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Irr, Eugene, Buffalo, was born in Alsace, France, in 1843. He received an excel- lent education and ranks to day as one of the cultured men of Buffalo. He came to America in 1869, remained a short time with his uncle in Williamsville, Erie county, and then engaged in business in Buffalo with Uebelhoer & Schreiner, lumber deal- ers, and later with George Zimmerman in the same line. He was engaged as a teacher for some time, giving private lessons in French in Hamburg, Alden, and Williamsville. In 1880 he entered the employ of F. X. Kaltenbach, acting in the capacity of a collector. He was also connected with George Rochevot and Gerhard Lang, and then became a stockholder and manager of the Gambrinus Brewing Com- pany. He is now connected with the Iroquois Brewing Company. Mr. Irr possesses talents of a high order, and is held in high esteem in business circles. He is a meni- ber of the C. M. B. A. and the C. B. F. In November, 1865, he married Louise Lang, of Alsace, France. They have four children: Desiré A., Gilbert M., Julia, and Eugene J.
Cool & Bridgeman, Buffalo .- Christopher Cool, son of Powell and Lydia (Carlisle) Cool, was born in Miami county, Ind., October 9, 1842. He attended the district schools and was engaged in farming until 1891, when he removed to Buffalo. He entered the employ of J. M. Halleck as a bookkeeper and later filled the same posi- tion for Crandall & Co., horse dealers at the East Buffalo stock yards. In 1895 he formed a copartnership with Lafayette Bridgeman for the conduct of a boarding and feed business, which they still continue. In March 1868, he married Sarah A. Murden, of Miami county, Ind. They have one son, Ulysses M. Mr. Cool is a mem . ber of Buffalo Council, No. 66, Royal Arcanum. Lafayette Bridgeman, junior mem- ber of the firm, is a native of Elma, Erie county. He was born December 14, 1852, received his education in the district schools, and was engaged in farming until 1879, when he came to Buffalo. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. and of Cazenovia Lodge No. 341, I. O. O. F. In February, 1874, he married Mary J. Dunham, of Elma. The firm of Cool & Bridgeman is doing a large boarding stable business on Michigan street. The business was established in 1890 by Eldridge & Chillcot, who were succeeded by the present firm in 1895.
Gardiner, Harry C., Buffalo, was born in the town of Angelica, Allegany county,
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N. Y., June 9, 1862. His parents were Daniel D. and Julia L. (Porter) Gardiner ; the former was for thirty-nine years treasurer of the county of Allegany, dying in February, 1893. Mr. Gardiner was educated in the district schools and at the Roch- ester Business University, from which he was graduated in 1882. After leaving school he was employed for several months by H. H. Warner & Co., as a traveling salesman, later was connected with a wholesale furniture house, and for two years was inspector of construction for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. In the spring of 1892 he entered the service of Cockburn Brothers, concrete contractors, of Buffalo, and two years later became a partner in the business. In November, 1890, Mr. Gardiner married Cora M. Bronner, of Buffalo, and they have one son, Daniel D.
Stark, William A., Buffalo, is of German descent, his parents having come to this country from Germany in 1860, settling in Buffalo, where he was born, June 15, 1867. He obtained his education in the public and high schools and at an early age began business. In 1888 he established himself in the awning business at 205 Main street, which he continued until 1895, when he formed a copartnership with William F. Keyser, under the firm name of the Stark Awning Company, locating at 873 Main street, where they now conduct a large manufactory for the production of canvas goods of every description. Mr. Stark is a member of Harmonie Lodge No. 699, F. & A. M., and the Knights of Pythias. June 25, 1891, he married Christina Kroen- berg of Buffalo; they have one daughter, Charlotte.
Pease, Francis Stebens, Buffalo, founder of the business now conducted by the F. S. Pease Oil Company, was born in Rochester, N. Y., December 22, 1822, and came to Buffalo in 1837. In 1838 he went east and took up the study of chemistry, re- maining until 1848, when he returned to Buffalo and engaged in a small way in the manufacture of lubricating oils, He gradually increased the business till it became the largest and most important of the kind in the city, and successfully continued it until his death, November 6. 1890. Since then his widow has managed it with the same energy and devotion. In 1862 a prize medal was awarded the Pease product at the London Exposition, and afterward similar prizes were won at Paris, Vienna, Santiago and Philadelphia. During the Centennial Exposition of 1876 he won special distinction, all the machinery, including about three miles of shafting and 20,000 journals and bearings, being run with his improved oils. In his youth Mr. Pease was a student of Professor Silliman of New Haven, Conn., who, at this ex- position, complimented him on his wonderful advancement, acknowledging that he had gone deeper into the study of these special products, and adding "I am now your pupil." Mr. Pease also won prominence as an inventor, originating among other appliances a raking platform for harvesting machines, a compound repeating and printing telegraph instrument, cast iron movable teeth for reapers and mowers, an aeolian attachment for the guitar, and a device for testing oil by electricity. He was a man of great energy, force of character and perseverance, and as a citizen was highly esteemed and respected. He was a member of Hiram Lodge No. 105, F. & A. M., the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, and the American Society for the Advancement of Science, a life member of the Buffalo Historical Society, and an original contributor to the Young Men's Christian Association. He was prom- inent in all movements for the advancement of science and art, opening over his
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store the first art gallery in Buffalo free for all students in art and taking special in- terest in the education of medical students, giving them the free use of his own valuable microscopical instruments and aiding them and others in securing outfits for microscopical study. He did more than any other one man in his day to ad- vance the interests of Buffalo and spread its natural advantages before the world. Prof. Charles Chandler of Columbia College invited him to make a collection of oils for that institution, and afterward he made similar collections for various universi- ties and museums in this country and abroad, including one for the National Museum at Washington. In 1845 he married Lucretia Goodale of Buffalo, and after her death he married, on May 7, 1885, A. de Etta Bloodgood of New York city, who successfully continues the business.
Clapp, Cassius M., Buffalo, son of John and Phœbe (Beal) Clapp, natives of New Castle, Me., and Eastern Massachusetts, respectively, was born in the town of Can- ton, Norfolk county, Mass., February 23, 1853. Mr. Clapp was educated in the pub- lic schools and at Stoughtonham Institute in his native State, and obtained his first business experience as a clerk in a country store, after which he became a clerk in the retail shoe business near Boston, later engaged in the wholesale boot and shoe trade in Boston. In December, 1873, Mr. Clapp engaged in the shoe business on his own account, locating in Marlboro, Mass., and afterward established stores in various cities in that State and New York, gaining a reputation which still wields a power in the shoe trade. Later he engaged in the manufacture of shoes at Brockton, Mass. In June, 1892, he came to Buffalo, incorporated the C. M. Clapp Co., and opened what was then considered one of the finest and handsomest shoe stores in the United States. if not in the world. In June, 1897, he withdrew from the firm and business to accept the management of the Buffalo office of the Depew Syndicate, which was incorporated for the purpose of aiding in the development and growth of Depew, which apparently is destined to become one of the foremost manufacturing cities and railroad centers in the country. Mr. Clapp's wide experience eminently fits him for this responsible position. In June, 1888, he married Mary B. Booth, of Binghamton, N. Y. She died in August, 1889, and in June, 1892, he married Ella G. Chamber lain, of Franklin, N. Y.
Loverin, Fred Harvey, Buffalo, son of Jonathan L. and Roxana E. (Todd) Loverin, was born in New London, N. H., October 18, 1865, and on both sides descends from old New England families. Two of his ancestors, Jonathan and Theophilus Loverin, served in the Revolutionary war, and another, Gilman Loverin, was in the war of 1812. Mr. Loverin removed with his parents in 1874 to Tilton, N. H., where he remained four and one-half years at the New Hampshire Conference Seminary, pur- suing special courses in science and mathematics. On leaving that institution he entered successively the employ of Daniel Page, of Tilton, and Giddings & Son, of Boston, both prominent contractors, and finally the office of Damon Brothers, of Haverhill, Mass., for the study of architecture, which he continued there for about three years. Later he spent some time with F. S. Newman, architect, of Spring- field, and in 1888 came to Buffalo and accepted a position in the office of Charles D. Swan. About four years afterward he opened an office for himself for the general practice of architecture, and on February 10, 1895, with Frederick A. Whelan, he
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formed the present firm of Loverin & Whelan. Mr. Loverin has already achieved promience as an able architect. Among the numerous buildings in which he has been interested as designer are the Parkside Baptist church; the residence and studio of E. F. Hall; the Lenox, Berkeley, La Salle, Valois, Algonquin, and Hudson apartment houses ; and fine dwellings and other structures. He is a member of the Delaware Avenue M. E. church, and for eight years has been actively identified with its Sunday school. He is also secretary of the Buffalo Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and vice-president of the Sanitory Club. November 7, 1893, he married Charlotte Louise Calef, of Lowell, Mass., and they have one son, Mait- land Calef Loverin, born December 1, 1894.
Luippold, Henry, Buffalo, son of John M. and Johanna (Trier) Luippold, is a native of Buffalo, born in the old Fifth ward, on March 12, 1872. He was educated in the public schools and in 1888 entered the employ of Fischer, Klaus & Luippold as a salesman. In 1895 he became a member of the same firm. Mr. Luippold has always been identified with the lumber and planing-mill business and has acquired a large experience. He is of German descent, his parents having immigrated from Germany in 1843, settling in Buffalo.
Sloan, Samuel M., Buffalo, son of Alexander and Nancy (Young) Sloan, natives of Ireland, was born in Buffalo, N. Y., December 30, 1858, and received a public and high school education. His father came on horseback from Louisville, Ky., to Buf- falo in 1835, when he was fifteen years of age, and has since been engaged in the grocery business. Mr. Sloan first entered his father's grocery store as an errand boy. In 1879 he engaged in the business for himself, and on January 1, 1893, formed a co- partnership with W. G. and J. E. Schadler; in 1895 he purchased the interest of W. G. Schadler and continued in trade under the firm name of S. M. Sloan & Co. until September, 1897, when he sold out to his father, Alexander Sloan and J. E. Schadler. Mr. Sloan is now engaged in the excursion boat business, being a stockholder in the steamers Puritan, Shrewsbury, aud Vision. He is treasurer of the Buffalo Harbor Tug Pilots Association, and is popular and highly respected in both social and com- mercial circles.
Selkirk, Henry B., Buffalo, secretary and treasurer of the Queen City Abstract Company, is the son of George H. Selkirk, the present secretary of the Board of Park Commissioners, and of Emily S. Peabody, his wife. His grandfather, John H. Sel- kirk, was an early and for many years a prominent architect of Buffalo, where his father, George H., was born in 1835. Mr. Selkirk was born in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan- uary 18, 1873, and had the advantages of a good education, graduating from the Buf- faly High School in the class of 1890. He then entered the employ of the Erie County Guarantied Search Company, with whom he remained until March, 1896, when he resigned to assist in the organization of the Queen City Abstract Company, of which he has since been the secretary and treasurer. Mr. Selkirk is a life member of the Buffalo Library, and a member of the Buffalo Orpheus and the Otewega Club.
Thiringer, Frank E., Buffalo, was born in the town of Wales, Erie county, Octo- ber 25, 1867, a son of George and Dora (Camerer) Thiringer, natives of Germany,
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who emigrated to America in 1847 and settled in Erie county. He was educated in the district schools of his native town, after which he removed to Buffalo and en- tered the grocery establishment of Thomas Connell. At the expiration of three years he became a partner in the business. This copartnership continued for two years, at which time he purchased Mr. Connell's interest and has since conducted the business alone. Mr. Thiringer conducts two stores: one at 98 Eagle street, and the other at 250 Eagle street, and in addition to the grocery business deals exten- sively in coal and wood. In November, 1894, he married Emma E., daughter of James Cliff, of Birmingham England. They have one son, Edward G.
Wilson, David M., D. D. S., Buffalo, son of Rev. James M. Wilson, M. D., and Amy Smith, his wife, was born in Baltimore, Md., October 20, 1868. At an early age he removed with his parents to Pennsylvania, where he received his elementary education. In 1887 he was graduated from the Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, and then began the study of dentistry in the office of Drs. E. A. Mayer & Son, of Owego, Tioga country, N. Y. He entered the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and was graduated in 1892. In May, of the same year, he removed to Buffalo and began the practice of his profession at 848 Niagara street, where he has since built up an extensive professional connection. He is a member of the Buffalo City Den- tal Association.
Winkler, Ferdinand M., Buffalo, was born in Stargard, Mecklenburg, Germany, January 31, 1848, a son of George and Sophia (Lackman) Winkler, who came to America in 1855, settling in Buffalo. He obtained his education in the public schools of Buffalo, and then removed to Milwaukee, Wis., where he entered the service of William Fischer, who was engaged in the crockery and earthenware business. Sub- sequently he learned the pattern and model making trade, at which he worked six years. In 1888 he returned to Buffalo and engaged in the crockery business on his own account, locating on Genesee street, where he now successfully conducts a large establishment. He is a member of the Jobbers of Crockery Association.
Ulrich, Louis J., Buffalo, son of Michael and Margaret (Weber) Ulrich, was born in Buffalo, October 6, 1844. After obtaining his education in the public schools, he served seven years at the machinist's trade with Edward Sniggs. He was then employed by John H. Knepper & Sons as a bookkeeper and collector for five years. After leaving this position he formed a copartnership with Joseph Max for the con- duct of a retail hat, shoe, and furnishing goods business, locating at 148-150 Genesee street, under the firm name of L. J. Ulrich & Co. Mr. Ulrich is a member of Mo- destia Lodge, No. 340, F. & A. M., Omega Lodge, No. 259, I. O. O. F., the I. O. O. I., and a number of social clubs. October 6, 1897, he married Emma, daughter of Louis Kranichfield, of Buffalo.
Heiser, William, Buffalo, is the son of Henry and Catherine (Hahn) Heiser, who came to Buffalo from Prussia, Germany, in 1834. Henry Heiser was for many years a member of the firm of Heiser Brothers, proprietors of a brewery on Seneca street, near Michigan. He finally moved with his family to a farm in West Seneca, where he died. William Heiser was born in Buffalo, N. Y., February 7, 1839, received a
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public school education, and learned the trade of machinist with Frank Collignon. He was afterward connected with the Shepard (now the King) Iron Works, having charge of the brass finishing shop for a short time. In 1865 he formed a copartner- ship with John A. Barth, as Barth & Heiser, and established his present machine shop, of which he has been sole owner since 1868. Since 1873 he has been located at 116 Clinton street, conducting a general machine and jobbing business. Mr. Heiser has a wide reputation for skill and ability, both as a machinist and business man, and as a citizen is highly respected and esteemed. He has long been a member of the A. O. U. W., is also a member of the Buffalo Saengerbund, and since about 1891 has been a trustee of the German Lutheran Orphan Home. In politics he is a Re- publican. In 1868 he married Margaret, daughter of Andrew Grass, of Buffalo, and their children are Albert G., George A., and Margaret H.
Maybach, Edward A., Buffalo, was born in Batavia, Genesee county, N. Y., Sep- tember 4, 1858. His parents, Henry and Wilhelmine (Geckler) Maybach, removed to Buffalo when he was quite young and he has since resided in that city. After he had finished his schooling and spent some time in the West he returned to Buffalo and formed a copartnership with James A. Jamieson for the conduct of a coffee roasting business. On Mr. Jamieson's death in 1892 Mrs. Jamieson succeeded to her husband's interest and the firm name still remains Jamieson & Maybach. Mr. May- bach is a gentleman of wide experience and has many friends. He is a member of Buffalo Lodge No. 37, I. O. O. F. In 1887 he married Mary E. Martin of Buffalo, and they have three children: Marion E., Edna M. and Martha C.
Reuling, Henry, Buffalo, was born in Baden, Germany, in September, 1840. At an early age he came to the United States, settling in Buffalo, where he has since resided. He was first employed as a ship carpenter, at which trade he continued for a number of years and then embarked in the lumber business, building a planing mill on Clinton street. He conducted the business until 1896, when he retired and his son John H. succeeded him. John H. Reuling, son of Henry and Anna (Teuber) Reuling, was born in Buffalo, April 2, 1867. He was educated in the public schools and soon after went into his father's business, continuing until 1896, when he suc- ceeded his father and formed a partnership with George A. Trier, under the firm name of Reuling & Trier. A lumber yard, planing mill and a general contract business is conducted by this firm, which gives employment to a force of men rang- ing from thirty to fifty at different seasons of the year. The establishment has long been in the front rank in the building and lumber circles of Buffalo.
Stollmeyer, William, Buffalo, son of Henry F. and Mary (Lehde) Stollmeyer, was born in Germany, April 26, 1843. When he was a boy of sixteen he emigrated to the United States, settling in New York city, where he remained for some time, and then went to Cuba, where he was stricken with yellow fever. On his recovery he went to San Francisco, Cal., and engaged in the hotel business, remaining three years, and then returned to New York, where conducted a hotel until 1866, when he removed to Buffalo and opened a hotel at 329-331 Ellicott street, which he still con- ducts successfully. Mr. Stollmeyer has all the qualifications of a good hotel pro- prietor and enjoys the confidence of his business associates. He served seven years
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in Hook and Ladder Co. No. 1, of the old volunteer fire department. In May, 1866, he married Laura Gentzech, of Buffalo, and they have had seven children, five of whom survive: Oscar, Emma, William, Laura and Bertha.
Zittle, George H., Buffalo, son of George and Anna (Ortel) Zittle, was born in Buf- falo in February, 1866. After attending the public schools and graduating in 1882, he accepted a position in the office of Amos Seifert, where he remained two years. He then entered the service of the lithographing department of the Courier Com- pany. In 1894 he became connected with the Buffalo Lithograph Company, and when that firm dissolved in 1897 he formed a copartnership with J. P. Frank for the conduct of a designing, engraving, and lithographing business, under the firm name of Frank & Zittle. Mr. Zittle was united in marriage to Miss Angeline La Bai, of Buffalo, in 1890, and they have one son, G. Raymond.
Peters, G. H., & Son, Buffalo .- This concern was established by the late G. H. Peters, sr., and his son, G. H. Peters, jr., in 1880. The firm has been in existence nearly twenty years, during which time it has maintained a reputation for honorable dealing and has prospered accordingly. The establishment occupies premises which are large and spacious and enjoys an excellent patronage. The late G. H. Peters, sr., was born in Germany, but resided in Buffalo from childhood. G. H. Peters, jr., was born in Buffalo March 15, 1854, and on the death of his father in April, 1896, succeeded to the business and has since conducted it under the old firm name. He is a member of the Buffalo Builders' Exchange.
Fogelsonger, Henry L., Buffalo, son of Wendell and Catherine (Reid) Fogelson- ger, was born in Williamsville, Erie county, December 3, 1850. His father was born and raised at Williamsville, and his mother was a native of Lancaster county, Pa. Mr. Fogelsonger has been connected with the stone business since boyhood, having entered the business of his father as soon as he had finished his education. In 1888, after the death of his father, he succeeded to the business with his brother, David R. Fogelsonger, the two brothers then entering into a partnership which still con- tinues. The limestone quarries at Williamsville are of great value and very pro- ductive. The firm gives employment, at different seasons, to a force of men ranging from 30 to 130. In April, 1873, Mr. Fogelsonger married Mary J., daughter of John Reist, of Buffalo, and they have one son, Richard R., born December 3, 1874. Mr. Fogelsonger is member of Parish Lodge No. 292, F. & A. M., and of the I. O. O. R. He takes charge of the lime department of the business, having an office and warehouse at 120-126 Broadway.
Meyer, Albert W., Buffalo, son of Caspar and Antonette (Hornum) Meyer, was born at Newark, N. J., February 17, 1846. When he was an infant his parents re- moved to Buffalo, where he has since resided. He attended the public schools and when the war broke out enlisted in the 12th N. Y. Cavalry, serving his country faithfully for two years, and ranking as a corporal when he was discharged. Upon resuming civil life he came to Buffalo and engaged in the butchering business, in which he continued for a number of years. In 1893 he was appointed a stock in- spector by the government, which position he still fills. Mr. Meyer is a member of the G. A. R. and C. M. B. A.
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· Fischer, George B., Buffalo, was born in Germany January 6, 1842, a son of John Philip and Elizabeth (Hengerer) Fischer. When he was twenty-three years of age he emigrated to America and settled in New York city, where he remained for three years, being engaged in the meat business. He then removed to Buffalo and engaged in the same business for a period of twenty-one years, after which he engaged in the sewing machine business, selling the product of the Domestic Sewing Machine Com- pany for a number of years, and then taking the Buffalo agency of the Standard Sewing Machine Company which he still retains. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and is well known throughout Erie county. In April, 1871, he married Margaret, daughter of Jacob Eppel, of Buffalo. Six children survive: Catherine (wife of Charles Regan), Emma M., William J., Edward J., Margaret E. and George B.
Marquis, Joseph L., Buffalo, son of Joseph P. and Florence (Chelivot) Marquis, was born in Alsace, France, October 26, 1874. He acquired a liberal education in various in- stitutions of learning in his native country and in Switzerland, and in 1888 emigrated to the United States, settling in Buffalo, N. Y., where he has since resided. In 1890 he became a draftsman in the architectural office of C. K. Potter & Son, where he remained for five years. In 1895 he engaged in the blue-print business on his own account, in which he has been very successful, being proprietor of the Buffalo Blue Print Company. Mr. Marquis is one of Buffalo's rising young business men of ability and enterprise.
Jaeger, William H., Buffalo, was born in Germany, March 31, 1842. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native country, and at the age of fourteen came to America and settled in Buffalo. He was compelled to earn his own living and after a short residence in Buffalo removed to Toledo, O., where he was employed as a waiter in a hotel for two years. He then returned to Buffalo and was appren- ticed to the cooper's trade, at which he worked six years. By hard work, industry and economy he saved a small amount of money and with this he established a restaurant on Genesee street, where he conducted a very successful business until 1895, when he removed to his present location. Mr. Jaeger started the first roof garden in Buffalo. He is a member of the Buffalo Orpheus, the A. O. U. W., the German Young Men's Association, and Concordia Lodge No. 143, F. & A. M. In December, 1864, he married Mary Raidart, a native of Germany; they have five children: William, Charles A., Ida, Rosa and Hugo H.
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