Our county and its people : a descriptive work on Erie County, New York, Volume II, Part 16

Author: White, Truman C
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Boston] : Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 684

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mained a little over a year. For the first five years his work was devoted to general practice. Seeing the steady drift towards specialism, after a protracted course of study in New York and Philadelphia, he limited his practice to genito urinary sur- gery, with office at 206 Franklin street. He is a charter member of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, member of the Erie County and Central New York State Associations, Physicians' Club, etc. For three years he served as surgeon to the Niagara University Dispensary. He has contributed several articles in relation to his special line of work, and also brought out two or three valuable instruments as aids in diagnosis.

Bigelow, Charles D., Buffalo, was born on a farm, December 4, 1850. He is the youngest son of Charles C. Bigelow, one of the pioneer settlers of Western New York. His early days were spent in hard work on the farm and in the winter he attended the country school. Later he attended school for a few terms at Griffith Institute, Springville, N. Y., working in cheese factories, at carpentering and other hard work during the summers, and during the winters teaching evening writing school in the country school houses. In the spring of 1870 he went on a lumber raft down the Alleghany and Ohio Rivers to Cincinnati, receiving forty dollars for the trip. In the winter of 1871 he went to Chicago and obtained employment in the home office of a fire insurance company ; from the position of office boy he worked his way up to the position of manager's correspondent, also having charge of the loss department dur- ing 1872, 1873, and 1874. He was also connected with the Allen Pinkerton Detective Agency at Chicago, Philadelphia and New York. In 1880 he opened a local insur- ance office in Gowanda, N. Y., and after four years of hard work succeeded in build- ing up a valuable business. In 1884 he accepted a position as special agent with the Travelers Insurance Company of Hartford, and it was while filling this position that he was engaged by one of the strongest of the Hartford Fire Insurance Companies, as its special agent, covering five States. In October, 1886, he settled in Buffalo, as independent adjuster of fire losses. May 21, 1879, he married Jennie V. Pool, daughter of Dr. E. C. Pool, of Springville, and his children are Bessie, born April 23, 1881, and died September 23, 1882; Bayard, born June 19, 1887; and Charles Chase, born February 20, 1891.

Hubbard, Albert E., M. D., Buffalo, son of Arthur and Margaret (Browse) Hub- bard, was born at Jerseyville, Ont., February 2, 1869. He removed to Millington, Ill., where he remained for three years and again removed to Fort Erie, Ont. In 1876 he came to Buffalo, where he received his early education. After leaving school he obtained employment in the drug store of George E. Sykes, where he re- mained for twelve years. While he was engaged in the drug business he began the study of medicine and was made a pharmacist in May, 1888. Dr. Hubbard is a member of the Erie County Pharmaceutical Association and received the degree of M. D. in May, 1894. Since May 3, 1894, he has been connected with the Buf- falo Eye and Ear Infirmary. As a practitioner Dr. Hubbard has been a grand suc- cess, and is a recognized authority on the subject of the eye and ear.

Bissell, Arthur D., Buffalo, was born in New London, Oneida county, N.Y., Jan- uary 10, 1844, and in 1852 removed to Buffalo with his parents, where he attended the public schools. He afterwards attended a boarding school at Clinton, N. Y., for

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three years and in 1863 entered Yale College, from which institution he was grad- uated in the class of '67. After graduating he returned to Buffalo and engaged in the transportation business on the Erie Canal, in which he was engaged for seventeen years. He was for four years collector of customs at the port of Buf- falo. In 1889 he was elected vice-president of the People's Bank, which position he still occupies, being one of the original stockholders and organizers of the bank.

Kirchgasser, John B., Buffalo, son of Christian and Katherine Kirchgasser, na- tives of Germany, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., January 15, 1853, and received a pub- lic school education. He was first apprenticed to the printer's trade on the Com- mercial Advertiser, where he remained three years. He then learned the trade of carpenter and builder, which he followed with great success for twenty-seven years, having the supervision of the construction of many important buildings in Buf- falo, notably the Buffalo Library, the Iroquois Hotel, the Hotel Broezel, and several fine dwellings, etc. On November 15, 1895, he was appointed assistant superin- tendent of the Bureau of Building of the city of Buffalo, which position he still holds.

Ward, Francis G., superintendent of the Water Bureau of the city of Buf- falo, was born at Jordan, N. Y., March 8, 1856. He received his preliminary educa- tion at the Rectory School in Hamden, Conn., and when still a lad was sent to France and placed in the Institution Cousin and Lycée Bonaparte, Paris, where he remained for four years, acquiring not only a scientific education, but a thorough knowledge of the French language. Returning to the United States he was ap- pointed in 1872 a cadet at the Annapolis Naval Academy. He remained there but a short time when he went again to Europe and spent a year in study. After his re- turn he entered the employ of the Laflin & Rand Powder Company, becoming their Buffalo representative in 1875. After two years' service in this business he re- signed to accept a position with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, and was with this company, serving in various capacities, for seven years, when he became assistant manager of the Harlem line. In 1885 he resigned this position to accept the superintendency of the Companie Universelle Canal Panama at Aspin- wall and elsewhere, in whose employ he remained for a period of four years. He then returned to Buffalo and in May, 1896, was appointed superintendent of the Bureau of Water.

Collins, John C., Buffalo, son of Andrew and Anna (Johnson) Collins, was born at Guilderland, Albany county, N. Y., November 15, 1858, and in 1876 removed to Buf- falo, where he attended the Buffalo High School, from which he was graduated in 1880. He then became a law student in the office of Judge Manly C. Green and Goodwin Brown, and finished his legal studies in the office of Lyman M. Baker, be- ing admitted to the bar in 1883. He has since been engaged in the active practice of his profession in Buffalo. November 20, 1893, he was appointed chief deputy col- lector of customs under Gen. Peter C. Doyle, and still holds that position. Mr. Col- lins was secretary of the Democratic County Committee in 1887 and 1888, and is a member of De Molay Lodge No. 498, F. & A. M., of Buffalo.

Daggett, Byron H., M. D., Buffalo, was born in Girard, Pa., January 27, 1842,

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being a son of Hiram Daggett and Patience Gilson, his wife. He was educated in the district schools, at Girard Academy, and at Allegheny College in Meadville, Pa., and in 1864 began the study of medicine with Dr. A. G. Ely, of Girard. He was graduated from the University of Buffalo, receiving the degree of M. D. in 1867, and since then has been in general practice in Buffalo. Dr. Daggett was appointed health officer in 1869 and reappointed in 1870, and afterward was police surgeon for six years, and has also served as U. S. pension surgeon. He is a member of the Erie County and New York State Medical Societies and the American Medical Associa- tion. He was surgeon to the Sisters' Charity, and Emergency Hospitals, and is now genito-urinary surgeon to the Erie County Hospital, and for several years has also been the local surgeon for the D., L. & W. Railroad. Latterly he has made a spe- cialty of genito-urinary surgery, upon which he has contributed numerous papers to medical journals and societies.

Hinkel, Frank Whitehill, M. D., Buffalo .- This popular and well known physician was born in Lexington, Ills., March 6, 1858. His parents soon returned to Pennsyl- vania, where he obtained his early education. He was graduated from Lafayette College in 1879, taking the degree of A. B. In 1882 he received the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsylvania and the following year removed to Buffalo and began the practice of his profession. He was elected to the professorship of Laryn- gology in the University of Buffalo in 1886. Dr. Hinkel is a member of the Saturn, the University and the Liberal Clubs of Buffalo, and also of the American Laryn- gological Association, and the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otolog- ical Society.

Taylor, William G., M. D., Buffalo, was born at Cambria, Niagara county, N. Y., May 22. 1868. He received his early education at Lockport, N. Y., and afterward attended the University of North Dakota, taking a three years' course. He spent several years in the West teaching school, and in 1889 returned east and settled in Buffalo, where he began the study of medicine at Niagara University and was graduated in 1893. He immediately began the practice of his profession and the following year was appointed house physician and later clinical assistant in gynae- cology, in the Woman's Hospital. Dr. Taylor at present holds a position in Niag- ara University as instructor in obstetrics and is also physician to the Woman's Dis- pensary. He is a member of the Erie County Medical Society and of the Academy of Medicine.

Crockett, Montgomery Adams, M. D., Buffalo, was born in Boston, Mass., March 24, 1860. His education was begun in the public schools of Medford, Mass., and continued in the Boston Latin School, where he prepared for college. Graduating from this institution in 1878, he entered Harvard and was graduated in 1882, with the degree of A. B., cum laude, with honorable mention in natural history. He en- tered Harvard Medical School in the fall of 1882, remaining two years, and from Harvard he entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, graduating in 1885, when he received an appointment on the house staff of Bellevue Hospital, serving over two years. In 1887 he went abroad to continue his studies in Vienna, and the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin; returning he practiced in Washington, D. C., for a year, and in 1889 came to Buffalo. In the fall of 1890 he associated himself with

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Dr. Mann, of Buffalo, which connection has been maintained up to the present time. Dr. Crockett is assistant gynecologist at the Buffalo General Hospital, attending . gynecologist at Erie County Hospital and Riverside Hospital, and clinical lecturer in Gynecology in the medical department of the University of Buffalo. Dr. Crockett is a recognized authority in his line and has already achieved a wide reputa- tion as a specialist. He is a member of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, Buffalo Medical Club and Erie County Medical Society.

Rich, Francis M., M. D., Buffalo, was born in Dayton, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., January 17, 1845, a son of James M. and Matilda (Johnson) Rich. He attended the district schools and later received an academic course at Forestville Academy. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, which he followed but a short time when he took up the study of medicine with Dr. C. C. Johnson of Gowanda. February 15, 1872, he was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of New York, and after practicing twelve years in Chautauqua county, spent one year in Philadel- phia and New York as a student in the colleges and hospitals. On March 9, 1885, he was graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York. He then came to Buffalo where he settled down to the practice of his profession and where he has resided ever since, having built up a large and lucrative practice. He is pleas- antly located at No. 284 Richmond avenue, where he erected a fine residence. He is a member of the Erie County Medical Society and of the Masonic fraternity. In 1872 he married Ellen B. Johnson of Perrysburg, Cattaraugus county, N. Y.

Irlbacker, John, Buffalo, was born in Germany, December 29, 1831. He attended the public schools in Germany until he was thirteen years of age, when his parents came to America, settling in Buffalo. He then served an apprenticeship of four years in the brass and bell foundry and all kinds of machinery of Adam Good, after- ward becoming foreman in the establishment, where he remained for six years. In March, 1855, he began business on his own account and has since that time been en- gaged in the plumbing and steam and gas fitting business.

Perrine, Henry E., Buffalo, is a member of one of the oldest and most respectable families in Western New York. His father, Dr. Henry Perrine, settled in New York almost a century ago. Henry E. Perrine was born in the town of Sodus, Wayne county, N. Y., March 20, 1827, and was educated in the public schools of Palmyra, N. Y. In 1838 his parents removed to the South, settling on a small island off the south coast of Florida, known as Indian Key. It was at this place that his father was killed by the Indians; himself (a boy of thirteen), his mother and two sisters escaped massacre by concealing themselves in a pier extending into the ocean, the lower part of which they used for placing sea turtles, until such time as they had occasion to use them. They remained in this retreat for nine hours, when they escaped from under the burning building and taking a boat which the Indians had partly loaded with plunder, pushed off from the shore and succeeded in reaching a vessel in the offing. Mr. Perrine has in his possession a picture of the house and pier as they actually were, prior to the attack by the Indians, which is regarded by the family as an invaluable heirloom. In 1840 they returned to Palmyra, N. Y., and he began the study of law in the office of Strong & Pariner, completing his legal studies, however, in the office of Bennett & Germain of Buffalo, and was admitted to

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the bar in 1848. After his admission to the bar he went to California, where he re- mained for eight years. Returning to Buffalo in 1858 he became engaged with D. R. Morse in the ship chandlery business. Mr. Perrine has been for the last thirteen years secretary of the Buffalo City Cemetery. He has been twice married, first, to Cornelia S. Hall, of Byron, N. Y., March 2, 1855, and to his present wife, Mrs. Oscar Folsom, May 20, 1889, the mother of Mrs. President Cleveland.

Northrup, Lewis G., Buffalo, son of Edward P. and Frances A. (Ruggles) Northrup was born in Centervillage, Broome county, N. Y., May 26, 1865. After obtaining a liberal education from the public schools and High School of his native town, he re- moved to Buffalo and accepted a position with the Grand Trunk Railroad as clerk in the city ticket office. After two years' service with this company he accepted a posi- tion with the N. Y. C. & H. R. Railroad in the freight department, remaining for one year. At the end of this time he was appointed freight solicitor for the C. & N. W. Railroad, serving for some time, when he was appointed traveling freight agent for the same company, which position he held for seven years. In May, 1894, he en- gaged in the real estate and insurance business, representing the Merchants' Insur- ance Company of Newark, N. J., in which business he is now engaged.

Ellis, Bruce, Buffalo, was born in Brant county, Ontario, Canada, in February, 1852, and was educated in the public schools of Ontario. His first business experi- ence was with the Great Western Railway, as freight agent at Hensall, Ont., retain- ing that position for nine years, when he resigned and removed to the West, where he engaged in the stock business, and remained for two years, At the end of this time he removed to Ainsworth, Ind., where he was appointed freight agent for the Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway, and was removed after two years to Granger, Ind., and acted as agent for the C. W. & M. Railroad for two years, At the end of this service a position was offered him, which he accepted, with the Canada & St. Louis, at Goshen, Ind., where he remained for a short time, when he was called to Battle Creek, Mich., to take charge of the auditor's department, remaining with that road until it went into the hands of the L. S. & M. S., when he resigned and accepted a position with the Michigan Central as freight agent at Grand Rapids, Mich. He re- mained there for a short time and was appointed agent at Suspension Bridge, N. Y. In 1891 he removed to Buffalo to take charge of the Buffalo freight office and has since then resided in that city. Mr. Ellis was married November 11, 1883, to Marie E. Edmonds of Hamilton, Ont.

Webster, Edward H., Buffalo, was born in that city, February 13, 1852, and is a son of Ellis and Charlotte W. Webster. He was educated in the schools of his native city. His first business experience was in the employ of his father, in the coal busi- ness. In 1873 he was taken into the firm and it became E. Webster & Son. He was married in November, 1879, to Mary E. Griffith, of Lyons, N. Y., and they now have two sons, Frank G. and Harold E., and one daughter, Charlotte Edith. In 1891 the business was incorporated under the title of E. Webster, Son & Co., and now carries on a large wholesale and retail ice and coal business, with their principal office at 201 Ellicott Square; they employ a large number of men at their different plants, in and out of the city.

Newman, William C., Buffalo, son of Edmond and Lucinda (Farnham) Newman,

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was born at Pompey Center, Onondaga county, N. Y., and received his education from the public schools and Madison University at Hamilton, N. Y. In 1856 he re- moved to Buffalo and engaged in the cement and flour business with his father, re- maining in that business until the death of his father in 1891, when, in company with Henry L. Newman, they bought the business and have since that time been engaged in the flour and cement business. Their cement and flour mills are at Akron, N. Y.

Crate, James, Buffalo, was born in Detroit, Mich., June 3, 1836, and when three years of age removed to Buffalo with his parents, where he has since lived. In 1865 the firm of Taylor & Crate was organized, which is to-day one of the leading lumber firms of the city. Mr. Crate was married March 9, 1897, to Miss Ella F. Pryor of Buffalo.

Hussey, Elisha P., M. D., Buffalo, was born in Sidney, Me., December 19, 1846. When he was quite young his parents removed to Beverly, Mass., where he re- ceived his schooling. In 1871 he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. James B. Bell of Augusta, Me. He attended the New York Homoeopathic Medical College in 1871 and 1872, and graduated from the Boston University School of Med- icine in 1876. After practicing five years in Canastota, N. Y., he removed to Buf- falo in 1881, where he has since resided. Dr. Hussey is president of the Erie County Homoeopathic Medical Society, and is a member of several other medical societies, of two of which he has been president.

Koons. Edward L., Buffalo, son of Jacob H. aud Elizabeth (Dellenbaugh) Koons, was born in Buffalo, N.Y., October 1, 1861. After obtaining his education from the public and high schools of his native city he engaged in the abstract and title searching business in company with his brother Henry, under the firm name of Henry & Edward L. Koons. In 1891 the Erie County Guaranteed Search Company was organized and he became secretary and treasurer, which position he still occu- pies. He has always taken a prominent part in the political and public affairs of his city, always working for improvements in municipal government. He is a member of the Ellicott Club, Buffalo Library Association, Orpheus and Liedertafel Singing Societies and the German Young Men's Association, and a director of the Buffalo Commercial Insurance Company. He was married, May 12, 1886, to Miss Anna C. Hengerer, daughter of William Hengerer of Buffalo.

Avery, Charles Hedding, Buffalo, is a lineal descendant of Christopher Avery, who came to America from England in 1631 and settled in Gloucester, Mass. His great- grandfather, Abraham Avery, served in the Revolutionary war as a corporal in the com- pany commanded by Nathan Hale, Washington's martyr spy, and was afterwards taken prisoner by the British and confined on a prison ship. Subsequently he settled upon a farm in Chenango county, N. Y. Charles Hedding Avery was born in Monroe, Mich., February 15, 1852. He was educated in the public and high schools of Mon- roe, and Cornell University. After leaving the university he removed to Buf- falo and began the study of law in the office of Hon. L. L. Lewis, who was subse- quently justice of the Supreme Court of New York, and in 1877 was admitted to the bar. In 1878 he married Miss Ada Boys, at Ithaca, N. Y. In politics Mr. Avery is a Republican. For several years he held the office of deputy county clerk of Erie 4

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county, and proved a very efficient and popular official. He is quite prominent in the Masonic and other fraternities, being a past master of De Molay Lodge No. 498, F. & A. M., and having held various offices in other Masonic bodies. For two years he was grand regent of the Royal Arcanum, a fraternal beneficiary organiza- tion, and was a member of the Supreme Council of that order.

Callahan, T. H., M. D., Buffalo, is treasurer of the World's Dispensary Medical Association, an institution of great prominence and influence in the city of Buf- falo. He is a native of Salem, O. After passing through the public schools of that place he read medicine for four years and then entered the Eclectic Medical College of Philadelphia and was graduated in 1862. In 1870 he located in Buffalo. Dr. Callahan is particularly and eminently fitted for the responsible position he holds, his tastes, education and training being along the special lines of the institution. The doctor's diplomas are recorded and registered in the clerk's office of the county of Erie and in the Regents' department of the State of New York.

Bentz, Henry G .. M. D., Ph. G., Buffalo, was born in that city, September 2, 1865, and was educated in the public schools and the University of Buffalo. In 1886 he began the study of medicine and pharmacy and was graduated with high honors in both departments-the degree of M. D. being conferred on him February 28, 1888, and the degree of Ph. G. on March 26, 1889, from the medical and pharmaceutical departments of the University of Buffalo. Dr. Bentz has been for the last six years one of the city physicians. He is a member of the Erie County Medical Society, the Buffalo Academy of Medicine and of the Central New York Medical Association. He is medical examiner and also member of the following insurance companies: The Royal Arcanum, Improved Order of Heptasophs, the Bavarian Ludwig's Benevolent Association, the Loyal Additional Benefit Association, the National Benevolent Legion, the Odd Fellows' Mutual Aid and Accident Association of Piqua, O., the Order of United Friends, the Typographia Union No. 5, the Foresters of America: and is also a member of the following orders and societies: Queen City Lodge F. & A. M., Buffalo Consistory F. & A. M., Ismailia Temple Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lake Erie Encampment of Odd Fellows, Ragan Lodge Knights of Pythias, and the Genesee Tribe of Red Men; he belongs to the Medical and Pharmaceutical Alumni Association of the University of Buffalo, and is also a member of the Greek Letter societies of that institution, viz .: Alpha Omega Delta and Beta Phi Sigma. He is attending obstetrician to the Buffalo German Deaconess' Hospital, and attending surgeon to the German Hospital Dispensary of Buffalo. July 26, 1888, he married Louise A. Reiser of Buffalo; they have two sons and one daughter living.

Walbridge, Charles E., Buffalo, was born in that city, July 24, 1841. Shortly after the death of his father, the late George B. Walbridge, a well known merchant of Buffalo, he left school and entered the employ of Pratt & Co., who were at that time the most extensive hardware dealers in the city. He remained with them until Sep- tember, 1861, when he enlisted in the 100th Regiment, New York Vols., and was made second lieutenant of Co. H. He served with this regiment until 1864, being promoted to first lieutenant in July, 1862, and captain in January, 1863. In Febru- ary, 1864, he was commissioned by the president as captain and assistant quarter-

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master of volunteers. In February, 1865, he was brevetted major, and shortly after was appointed chief quartermaster of the Tenth Army Corps, with the rank of lieu- tenant colonel. In 1866 he returned to Buffalo and re-entered the service of his former employers, remaining until 1869, when he engaged in business for himself. In 1884 the present firm of Walbridge & Co. was formed and is to-day one of the largest hardware establishments in Buffalo.

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Our county and its people : a descriptive work on Erie County, New York, Volume II, Part 16

Author: White, Truman C Publication date: 1898 Publisher: [Boston] : Boston History Co. Number of Pages: 684

Author: White, Truman C
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Boston] : Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 684