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Hayes, F. Mason, M. D., Buffalo, son of Pliny H. Hayes, M. D., and Cornelia Catherine Hall, his wife, was born in the village of Wyoming, N. Y., March 28, 1853. His education was obtained at the Elmira Academy, from which he was graduated with honor in the class of 1872. In 1875 he began the study of medicine at the Uni-
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versity of Buffalo, remaining one year and then entering the University Medical College of New York, from which he was graduated in 1877, obtaining the degree of M. D. After graduation he opened an office in Binghamton, N. Y., where he re- mained four years, and then removed to Lisle, Broome county, and thence to the State of Washington. At the expiration of six years he returned to Binghamton to engage in the special treatment of asthma and hay fever. In 1885 he came to Buf- falo and in company with his father, Dr. P. H. Hayes, and his brother, Dr. H. A. Hayes, established an institute for the treatment of asthma and hay fever, locating at 716 Main street. Great success has attended this institution and more than forty thousand cases have been treated since it was opened.
Daniels, Clayton, M., M. D., Buffalo, son of WestellS. and Laura A. (Randall) Dan- iels, was born in Panama, Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 2, 1854. His prelimi- nary education was obtained in the district schools of his native village and at the Jamestown Union School. Having determined to study medicine he entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, and was graduated in 1880, subse- quently taking a special course at Bellevue Hospital and the University of New York. He located in Buffalo and after practicing ten years went to Europe and studied in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna, and also visiting hospitals in other European cities for instruction. In 1890 he returned to Buffalo to specialize in sur- gery and gynaecology, which practice he still continues. Dr. Daniels was the first president of the Association of Erie Railroad Surgeons and in 1895 was made first vice-president of the American Academy of Railway Surgeons. He is chief surgeon of the entire Erie and W. N. Y. & P. Railroad systems and local surgeon for the New York, Chicago and St. Louis, the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh and the Buf- falo Creek Railroads. He is a member of the American Microscopical Association, the National Association of Railway Surgeons, the American Medical Association, the New York State Medical Association and the Erie County Medical Society. He is also chief surgeon to the Emergency Hospital and hospital surgeon to the Buffalo Hospital, Sisters of Charity. For several years he was professor of anatomy and clinical surgery at Niagara University. In April, 1875, he married Elva T. Ellis, daughter of Amos and Sarah M. Ellis of Clayton, Jefferson county, N. Y.
Hopkins, Horace G., M. D., Buffalo, is a member of one of the oldest families of Erie county, his grandfather, Timothy S. Hopkins, having settled here in 1799. The family are of old New England Puritan stock, descending from John Hopkins of England, who came to America in 1634, and settled in Cambridge, Mass. Hon. Timothy A. Hopkins, father of Dr. Horace G., was born in what is now the town of Amherst, February 5, 1806. He was very prominent in military and civil life and at different times was lieutenant-colonel in the State militia, justice of the peace, su- pervisor, sheriff of Erie county, and member of assembly. Horace G. Hopkins, M. D., son of Timothy A. and Hannah (Williams) Hopkins, was born in Williamsville, N. Y , October 3, 1843. He obtained his preliminary education in the public schools of his native village, and in the fall of 1862 enlisted as a private in the 27th New York Independent Battery. He was honorably discharged in 1865, holding the rank of second lieutenant. In 1869 he entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, and was graduated in 1872. He began practice in Clarence, N. Y., but after two years accepted a position as assistant physician in the Willard State Hospital,
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where he remained twenty years. In December, 1894, he removed to Buffalo, where he has since been engaged in successful practice. He is a member of the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, a thirty-second degree Mason, a life member of Rochester Consistory, Valley of the Genesee. In March, 1884, he married Mrs. Anne (May- cock) Smith, and they have one son, Horace Mark.
Crego, Floyd S., M. D., Buffalo, was born in Tompkins county, N. Y., February 24, 1856. He is a son of Russell Crego and Avaline Marsters, his wife, who de- scended from John Marsters, a Revolutionary hero who came to this country with the Marquis de Lafayette in 1776, served in the war and settled in New Haven, Conn. He is ninth of the line of Nathan Crego, the progenitor of most of the name in Amer- ica, who came from Holland in 1627, and settled in New Amsterdam (now New York). The family were prominent in the Indian wars and in the Revolution. Dr. Crego was educated at the Boy's Academy in Albany, subsequently taking a two years' course at the Chickering Classical School in Cincinnati. He was graduated from the Medical College of Ohio in 1879, receiving the degree of M. D. ; he also took special courses in nervous and mental diseases at the University of Heidelberg, spending three years in Europe in study. In 1881 he came to Buffalo and was appointed phy- sician to the Buffalo State Hospital; he resigned in 1885 to engage in private prac- tice, also taking charge of the Providence Retreat, of which he is still chief of staff. He has contributed articles to various medical journals, some of which have attracted much attention, notably those on epilepsy and nervous diseases, and was a member of the council of the section on nervous diseases of the medical congress held in Washington in 1887; is professor of insanity and diseases of the brain and instructor ยท in nervous diseases in the University of Buffalo, medical department. He is attend ing physician to the nervous department of the Erie County Hospital and secretary of the executive board of the medical staff, and a member of the Erie County Med- ical Society, the New York State Medical Society, the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, the Buffalo Medical Club, the Sons of the American Revolution, and the lodge of Ancient Landmarks, No. 441, F. & A. M., also of the Commandery and the Shrine. He has served for many years in various departments of the National Guard and at present is surgeon of the 4th Brigade with the rank of major. In May, 1885, he mar- ried Catharine W., daughter of Henry Childs of Buffalo, and they have three chil- dren; Floyd H., Richard C. and George S.
Rich, Francis Marion, M. D., Buffalo, was born in Dayton, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., January 17, 1847, a son of James M. and Matilda (Johnson) Rich. He attend- ed the district schools and later received an academic course at the Forestville Academy. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, afterwards taking up the study of medicine with Dr. C. C. Johnson of Gowanda, N. Y. February 15, 1872, he was graduated from the Eclectic Medical College of New York, and after prac- ticing twelve years in Cherry Creek, Chautauqua county, spent one year in Philadel- phia and New York studying in the colleges and hospitals. The winter of 1884-85 he spent in New York, graduating from the Bellevue Hospital in March, 1885. He then came to Buffalo and engaged in the practice of his profession. He is now lo- cated at 284 Richmond avenue and is enjoying an extensive practice. He is a mem- ber of the Erie County Medical Society and the Masonic fraternity. In 1872 he married Ella B. Johnson of Perrysburg, Cattaraugus county.
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Jones, William Albert, Buffalo, son of Albert and Mary A. (McDonald) Jones, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., April 2, 1873. His early education was obtained in the pub- lic schools. Upon the death of his father September 9, 1890, he became associated with the firm of Baker, Jones & Co., of which his father was until then a member. His father was a native of Bristol, England, and settled in Buffalo in 1850. His mother was born in Buffalo, where she has always resided, her family having been among the first settlers, her grandfather, William H. Best, moving to Buffalo with his family from Lycoming county, Penn., in 1809. Mr. Jones is a member of the Church of Our Fathers, Unitarian, Washington Lodge No. 240, F. & A. M., Buffalo Chapter No. 71, R. A. M., and Lake Erie Commandery No. 20, K. T. He is also a member of a number of social clubs, among which are the Acacia, Independent, etc.
Laughlin, John, Buffalo, was born of Irish parents on a farm in Newstead, Erie county, N. Y., March 14, 1856. In 1865 the family removed to Wilson, Niagara county, where he followed agricultural pursuits and attended the common schools until he was eighteen years of age. In 1874 he entered the Lockport High School, where he completed a four years' course of study, supporting himself and paying his way by working during vacations and spare hours. He also read law in Lockport with Hon. Richard Crowley, then the United States attorney for the Northern dis- trict of New York, and in December, 1880, went with Mr. Crowley, who was at that time congressman from the Niagara district, to Washington. Soon afterward he came with his preceptor to Buffalo, and in October, 1881, was admitted to the bar and became managing clerk for Crowley, Movius & Wilcox. Two years later he be- came a partner of Mr. Crowley under the name of Crowley & Laughlin. Afterward Mr. Crowley removed to New York and Mr. Laughlin formed a copartnership with Joseph E. Ewell, and a little later Wilber E. Houpt was admitted to the firm, which now bears the name of Laughlin, Ewell & Houpt. Mr. Laughlin has long had a large criminal practice in the State and United States courts, and is a strong advocate before juries. He was elected to the State Senate on the Republican ticket in 1887 and again in 1839, but was defeated in 1891. In the Senate he was chairman of the canal committee, a member of the judiciary committee, and prepared and introduced a revision of the police-excise laws and the school examiners' act for Buffalo, and was chiefly instrumental in securing the passage of the city charter in 1892. He was a delegate to the National Republican Convention of 1888. Mr. Laughlin is one of the ablest lawyers of Buffalo, especially in the trial of causes, and as a citizen is widely respected and esteemed.
Thompson, R. H., Buffalo, wholesale paper dealer, comprising book papers, cover papers, writing papers, linen, ledger and bond papers, cardboards and envelopes and all specialties in this line, was born in Buffalo, N. Y. He learned the trade of printer and bookbinder in the establishment of Sage Sons & Co., lithographers. He engaged in the paper business on the 29th of September, 1886, first on Hanover street and later, in January, 1887, moving to No. 48 Exchange street. The business grew rapidly until 1893, when he was compelled because of lack of space to move to larger quarters at 225 and 227 Washington street. The business has since grown steadily until he has been compelled to purchase a building of his own, comprising 184, 186, 188 and 190 Washington street, which he occupied in the spring of 1898.
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Curtiss, Brig .- Gen. James E., Buffalo, was born at Mohawk, Herkimer county, N. Y., October 1, 1840, was educated in the public schools and at Cazenovia Academy, and spent a few years as a clerk in a general store. At the age of twenty-one he enlisted in the 34th N. Y. Vols. and was honorably discharged in 1862, having been commissioned by the governor of New York to raise a company of the 152d N. Y. Vol. Inf., which was formed at Mohawk and mustered in October 14, 1862. He was commissioned captain of Co. C, was promoted to major February 4, 1863, and from December 24, 1863, to August, 1864, was acting assistant adjutant-general of his brigade. Later he was appointed brigade, division and corps inspector and in No- vember, 1864, became lieutenant-colonel and afterward colonel of his regiment. On recommendation of Generals Barlow, Hancock, Eagan and Smyth, he was brevetted brigadier general March 13, 1865, and was mustered out with that rank on July 13, following. General Curtiss participated in the battles of Suffolk, Va., and Mine Run, and then went with his regiment to New York to help suppress the draft riots. His regiment was the first to reach New York on that occasion. Returning to the army of the Potomac he was in the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Bloody Angle, Laurel Hill, Milford Station, Tolopotomy, Cold Harbor, siege of Petersburg, Deep Bottom, Reams Station and others, to Appomattox and the surrender of Lee, and was three times wounded. His war record is a very brilliant one. He declined a commission in the regular army and after the war settled in Little Falls, N. Y., where he was engaged in the clothing trade until 1877. He then removed to Canan- daigua and followed the same business until 1882, when he came to Buffalo and en- gaged in the manufacture of gloves and mitts and in jobbing furnishing goods on Exchange street till he was burned out in 1877. Since then he has been engaged in the real estate business at 122 Franklin street. General Curtiss was appointed a police comissioner in 1895 and still serves in that capacity. He is a director of the Columbia National Bank, past commander of Galpin Post No. 19, G. A. R., of Little Falls, and a member of the Buffalo, Ellicott and Otewega Clubs, the Society of the Army of the Potomac and the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. November 19, 1867, he married Fanny, daughter of Hon. H. M. Burch of Little Falls, N. Y., and they have two children: Frances S. and Horace B.
Fell, Abraham, Buffalo, was born October 10, 1832, in England. On May 6, 1846, he entered the railroad service as an office boy. Mr. Fell passed through every grade of the traffic department and reached the responsible position of western freight manager of the D., L. & W. R. R. On account of ill health he left the em- ploy of this road in April, 1897, having been in railroad service over fifty years. He is a member of Erie Lodge No. 161, F. & A. M.
McCarthy, James, Buffalo, son of Charles and Mary M. McCarthy, was born in Roch- ester, N. Y., March 18, 1844. When he was an infant his parents removed to Buffalo, where he was educated in the public schools. At the age of seventeen he enlisted in Co. F, 21st N. Y. Vols., which was the first regiment that left Western New York in 1861. He served his country bravely and faithfully until the second battle of Bull Run, August 29, 1862, where he was severely wounded in the abdomen and neck, and after spending several months in Armory Square Hospital at Washington, D. C., was honorably discharged. He returned to Buffalo but for eight years was un- able to work, owing to disability caused by his wounds. Upon partially regaining
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his health he found employment in the county clerk's office, where he remained about three years. He was then appointed a desk sergeant on the Buffalo Police force. He filled this position with credit for twenty-two years, at the end of which time he was honorably discharged. He then engaged in his present real estate and insur- ance business. Mr. McCarthy is a member of the G. A. R., the A. O. U. W., the B. P. M. A. B. A., and Erie Legion No. 1, Select Knights. He has been twice married, his present wife, whom he wedded in January, 1890, being Emma Telford, of Buffalo. He has four children: Mabel, Arthur (now studying medicine), Kate and James, jr.
Wilson, William F., Buffalo, was born January 11, 1845, in Chicago, Ill., where he received a public school education. For two years he was assistant bookkeeper in a wholesale drug house in his native city, and for a short time held a position with the C., B. & Q. Railroad. He was afterwards cashier of the Merchants Despatch Transportation Company for seven years, chief clerk of the Erie and North Shore Line in Chicago and Detroit for six years, an agent for other fast freight lines in St. Paul for thirteen years (1879-92). In 1892 he removed to Buffalo as general mana- ger of the West Shore Fast Freight Line, which position he now holds. Mr. Wilson was married May 21, 1872, to Ida A., daughter of J. S. Davis, of Rochester, N. Y., and they have three children: Ida M. (Mrs. M. J. Pike), of New York city, Frank D. and Roy O.
Matheson, George D., Buffalo, son of George and Margaret (Sutherland) Matheson, was born in the province of Ontario, Canada. He received his education in the dis- trict schools of his native town and was engaged as a farmer for a period of twenty- six years. In 1861 he engaged in the grain business in Shakespeare, Ont., and con- ducted a successful trade for three years, when he sold out and went to Nashville, Tenn., to enter a Methodist publishing house, where he remained three years. He then returned to engage in the business of transporting stock from Canada to the live stock market at East Buffalo. After ten years' experience in this business he started a live stock commission house at the East Buffalo stock yards, which he still continues. Mr. Matheson is one of the best known men in the business, having been established over thirty years, during which time he has built up an extensive trade and has handled millions of dollars worth of stock. He is a member of King Solo- mon Lodge No. 43, F. & A. M. In August, 1862, he married Joan Stewart of Shake- speare, Ont., and they had four children: Robert S., George W. (deceased), Duncan S. (deceased) and Georgia.
Schnoor, Charles M., Buffalo, son of Alois and Kate (Martin) Schnoor, was born in Orangeport, Niagara county, December 16, 1867. He received his education in the district schools of his native town and at the Union school in Lockport, from which he was graduated in 1883. His first business experience was as a grocery clerk, in which capacity he remained five years. He then removed to Buffalo and was vari- ously employed until 1890, when he embarked in the coal, wood and ice business at 262 Jefferson street, where he has been very successful. He is a member of the I. O. R. M. Mr. Schnoor was united in marriage in December, 1896, to Lottie, daugh- ter of Theodore Oliver, of Buffalo.
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Charlton, John, Buffalo, is a native of Ireland and came to this country in 1881, settling in Buffalo shortly after his arrival. He is a member of the firm of Charlton Brothers, composed of John and James Charlton. This firm operates one of the leading liveries in the city. The stables are located at Nos. 379-381 Ellicott street and at Nos. 61-63 East Huron street and are substantially constructed and well ven- tilated. Mr. Charlton is public spirited and has always taken an active interest in public enterprises. He is a member of Omega Lodge No. 259, I. O. O. F. In May, 1886, he married Eleanor Milligan of Buffalo.
Tutton, Charles H., Buffalo, was born in Tunkhannock, Pa., May 10, 1851, and when eleven years of age entered a country newspaper printing office, where he re- mained until he was fifteen years of age. In March, 1867, he entered the service of the Lehigh Valley Railroad as an engineer, and from 1869 to 1872 attended the Rens- selaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, N. Y. Between 1871 and 1873 he located and built the Montrose Railway in Pennsylvania and also worked on railroads in New Jersey, and from 1874 to 1877 was engaged in mining and general engineering with I. A. Stearns at Wilkesbarre, Pa. In 1878 he was employed in bridge engineering at South Bend, Ind., and in 1879 returned to Wilkesbarre, where he was engaged in bridge engineering and mining until 1882, when he came to Buffalo, where he has since resided. Mr. Tutton was connected with the Lehigh Valley Railroad from 1882 to 1888, building and designing all the Tifft farm improvements, canals, coal trestles, and the shore protection along Lake Erie on the Hamburg turnpike. He also built their coal trestles in Chicago. From 1889 to 1892 he was engaged on gen- eral work for contractors, who, during this time, built a number of trestles on the Adirondack and St. Lawrence Railroad, the Lehigh Valley coal trestle at Cheekto- waga (the largest in the world), the new Buffalo city reservoir, etc. Since 1893 he been connected with the Bureau of Engineering (Department of Public Works). In this capacity he had charge of the erection of the steel liberty pole on the Terrace, city dredging operations, Buffalo River improvements, designing and construction of the sewer system of South Buffalo, the erection of the bridge over Cazenovia Creek near the Cazenovia Park, etc. He has been a member of the Western So- ciety of Engineers of Chicago since 1877, and of the Engineers' Society of Western New York since its inception. In 1889 he was a candidate for city engineer, but was defeated by George E. Mann. In 1882 he married Fannie C. Draper at Tama- qua, Pa., and they have three daughters and one son.
Mohring, John, Buffalo, was born on Cedar street in the old Fifth ward of Buffalo, July 20, 1864. His parents, John and Minnie Mohring, natives of Germany, came to America when sixteen and fourteen respectively and became acquainted and were married in Buffalo. John, sr., was for several years an employee of the street rail- road and later a watchman and at one time was engaged in the coal business with his brother. John Mohring, jr., attended public schools 31 and 32, and learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed until 1888, when he engaged in contracting and building. In 1894 he engaged in the liquor business at the corner of William and Jefferson streets, where he has since continued. He has always taken an active in- terest in politics as a Democrat; in 1895 and 1896 he was defeated for assemblyman by twenty-eight and ninety-two votes respectively, and in 1897 was elected by a
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plurality of 1,409. He is a member of Delta Lodge No. 597, I. O. O. F., which he represented in the Grand Lodge in 1893, and was one of the organizers of East Side Odd Fellows Temple in 1894 and a member of its building committee. He is also a member of Buffalo Lodge No. 315, K. P., Buffalo Division No. 6, uniformed rank, K. P., Lake Erie Encampment, I. O. O. F. and Genesee Tribe No. 151, I. O. R. M., and a delegate to the State Democratic convention at Utica in 1895. In 1898 he was appointed on two of the most important committees in the Assembly, the canal com- mittee and also on that of trades and manufactures. He is a married man and has one daughter.
Hagan, John, Buffalo, one of six sons and four daughters of Peter and Mary (Mc- Murray) Hagan, was born in county Leitrim, Ireland, in August, 1854. His mother and maternal grandmother are both living in Ireland, the former at the age of sixty- seven and the latter aged ninety six. His father, a well known cattle dealer, gave his sons a good education and died in 1883, aged sixty-three; three of the sons reside in Ireland, following their father's business, while the other three are in America. John Hagan came to this country in 1871, settled in Buffalo, and for eight years was employed in an iron rolling mill. He then opened a hotel at 477 Elk street, which he has since conducted. He is also a dealer in real estate, owns a fine farm in Ham- burg and is treasurer and a director of the International Brewing Company and a stockholder in the Erie Fire Insurance Company of Buffalo, N. Y. He has always been a staunch Democrat, an active worker for his party's welfare, and successful in all he undertook. Though often urged to accept public office he firmly declined un- til 1897, when he was nominated for councilman. He has often been a delegate to city, county, and assembly conventions, and in 1882 was a delegate to the Land League Convention at Philadelphia. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and the Select Knights and a public spirited citizen. In August, 1881, he married Eliza, daughter of James and Ann (Conway) Quinn of Buffalo, and they have two sons and two daughters.
Miller, Anson R., Buffalo, son of William R. and Jane (Rundle) Miller, was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, August 25, 1854. He completed his education in the district schools of his native town and soon after removed to Titusville, Pa., where he conducted a retail grocery business for a period of twenty years. In July, 1894, he removed to Buffalo and assumed the management of the White Cap Baking Powder Company. The business has since grown to be one of the largest and most successful enterprises in Western New York. Mr. Miller is a member of the Rich- mond Avenue Methodist Church, and also of Macedonian Tent No. 85, K. O. T. M. In January, 1883, he married Lizzie, daughter of George Thompson, of Titusville, Pa. They have two children: Mabel A., born December 17, 1883, and Wallace T., born May 14, 1889.
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