy to As- sembly, 1665-66, deputy governor, 1666-71, governor of R. I., 1672-74; 8th in de- scent from John Coggeshall, deputy to general court, Mass. Bay Colony, 1634-37, governor's assistant of R. I., 1640-44, first president of R. I., 1647; 8th in descent from William Balstone, general treasurer, 1641-48, 1657, 1673, governor's assistant of R. I., 1656-72; 8th in descent from Obadiah Holmes, member governor's council of R. I., King Philip's war, 1676; 8th in descent from William Ballard, member An- cient and Honorable Artillery Co., Mass., soldier in King Philip's war, 1676; 8th in descent from William Peabody, member Capt. Myles Standish's Co., 1643, et seq. early Indian wars, deputy to general court, Plymouth Colony, 1633-41, 1670-82; 9th in descent from John Alden (and Priscilla Molines), member Capt. Myles Standish's Co., as above, deputy to general court, Plymouth Colony, 1641-49, member council of war, 1653-60, 1667-76, governor's assistant, 1633-41, 1650-86. See Year Book and Supplement, Society of Colonial Wars, 1898. Also 6th in descent from Gideon Free- born of Portsmouth, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1675-90, 1702-04, 1713; 7th in descent from Rev. William Wickenden of Providence, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1664-66; 7th in descent from Lawrence Wilkinson of Providence, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1667-73; 7th in descent from Henry Timber- lake of Newport, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1663; 7th in descent from Peter Tallman of Portsmouth, R. I., general solicitor of R. I., 1661, deputy to the Assembly, 1662-65; 8th in descent from Hugh Parsons of Portsmouth, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1678; 8th in descent from George Allen of Sandwich, dep- uty to the General Court, Plymouth Colony, 1641-42; 8th in descent from Thomas Brownell of Portsmouth, R. I., deputy to the Assembly of R. I., 1664-65, 1661-63. See Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of R. I., Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England, and Pearce's Colonial Civil List. Mr. Lawton is also 23d in descent from William d'Albini and Robert de Ros; 25th in descent from William de Mowbray, John Fitz Robert, Gilbert de Clare and John de Lacie; 26th in descent from Richard de Clare; 27th in descent from Henry de Bohun, Robert de Vere, Hugh Bigod, Saher . de Quincey and Eustace de Vesci; 28th in descent from Roger Rigod; elected sure- ties to compel the observance of Magna Charta by King John, at Runnemede, June 15, A. D. 1215. See his pedigree in the Magna Charta Barons and Their American Descendants, by Browning (1898) p. 381, et seq. Mr. Lawton was born at Albany, August 19, 1847, from whence he removed to Troy, N. Y., in 1849. He was educated in the public schools, St. Paul's Parish School, and the Troy Academy at Troy, the Vermont Episcopal Institute, Burlington, Vt., and at Williams College, graduating from there B. A. in 1868. While there, he was a Chi Psi and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He was admitted to the bar December 9, 1869, and practiced law at Troy, N. Y., until 1888, when he retired. Mr. Lawton was a successful lawyer, employed in many of the important public and private litigations of that period and region.
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He was also an ardent member of the Republican party and honored by its nomina- tion for district attorney of Rensselaer county, but was defeated. In 1880 he was appointed judge advocate of the 3d Div., N. G. N. Y., with rank of lieutenant-colo- nel and served until 1888, when he resigned. In 1890 Mr. Lawton became a resident of the village of Saratoga Springs, and was appointed a commissioner to build the village hall, which duty he discharged. Mr. Lawton is a member of the Saratoga and other clubs, of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the Order of Runnemeade, the New York Historical Society and other societies. On November 5, 1885, Mr. Law- ton married Jeannie Menteith Wilson Lathrop, daughter of Daniel Shields Lathrop of Albany, N. Y. (and Harriet Menteith Wilson), son of Dyer Lathrop of Albany (and Jane Shields), son of Jedediah Lathrop, jr., of Bozrah, New London county, Conn., and Herkimer county, N. Y., (and Amy Gardiner), son of Jedediah Lathrop of Norwich, Conn., (and Abigail Hyde), son of Israel Lathrop, jr., of Norwich, Conn. (and Mary Fellows), son of Israel Lathrop of Norwich, Conn. (and Rebecca Bliss), son of Samuel Lathrop of New London, Conn. (and Elizabeth Scudder), son of Rev. John Lathrop of Etton, Yorkshire, Eng , and Scituate and Barnstable, Mass. (and his wife), son of Thomas Lowthroppe of Cherry Burton and Etton, Harthill Wapen- take, East Riding of Yorkshire, son of Robert Lowthroppe of North Burton, York- shire, son of John Lowthroppe of Cherry Burton, about four miles from Lowthroppe, assessed, subsidy roll, 37th year Henry VIII, for twice as much as any other inhab- itant of the parish. See Lathrop Memorial by Huntington. Harriet Menteith Wil- son, above, is the daughter of James Alexander Wilson of Albany, N. Y. (and Jane Louisa Harriet Menteith), son of Joseph Wilson of Albany, N. Y. (and Sarah Fonda), son of James Alexander Wilson of Basking Ridge, N. J., and Lansingburgh, N. Y. (and Sarah Annan), probably a grandson of Alexander Wilson of Perth Amboy, N. J. Mrs. Lawton is descended from the following Revolutionary soldiers: Major Abraham Dow Fonda; Lieut. Isaac Lansing and privates Jedediah Lathrop, jr., James Wilson, Daniel Shields and William Van Wie. See Ancestry Books of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Lawton is also 5th in descent from Daniel Hyde, captain 3d Co. Militia, 1746 et seq. Old French War; 7th in descent from Johannes Beeckman, captain Co. Albany County Militia, expedition against Canada, 1709; 7th in descent from Hendrick Van Nes, magistrate at Willemstadt. (Albany), and Colony of Rensselaerwyck, October 6, 1673, et seq .; 7th in descent from Samuel Lathrop, judge of the first local court of New London, Conn., May, 1649, et seq. ; 7th in descent from Philip Sherman, general recorder of Rhode Isl- and, 1647; 7th in descent from George Gardiner, a founder of Newport, 1st 8 mo .. 1638, commissioner to the court of elections (Legislature), 1640, 1662; 8th in descent from Alexander Lindsay Glen, magistrate at Fort Orange (Albany), 1654-60; 7th in descent from Jacob Glen, lieutenant of Captain Wendell's company Albany County Militia, 1685, et seq. ; 8th in descent from Pieter Winne, magistrate at Willemstadt (Al- bany), Colony of Rensselaerwyck, etc., 1674, et seq., town major of Militia at Albany, May 24, 1689, et seq., temp Revolution against James II; 8th in descent from Cornelis Hendricse Van Nes, magistrate at Albany and Schenectady, 1664-66; 8th in descent from Evert Janse Wendel, magistrate at Fort Orange (Albany) 1660-62: 8th in descent from Jacob Janse Schermerhorn, magistrate at Fort Orange (Albany), 1656, 1674-75; 8th in descent from Isaac De Forest, one of the Nine Men, New Amsterdam (New York), 1652; 8th in descent from Resolved Waldron, deputy schout fiscal at New Amster-
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dam, 1658, schout fiscal at Harlem, 1661, magistrate at Harlem, 1673; 8th in descent from Rev. John Lathrop, first minister of the parish at Scituate, Mass., 1634, et seq., and at Barnstable, Mass., 1644, et seq. ; 8th in descent from Hugh Caulkins, deputy to general court Connecticut for New London and Norwich, 1658-70; 9th in descent from Hendrick Kip, one of the Nine Men, New Amsterdam, 1647-52. See Year Book Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York. Mrs. Lawton is a mem- ber of the Saratoga Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mary Washington Memorial Society of Washington, D. C., the Society of Colonial Dames in the State of New York, the Huguenot Society of America, the National Society of New England Women, and the College Women's Club of New York; is president of the Bemis Heights Society, Children of the American Revolution, and a trustee of the Post Parliament Debating Club of New York; is a manager of the Home for Friendless Women and of St. Margaret's House at Albany and a manager of the New York Convalescent Home. Mrs. Lawton was born at Albany, and edu- cated at the Albany Female Academy, graduating in 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Lawton have one child, Daniel Lathrop Lawton, born December 28, 1886, at Albany, N. Y. The authorities used in deducing the pedigrees referred to above are as follows: For the Lawton and allied lines, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England; Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; 160 Allied Families by Austin ; the Vital Records of Rhode Island by Arnold; Peterson's History of Rhode Island; History of the Robinson, Hazard and Sweet families; Stone's Our French Allies; Colonial Records of Mass. Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony and of Rhode Island; Town Records of Dartmouth, Mass. ; Pearce's Colonial Civil List; Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War, 2d ed. ; will of James Easton, Middletown, R. I., Bk. 2, Probate Rec- ords, pp. 41-2; will Mary A. Lawton, Bk. 112, p. 252; will Anthony Lawton, Bk. wills 152, p. 35, surrogate's office, Troy, N. Y. ; Memoirs Wilkinson Family by Wil- kinson; Chad Brown Memorial Book of the Eddy Family; Arnold's History of R. I. For the Lathrop and allied lines, the Lathrop Memorial, Vol. 1, 2d series, Mass. Hist. Collections; Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of New England; The Gene- alogy of the Hyde Family; Austin's Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Tall- cot's Notes on New York and New England Families; Caulkins's History of New London and of Norwich ; the Colonial Records of Connecticut; Baker's History of Mont- ville; Munsell's History of Albany and Schenectady Counties ; Munsell's Collections on the Historyof Albany, Vol. 4; Genealogies First Settlers of Albany and Vols. 1, 2, 3; Pearson's Early Records of Albany county, etc. ; Early Documentary History of N. Y. ; Documents Relating to the History of N. Y .; O'Callaghan's Registry of the New Netherlands; O'Callaghan's History of Harlem ; Baird's Huguenot Emigrants to Amer- ica; Hotten's American Emigrants; Riker's History of Harlem; Weiss's History of Albany and of Troy and Lansingburgh; New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 8; Munsell's Annals of Albany: Munsell's American Ancestry, Vol. 1; Monuments and Grave Markers in Benjamin Wilson Monteith and Lathrop iots, Al. bany Rural Cemetery; O'Callaghan's History of the New Netherlands; Collections N. V. Gen. and Bio. Society; Marriages, Dutch church. New York, Vol. 1; Pear- son's First Settlers of Schenectady; Colonial History of N. Y., Vol. 1 .; Archives, will Abraham D. Fonda, Bk. wills No. 2, p. 443, surrogate's office, Albany; Deeds, Hendricke Fonda to Sarah Wilson, Maria Vandenberg to same, Bk. deeds 35, pp. 163-4, Albany Co. clerk's office; will Joseph Wilson, Bk. wills 10, p. 231, same surro-
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gate's office; will James A. Wilson, Bk. wills 21, p. 423, same surrogate's office ; will of Jane M. Wilson, Bk. wills 30, p. 206, same surrogate's office; will William Van Wie, Bk. wills No. 4, p. 471, same surrogate's office; will George Monteith, probated May 17, 1856, same surrogate's office; will of Dyer Lathrop, Bk. 15 wills, p. 306; will Jane A. Lathrop, Bk. wills 30, p. 124; will D. S. Lathrop, Bk. wills 30, p. 232, same surrogate's office; New York Civil List; N. Y. Hist. Man. English, 1664-1676.
White, George F., was born in New York city, August 17, 1814, and came to Saratoga Springs in 1826. Here he learned the printer's trade and made it his life occupation. He was foreman in the printing office of Gideon M. Davison for many years, and after the death of Mr. Davison continued as foreman of the office with his son, John M. Davison, until his death, at which time the office was closed. In 1836 Mr. White married Esther Ann Bailey, who died June 10, 1854, leaving three children: George Henry, William Kelly and Mary Frances. William Kelly White was a prominent lawyer of Davenport, Iowa. He married Nellie Barger of Penn- sylvania; they had one daughter, Mary, now the wife of Walter Palmer of Ottawa, III. William K. White died in 1892. Esther Ann Bailey was a daughter of Ethan Allen Bailey, a descendant of the Ethan Allen family. George Henry White is a lawyer in Grand Rapids, Mich., and Mary F. White is now the wife of J. S. Altman, of Davenport, Iowa. On July 28, 1856, George F. White married Margaret, daugh- ter of George and Elizabeth (House) Lighthall of Montgomery county. Mrs. White's great-grandfather fought in the Indian wars and was taken prisoner by the Indians and held for several years. George F. White is one of the oldest residents of Sara- toga Springs, where he has lived for seventy-two years, and his entire life has been characterized by honesty and the highest integrity. His genial mind and generous heart have won for him universal esteem, and the faithful discharge of his duties in business and private life led his fellow citizens to confer some honors on him and to extend others which were not accepted. He always took a lively interest in educa- tional and public affairs and was for many years elected and re-elected to the board of village trustees, besides serving on the board of education, of which he was pres- ident for a year. His parents were William K. and Susan (Shaw) White. Mr. White's father was born in Belfast, Ireland, and educated in Trinity College for the sea, and was captain of his own vessel at twenty-one years of age. He was in the war of 1812 and was bringing three prize vessels into Boston harbor when he was captured and taken to England, where he was held in Dartmouth prison for eighteen months. George F. White had three brothers and one sister. His twin-brother, William S. White, was a prominent tanner in New Jersey. He died in 1889. His brother, Isaac K. White, is a resident of California. His sister, Mrs. S. M. Albright, died at Washington, D.C., in January, 1890. His youngest brother, John K., died in New Jersey in 1851.
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