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March 10, 1860, our subject was married to Miss Betsy Cohan, of New York City, a daughter of Abraham Cohan, a prominent merchant of that city. They are the parents of three children, of whom Gilbert B. and Arthur A. are in business in Denver, and Edwin D. is with his father in this village. Gilbert has large real-estate inter- ests in Colorado, where he is regarded as a rising young man. All of the sons are single.
For generations the various members of this family have been engaged in mercantile pursuits, but none has attained the large success that has been won by the subject of this sketch, who has not only proved himself an able business man, but has made himself a highly prized and hon- ored citizen as well. He commands the respect and esteem of all who know him. For many years he has been Treasurer of the local lodge of Odd Fellows, but has had to resign on account of pressing business. He maintains an active membership, however, in that order.
RTHUR W. WHITE. This is the well known name of an equally well known bus- iness man of Amityville, who has the most extensive undertaking and embalming business in the town. Mr. White is a native of Smith-
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ville, in south Long Island, and was born Au- gust 1, 1868, being a son of Francis A. and Ida ( Rhodes) White.
Our subject's parents made their home in Brook- lyn from the time he was six months of age until abont four years old, and then moved to Harlem, where his school life began. As a boy he was sent to the One Hundred and Fifteenth Street School in the city of Harlem until he reached the age of thirteen, when his family removed to Amityville. It is greatly to his credit that while still a mere boy he showed his appreciation of educational advantages by making a distinct ef- fort in his own behalf. He was a pupil in the excellent private school of Mrs. Cooper at Brook- lyn, and paid his own way while there by doing the janitor's work.
After completing his education, Mr. White be- gan to work at his present occupation, his uncle being his instructor. His father had been en- gaged in the same occupation for years and until the war, when he enlisted in Company C, Thirty- second New York Infantry. He first served two years, and then veteranized. In one of the later engagements he was wounded by a piece of a bursting shell. He also experienced the horrors of life in Libby Prison, although his stay there lasted only two weeks, when he accomplished liis escape by bribing one of the guards with the sum of $150. He fought under General Han- cock, and served his full four years, during which time he had two honorable discharges. A short time after the Civil War he was married, and Arthur W. was the first child that came to glad- den the liome.
Our subject's paternal grandfather, John J. White, was a native of Virginia, but moved thence to New York City when his son was two years old, and became one of the early settlers on Man- hattan Island. He was an ardent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a local preacher, but his business was the same as that of his son . and his grandson. Twice married, by each union he had three sons and three dangliters. One son of the first marriage took up his business, and all the sons of the second marriage followed in their father's footsteps; also the daughters all married
undertakers, while the two children of our sub- ject's father both engage in the same business.
The business name of White is an old one in Amityville, it having been first established by our subject's uncle, who was later bought out by his brother, our subject's father. It was this un- cle under whom Arthur White worked until the death of the former, which occurred January 28, 1895, as the result of an accident in which he was struck by a trolley car in Brooklyn. Prior to this, in 1893, Arthur White had bought out his fa- ther's business.
July 28, 1889, Mr. White married Jennie E. Heartt, of Amityville, a native of this town and a daughter of Jason and Mary ( Ketcham) Heartt. In his political leanings Mr. White is a Democrat, as was his father. The last-named gentleman was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Amityville Knights of Protection. Our subject is Warden of the Royal Arcanum, a Prelate of the Knights of Pythias, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Protection, and the Jun- ior Order of United American Mechanics, of which he is Financial Secretary.
VELYN JACKSON, who for eight years oc- cupied the responsible position of Overseer of the Poor of the town of Southold, is a representative of the leading agriculturists of this part of the county. He is a native of Connecti- cut, born in the town of Guilford, New Haven County, January 7, 1832. His parents were John and Mary ( Nettleton ) Jackson, natives, re- spectively, of Long Island and Connecticut. The paternal grandfather of our subject, who also bore the name of John, was a native of Long Island, and during the progress of the Revolutionary War was on board an American privateer, whichi was engaged in the conflict. This vessel was later lost with all on board. Members of the Jackson family are to be found scattered over vari-
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ons parts of the island. It is old and influential, and its first representative here made his home near Southampton.
The father of our subject was a small boy dur- ing the War for Independence, and was sent with the women and children to Connecticut, where it was much safer for them to remain. He was ac- companied at this time by his mother and sister. After the establishment of peace, he continued to make his home in the Nutmeg State, and there gained a good education in its public schools. He there married Miss Nettleton, and passed the re- mainder of his life in Connecticut, dying when Evelyn was young in years. During the War of 1812. lie went as a soldier to the front, and al- though participating in many serious engage- ments, escaped without injury, and returned aft- er several months to his family. Of the sons and daughters of whom he was the father, three now survive: Alfred, a resident of Durham, Conn .; Adeline, now Mrs. F. H. Hart, of New Haven, that state; and our subject.
The subject of this sketch was permitted to attend the public schools of his native state quite regularly, and thereby gained an extended fund of useful information. He then gave his atten- tion to assisting in the work on thie homestead, and by so doing learned much of the detail work of farming, which has been of great benefit to him in later years. In the fall of 1861 he came to Long Island, and three years thereafter married Miss Frances M., daughter of Barnabas Horton, one of the descendants of another Barnabas Horton, who is well known as one of the first settlers on the island, and was for years a prominent resident of the town of Southold. To our subject and his wife there were born two daughters: Fannie E., now deceased; and Addie M.
Mr. Jackson is prominent in the ranks of the Democratic party, and on this ticket was elected to the position as Overseer of the Poor eight years ago. He is both efficient and capable, and the business-like manner in which he discharges the duties of his office has gained for him the con- fidence and esteem of the best residents of thie town. His manner with those under his charge is firm, yet withial kind, and he never fails to gain
their respect and good-will. His wife departed this life in September, 1891, mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends. Like her husband, she was well thought of in her community, and came of one of the best families on Long Island.
HARLES H. HUDSON, though still com- paratively a young man, is well known in agricultural circles of Suffolk County, and is recognized as a careful, energetic farmer, who is advanced in his ideas and progressive in his hab- its. He has always made his home in the town of Riverhead, where he was born April 3, 1854, and is now residing on the old home farm, which has been in the family for many years, and in whose management he is meeting with signal success.
To Daniel and Ann M. (Weils) Hudson there were born five children, of whom Charles H. was the third. Daniel Hudson was likewise born on this place, where he was reared, and where he spent his entire life, dying when seventy-two years of age. He was a prosperous tiller of the soil, and as a citizen and a neighbor was held in the highest esteem. In politics lie was a stal- wart Democrat, and was well known among the workers of the party. In religious matters lie was connected with the Congregational Church, in which for many years he was an active worker.
Grandfather Daniel Hudson was also born on the old Hudson farm, and lived to the advanced age of ninety-seven years. He was one of the old patriots in the Revolutionary War, and during that period participated in many hard-fought and important engagements. His father, the great- grandfather of our subject, was a native of Eng- land, wlience he crossed the Atlantic and made his home in America very many years ago.
Mrs. Ann M. Hudson was also born in the town of Riverhead, where her deatlı occurred September 25, 1860, when thirty-three years of age. Charles H., of this history, received good advantages for procuring an education, and when twenty-one years of age lie was anxious to "hoe
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his own row" in life. His father, who was then getting well along in years, turned over the man- agement of the liome place to him, and he made a great success in carrying on its work. On the place he has made additional improvements, and has continued its management in such a way that it shows not the slightest deterioration.
The lady who became the wife of our subject November 24, 1874, was Miss Sarepta E. Sayer, of Sag Harbor, whose birth occurred in South- ampton, this county, in 1855. She is well edu- cated and moves in the best circles of society in her neighborhood. By her union with Mr. Hud- son there were born five children: Daniel H. and F. Clifford, still at home; and three who died in infancy.
Mr. Hudson has ever been interested in the politics of his county, and is one of the stalwart Democrats of his community. He has served as County Committeeman, but aside from this has never had any time or inclination to hold office. The old homestead, which is now in his posses- sion, comprises one hundred and forty acres of valuable land, on which is located his pleasant home. By his honest and upright methods of doing business, he is enjoying a good income and commands the respect and esteem of all who know him.
ENRY S. JENNINGS. This gentleman is a prominent farmer and a very successful business man of the town of Islip, with a wide and extensive experience, covering different occupations and localities, but showing the pos- session of inanly and progressive qualities in all.
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The father of our subject, who also bore the name of Henry S. Jennings, was born in Sag Har- bor, and was for a long time a resident of Plain- field, Ill., where he was engaged in farming for eighteen years. But the West, even in that lovely region of the Du Page Valley, with its broad prairies and beautiful farms, did not prove
so attractive as the sea shore, and when he was somewhat advanced in years, he sold out his possessions in that country and came back to Long Island, locating on a farm in Islip, where he died at the age of seventy-three.
The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Eliza Cook, and was a resident of Brook- lyn at the time of her marriage to Mr. Jennings. She became the mother of nine children, of whom our subject was the sixth. We give their names; Richard, deceased; Nora, a resident of Brooklyn; Elmira; John and Minnie, both deceased; Henry S., Spencer A. and Frank, residents of Brooklyn; and Philander R., who lives at Merrick.
Henry S. Jennings, the subject of this article, was born at Greenport, December 29, 1847, and was only six months old when the family removed to the state of Illinois. He was educated in the district school, and then attended the college at Plainfield, the children keeping house and at- tending that institution for their higher educa- tion, occasionally going to and from the farm, five miles distant. During the Civil War Mr. Jennings served in the One Hundred and Forty- seventh Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, after which he came East and attended Eastman's Bus- iness College at Poughkeepsie, completing a full course there with much credit. His first venture in the world of business was in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he had charge of a set of wells owned by a New York oil company. His second engagement was with a water and gas company in New York, in the capacity of book- keeper. But this occupation proved altogether too confining, and after a three-years trial he abandoned office work and came to Islip to en- gage in farming. He has been a constant resi- dent of this locality since 1873. November 14, 1877, he married Miss Maria B. Strain, of Al- bany, a very intelligent and charming lady.
Mr. Jennings affiliates with the Republican party. Religiously he is a member of the Pres- byterian Church, and is a man of Christian char- acter and standing in his community, courteous and genial in his manner. He has a comfortable and elegant home, and is now at the very flush of his full manhood. He was elected Town
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Clerk in 1894, and is highly regarded as a citi- zen. Not the least part of his past experiences, or one on which he dwells with the least pride, is his brief experience as a soldier. He enlisted when a little over sixteen, in the One Hundred and Forty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and was with the regiment at Louisville, Chattanooga, Atlan- ta, Savannah and Augusta, and then came home, being mustered out at Springfield as a member of Company D. The regiment was employed in guarding the rear of Sherman's army on its great march, and though it did not.see muchi fighting, was still very efficient in guard and police duty. Our subject now takes an active part in the Grand Army of the Republic.
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) ALEB HALLOCK. The oldest members of a community are doubly entitled to the re- spect and esteem of their neighbors when their whole lives have been replete with acts of kindness, and their whole career marked by integrity and uprightness. The time-honored and respected gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch makes liis home in North- ville, town of Riverhead, where his birth oc- curred May 11, 1823.
To John and Joanna (Wells) Hallock there was born a family of seven children, of whom Caleb was the youngest. John F., the eldest of the household, was a well-to-do farmer of this town, and lived to be eighty years of age. Isaiah was accidentally killed on the railroad, when about seventy years of age. Daniel W. was the third in order of birthi, and the reader will find a com- plete review of his life on another page of this book. Joanna lived to be fifty-nine years of age. Two members of the family died when young.
John Hallock was also born in the town of Riverliead, where he was well known among its best agriculturists. Although the implements used in his day in cultivating the land were rude and unhandy, the soil was rich, and the crops put in yielded rich returns. When well along in
years, Mr. Hallock liad a good farmi and was en- abled to sit down and enjoy the fruit of his labors.
In the War of 1812 he served faithfully as a soldier, and in politics he gave his support to tlie Democratic party. When a young man he be- came identified with the Congregational Church, and remained true to its principles until his death, when seventy-eight years old. His wife, who was born in this town, departed this life when forty-nine years of age. She was the daugliter of Daniel Wells, who was well known to the old- er residents of the county, and who served in the Revolutionary War.
Caleb, of this liistory, attended school during his boyhood days, and remained at home, aiding in the farm work, and in fishing and cruising on the Sound, until twenty-four years of age, when he inherited the old homestead. Abandoning the roving life he was leading, lie settled down on the estate and gave his attention to its cultiva- tion. Finding that there was a great demand for a good quality of garden seeds, he branched out in the business, and for the past twenty years has supplied the leading seed houses of the city with cabbage, bean, sweet corn and various other seeds. He also grows these vegetables in large quantities, and finds no difficulty in obtaining a ready market and the highest prices paid for these products.
The lady to whom Mr. Hallock was married August 8, 1844, was Miss Elmina A., daughter of Rev. Abraham Loose, a resident of this cont- munity. Mrs. Hallock lived to be sixty-tliree years of age, and on hier death left one child, Adaline, who is now the widow of Joseph M. Woodhull. She became the mother of one daugli- ter, Elida Blanchie, with whom she makes her home. The latter is the widow of James D. Van Hovenburg, of Kingston, N. Y., and she has one son, Rudolph L.
For many years Mr. Hallock has been iden- tified with the interests of Suffolk County, and in him the community finds a firm and unswere- ing friend. During his younger years he was very active in political affairs, and firmly ad- liered to the principles of the Democratic party. He lias been Excise Commissioner of his town
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for several years, and has also been the incum- bent of other positions of trust. In him the Episcopal Church finds one of its most devoted members and liberal contributors. In his younger years he became identified with the Congrega- tional Church, but when fifty years of age he be- came a member of the Episcopal Church.
Mr. Hallock has been one of the most success- ful men in his community and is regarded as one of its well-to-do citizens.
APT. GEORGE F. TUTHILL. It has been said that the study of biography yields to no other subject in point of interest and profit; and while it is true that all biographies, and more especially those of successful men, have much in common, yet the life sketches of no two individ- uals are alike. Each has its distinctions and va- rious points of interest, and each is accordingly complete in itself.
The subject of this sketch, who is President of the People's National Bank, and a wealthy re- tired sea-captain, was born at East Marion, L. I., February 4, 1830, and is the son of James G. Tuthill, who was born in the same place, March 25, 1803, and died October 26, 1871. He was a seafaring man, aifd during the early part of his life commanded a fishing-smack on the coast, and later in life was the owner of the schooner "Sylph," engaged in the coasting trade. His three brothers, George, Harmon and Maxon, were sea-captains for a time, but they later settled on farmis and made fine homes for themselves. They were prominent in the affairs of the day, and were worthy members of the Baptist Church, in which Maxon was a Deacon. James G. was one of the original members of this church at Green-
port. His father, Samuel Tuthill, was born at Olean, N. Y., was a member of the state militia. and was exceptionally well-to-do financially. John Tuthill, his father, was one of the early settlers of Southold, and the name of Tuthill is found in the list of those who settled at that place in a very early day, coming hither from England.
James G. Tuthill was married to Miss Lucinda Clark, who was born December 11, ISOS, the: marriage taking place December 20, 1825. She was a daughter of Deacon Benjamin and Hannas Clark, the former of whom was a sea-captain. During the War of 1812 he and his brother. Pal- mer Clark, were taken prisoners, together with their vessel, and were compelled to pay a ransom of $30,000 before they could gain their release. After the death of his first wife, May 4. 1831. James G. Tuthill married Cleora Rackett, who was born June 29, 1818, their marriage being cele- brated July 14, 1832.
George F. Tuthill and his brother, B. C. Tut- hill, were the only children of their father's first marriage, but one son and two daughters were born of the second union. Louisa N., born May 9, 1833, married Capt. George Cartwright. of Shelter Island, and died two years later: Sam- uel J., born May 27, 1838, died May 11. 1839: and Lucinda A., born October 13, 1840, is now the wife of Nathaniel Skilenger, a successful fariner, residing near East Marion. George F. Tuthill was but thirteen years of age when he found employment during the summer months as cook on board a vessel, and during the winter be attended school, continuing thus employed until he had completed his education, when he began devoting his entire time to the sea. He had be- come an expert navigator for one of his years. and at the early age of eighteen he was promoted from an able seaman to the position of mate, and before he was twenty-one was master of the coaster "J. Truman," which was named after his uncle, who was part-owner of the vessel. He was engaged in trading between New York City and points in Texas, and from that time on he was part-owner of every vessel he commanded. Dur- ing the Civil War he also traded with the Wes: Indies and Newfoundland, and he and his vessel
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were also employed by the Government in the transportation business until the war closed. Soon after he gave up a seafaring life and was en- gaged in the fish, oil and guano business, in which line he was one of the pioneers, and in which large fortunes were made in those days, he being one of the successful ones. He owns an interest in three steamers and Sound sailing-ves- sels, as well as his old-time enterprise.
In 1884 Captain Tuthill assisted in organizing the People's National Bank of Greenport, of which he was one of the first Board of Directors, and for the past four years has been its President. He has taken an active part in all the different enterprises that have come up in this section tend- ing to improve it and build it up, and has ac- quired a comfortable competency, notwithstand- ing the fact that he started in life a poor boy. In political views he is a strong Republican. except in local matters, in which he is independent and votes for the man he deems best qualified. He has been a member of the Baptist Church from the time he was thirteen years of age, and for many years has been President of the Board of Trustees in that body. He is fond of relating his adventures on the water, and as he made voyages to every port from Newfoundland to Mexico, he met with many thrilling experiences.
On Captain Tuthill's last voyage to Galveston, Tex., he was compelled to take gold in payment for his cargo, although he seriously objected to do so, and by the time he arrived home with it it was worth a large premium and made him a handsome profit. He was married to Miss Hannah M. Webb, daughter of David D. Webb, who was a leading merchant of Greenport, and who did an extensive business in supplying vessels. He was one of the first steamboat agents at thiis port. Captain Tuthill has three children. Anna M. is the wife of Frank L. H. Phillips, formerly Surveyor of the port, and has two children, Ella and Georgiana. G. Frank, who married Helen M. Case, of Elgin, Ill., is interested with his fa- ther in the fish, oil and guano business; they have one child, Hattie. David W. married Zora Young, of Greenport, and is with his father and brother in business.
ILLIAM G. ALBERTSON. The spirit of self-help is the source of all genuine growth in the individual, and as exhibited in the lives of many it constitutes the true source of national strength. The record of the subject of this sketch entitles him to a prominent place in the present work, for his life is an example of the power of resolute working and steadfast integ- rity, and illustrates in no uncertain maimer what it is possible to accomplish when perseverance and determination form the keynote of a man's life. He is a prominent pharmacist of Amity- ville, and is one of the wide-awake, thorough-go- ing business men of that place. As a prominent and leading citizen, he is also well known, and is entitled to a place among the representative men of the county.
Mr. Albertson is a native of Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, born July 29, 1864, and is a son of Richard and Annie M. (Burch) Albertson. The parents were both natives of Suffolk County, and now reside at Riverhead, where the father is a large wholesale dealer and jobber in confection- ery. Our subject was but two and a-half years old when his parents moved to Riverhead, and he there grew to manhood and received a thor- ough education in Riverhead Union School, where he took the whole course. Later he began clerk- ing in the drug store of R. A. Vail, of Riverhead, and remained there two and a-half years, when he entered the College of Pharmacy of New York City, and paid his way there for a year. On ac- count of failing health, he almost decided to give up the drug business, but after resting a few months he had so far recovered that he went to Glen Cove, Queens County, where he clerked in the drug store of N. J. Finlay & Co. After re- maining there some three or four years, he posted the examination before the State Board of Phar- macy and procured a license, as required by the state law.
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