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SCAR DARLING is a very successful and popular civil engineer in the village of Babylon, and was born in Smithtown, May II, 1844, the son of William H. and Mary A. (Wheeler) Darling. His father, a native of Smithtown, was of Quaker antecedents. He was a ship-carpenter, and had interests in ship-build- ing at Port Jefferson, making his home at the village mentioned above until the latter part of
his life, when he moved to Brooklyn, becoming extensively engaged in the dairy business. He was short-lived, dying in 1865, at about the age of forty-four, and his remains are buried in the village cemetery at Smithtown. His wife sur- vived him by some three years. She was the mother of six children, of whom Oscar was the eldest. They are all still living, and have their home on the island, except one brother, Benja- min F., who is also a civil engineer, and is located at White Plains,
The subject of this sketch was twenty-one years old when his father died, and the care of the young and growing family fell upon his shoul- ders. He did not hesitate to meet the responsibil. ity. When he was twelve years of age, he had been taken from school, and was given charge of a milk wagon in Brooklyn, and thus his opportuni- ties for education, except as he could pick it up, were limited. When he was sixteen he entered the service of Lewis L. Bartlett, formerly a pro- fessor in Andover College, where he studied and worked for three years, getting a salary of $25 the first year, and $100 the last, but he was a master of the business of civil-engineering. When not quite twenty, our subject opened an office in Flushing, where he followed his profession until 1875.
Mr. Darling was married, in 1864, to Miss Hannah A. Smith, of Flushing, who became the mother of fifteen children, three dying in infancy. and the other twelve living to maturity, and they are still in good health at this writing.
In 1869 Mr. Darling was appointed chief en- gineer for the commissioners appointed to drain the lowlands of Flushing, and in obedience to their directions he prepared a system for the sew- erage of Flushing, College Point and Whitestone. that has received high praise from competent critics. He was also chief engineer in the con- struction of the Central Railroad of Long Island from Flushing to Babylon, and has acted in the same capacity in the extension of a branch of that road from Whitestone to tide water. In 1872 he was connected with William E. Worthen in the construction of a system of water-works for Long Island City. He was also engineer for the
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laying out of the villages of College Point and Whitestone, and a large part of the suburbs of Flushing. In1 1875 our subject removed to Hunt- ington, where he was associated with the con- struction of an extensive system of water-works for Northport, Huntington, Babylon and South- ampton. He removed to Babylon in 1894, and proposes to make his home here for the rest of his days.
Mr. Darling lost his first wife in 1884, and he was married two years later to Miss Catharine P. Hamilton, of Flushing. She is the mother of five children, all living, Our subject is of a very intelligent and ingenious turn of mind, and in- vented and patented, along with Mr. Worthen, the Compression Tank System of water-works, the first being erected at Babylon, and the next at Southampton. He is entirely independent in political matters, and does his own thinking and voting.
ILBERT E. ALDRICH. Agriculture and stock-raising form the principal occupation of this gentleman, and the wide-awake man- ner in which he takes advantage of all methods and ideas tending to enhance the value of his property has had a good deal to do with his ob- taining the competence which he now enjoys. Personal popularity, it cannot be denied, results from the industry, perseverance and close atten- tion to business which a person displays in the management of any particular branch of business; and in the case of Mr. Aldrich this is certainly true, for he has closely adhered to the above- mentioned pursuits, and high esteem has been placed upon him. His property and interests are located in the town of Southold.
Mr. Aldrich was born in Suffolk County, April 17, 1855, and is the son of Elisha and Mary (Wells) Aldrich, also born within the limits of this county. On both sides our subject is de- scended from the oldest and most influential fami- lies on Long Island. His father, who through his own efforts attained a position of affluence,
departed this life in March, 1890, beloved by all who knew him. While his own interests en- grossed his attention to a considerable extent, he never lost sight of the public welfare, and there were few of his fellow-citizens who were more helpful to the general good of the community than Elisha Aldrich. He was a worthy member of the Congregational Church, and his acquaint- ance throughout the county was extensive. In his political relations he was a Republican, with Prohibition proclivities. He was seventy-five ycars of age at the time of his death, and in him the county lost one of its best citizens. His wid- ow, who is still living, makes her home at River- head.
The parental family included seven children, of whom those now surviving are five in number, named as follows: George; Harriet, the widow of James Thompson; Fanny M., the wife of Chris- topher Downs; Gilbert E., of this history; and Charles H., a resident of Southold.
The subject proper of this sketch spent the days of his boyhood and youth in the usual man- mer of farmer lads. He first attended the school taught in his district, after which he was enrolled as a student in the academy at Franklinville. Throughout the greater part of his business ca- reer he has been engaged in agriculture and stock- raising. He has seventy acres of excellent land, and to its development and cultivation devoted his energies until he transformed it into one of the best estates in the county. It is peculiarly adapt- ed to stock-raising, in which branch of agricult- ure Mr. Aldrich is very much interested, making a specialty of breeding Shorthorn cattle, Hamp- shire Down and Horned Dorset sheep, Duroc and Jersey Red swine, and Light Brahma and White Leghorn fowls. He has been very successful in his ventures in this direction, and has done much toward developing the interest in stock-raising in his community.
Mr. Aldrich is a member of the Suffolk Coun- ty Agricultural Society, and is also President of the Riverhead Town Agricultural Society. He exhibits his stock at the various fairs on the isl- and, and it is nothing unusual for him to carry off many of the first premiums.
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The marriage of our subject with Miss Emma J. Salmon was celebrated December 10, 1878. The father of this lady was Joshua C. Salmon, late of this county." Their union has been blessed by the birth of four children, namely: Eva M., George E., Millie B. and Minnie L., the latter two twins. The cause of temp .. ance has ever found in Mr. Aldrich a war : friend, and he votes with the Prohibition party. He has never been an of- fice-seeker, but has rendered very efficient service as Trustee of his school district. As a citizen he is public-spirited and progressive, and has done much for the upbuilding and development of the best interests of his community, and is therefore very justly spoken of as one of the most promi- nent men in the county.
ON. EDWIN BAILEY, who is one of the most prominent residents of Patchogue, is doing a large business as a lumber mer- cliant. He is a native of England, having been born in Manchester, in February, 1836. In 1848, when a lad of twelve years, he came to America with his parents, Joseph and Ann Bailey. The former was a machinist by trade, and on making his home in the New World located in Philadel- phia, where he found a good opening for his bus- iness. He was, however, prevented from engag- ing in work of any kind, as two months later he was taken ill and died He had become the fa- ther of six children, but at that time our subject was the only survivor.
Immediately after the death of her husband, Mrs. Bailey came to Patchogue, this county, while Edwin went to Monmouth County, N. J., and found work on a farm. After remaining there for a twelvemonth, he came to Patchogue and obtained work in a cotton factory. The inother was later married to Treadwell Kellun, of Baby- lon, and on returning to Patchogue made this village her liome until her decease, in 1881. After holding a position in the factory for a year, Edwin obtained employment on one of the vessels plying up and down the bay. At the age of seventeen
years he deemed it best to learn a trade, and, be- ing apt in the use of carpenter's tools. began a an apprentice under Charles A. Woodhull, of Say ville. After three years he was pronounced = competent workman, and then began doing for himself, contracting in a small way. About that time he returned to Patchogue, but one year later abandoned his trade, and in 1870 opened up his present business.
After some time spent alone Mr. Bailey took in as liis partner O. S. Smith, but this con- nection was dissolved after three and a-half years. and Martinus Smith became interested in the bus- iness. They conducted affairs together for the same length of time, when our subject purchased the entire business and conducted affairs alone until the firm of E. Bailey & Sons was organized four years later. The junior members of the firm are Josepli and Edwin Bailey, Jr .. shrewd and efficient young business inen, who relieve their father greatly in looking after the details of the business. The sales have grown from less than $15,000 to $500,000, and the firm carry a full line of everything connected with builders materials, receiving orders from all the surround- ing country. They own their own boats. the ca- pacity of one of these being four hundred thou- sand feet of lumber. E. Bailey & Sons are the proprietors of a sash, door and blind factory a: Patchogue and a large planing-mill at Ists. where they give employment to fifteen men, and in their yards at Patchogue use sixty-five more workmen. In 1889 Mr. Bailey purchased the lumber-yards at Islip, and to the management of this branch gives his personal attention. while his sons carry on the business at Patchogue. The firm have for the most part abandoned carpen- ter's and contractor's work, although they still fill orders when sent in.
Our subject has always been greatly interested in the cause of education in his community. and in 1868 built the Union Free Scliool, of whose · Board of Education he has been a member since that time. He was one of the incorporators of the Patchogue Bank, having been a Director of the same since its organization, and is also one of tlie stockholders and Directors of the Electric-
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Light Company. He is likewise Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Mechanics and Marine Lloyds of New York, whose main office is located at Patchogue, the agent's office being in New York City. Mr. Bailey has been Chief of the fire department since its organization in ISSo. He has always had the welfare of the village at heart, and was very much in favor of having it incorporated several years ago, and when this was brought about, in 1892, lent his influence. In politics he is a stalwart Democrat and has repre- sented his party as a delegate to the various county and state conventions. He has been Overseer of the Poor, served acceptably as Town Collector for some time, and in the year 1882 was the successful candidate for the Assembly. Dur- ing his incumbency of that position he was a member of various important committees, among them being those on Commerce, Navigation, Vil- lages and Public Lands. Mr. Bailey was much interested in oyster-raising, and while in the Assembly had several laws passed favoring the progress of this industry. In 1883 he refused the nomination for a second term, and his former op- ponent, Simeon S. Hawkins, was elected by a majority of about six hundred .. Since that time our subject has been Town Supervisor, and in whatever capacity he is called upon to fill, whether it be of great or minor importance, al- ways gives satisfaction.
Hon. Edwin Bailey was married, October 24, 1855, to Miss Mary Karnon, a native of Ireland, having been born in County Monaghan. To them have been born the following children: Joseph, a member of the firm of E. Bailey & Sons; Emma, now the wife of William Wendler, of Islip, who is employed in the Cotton Exchange of New York; Edwin, Jr., also associated with his father in business; Daniel, who departed this life when twenty-eight years of age; Anna, who was ten years old at the time of her demise; Mary, at home; Alice, who died when five years old; Bertha, who is completing her musical education at Flushing; Robert, attending the Patchogue High School; Grace, at home; and Martha, now the wife of Rev. Jolin C. Stevenson, rector of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church at Bay Shore.
In religious affairs our subject is a member of the Episcopal Church, in which he is Vestryman, while his estimable wife is a devout Catholic. He is a member of Brook Haven Lodge No. 80, I. O. O. F .; South Side Lodge No. 493, A. F. & A. M .; Suwasset Chapter No. 195, R. A. M .; Richard J. Clark Post No. 210, G. A. R., of Patchogue: and of Paumanake Council, R. A. He is like- wise enrolled as a member of Clinton Com- mandery No. 14, K. T., of Brooklyn, and meets from time to time with Kismet Shrine of that city. He has passed all the chairs in both the lodge and chapter in Masonry, and has also held most of the official positions in the Odd Fellows' fraternity. Having passed almost his entire life on the banks of Great South Bay, he is naturally very fond of the water, and takes especial delight in boarding a yacht and sailing to the blue fishing-grounds off Fire Island Beach.
EV. JOHN JAY HARRISON stands high in business and educational circles of Sag Harbor, as he is President of the Peconic Bank, Trustee of the Sag Harbor Savings Bank, and Principal of the high school. He was born at Lebanon Springs, Columbia County, N. Y., November 18, 1834. The Harrisons are lineal descendants of John Rogers, the martyr, tracing their ancestry back to the year 1640, when repre- sentatives of that family located at Branfort, Conn. It afterward became distinguished from the number of brilliant legal and professional men bearing that name. The Moreys, related to our subject on his mother's side, were lineal descen- dants of a Huguenot family of Guinedeau.
Noalı and Susan ( Morey) Harrison, the par- ents of John J., were bothi natives of Connecticut, where the father was a well-to-do farmer. The first eigliteen years of our subject's life were passed on the old home farm in Columbia Coun- ty, during which time he attended the public schools. He afterward went to Dutchess Coun- ty, and was enrolled as a student in Amenia Sem-
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inary, which was a preparatory school. After taking a course there he entered college, attend- ing the Wesleyan University at Middleton, Conn., from which he graduated in the Class of '56, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Three years later he received the degree of Master of Arts. One of his classmates was Judge Brewer, now of the Su- premie Court of the United States. Mr. Harrison occupied the third place in a very large class.
After completing his literary and classical ed- ucation, Mr. Harrison taught mathematics in Amenia Seminary for one year, and then entered the Albany Law School, but just prior to being admitted to the Bar decided to take a theological course. Beginning his studies with Dr. Howard Smith, of the Church of the Intercession of New York City, he took a course that he would have followed had he remained in college. He was ordained in 1862, by Bishop Horatio Potter, of New York, to the diaconate, and four years later to the priesthood at Newark, Del. Although his parents had never been church members, Mr. Harrison joined the Episcopal Church when young. His grandmother was a Quaker.
From 1862 until 1865 our subject served as Chaplain of the post in South Carolina, under the command of Brigadier-General Saxton, Mili- tary Governor of that state. On account of fail- ing health, he returned to New York, remaining there until being appointed rector of St. Thomas' Church at Newark, Del., the seat of Delaware College. He remained in the latter place until 1869, during which time many additions were made to the church, which he left in a very flour- ishing condition. His health being still poor, Mr. Harrison desired a change, and became as- sistant to the rector of St. Paul's Church at Al- bany, N. Y., remaining there until the spring of 1870, when he was called to take charge of Christ's Church at Bridgeport, Conn. He was, however, compelled to resign his pastorage at the end of the year, and in search of healthi visited many of the noted sanitariumns and springs in the country.
During 1873 Mr. Harrison came to the eastern portion of Long Island, where he had been recon- mended to come for the salt air, and two years
thereafter was so fully recovered that he was called to the rectorship of Christ's Church at Sag Harbor. He entered upon his duties here upon the death of the old rector, Rev. William Mowbray, who had presided over the church here for several years. He performed the duties of rector until 1884, when, having several years pre- vious been appointed Principal of the public school, hie resigned his church duties, and has since that time given his attention to his school work, entering now upon his eighteenth year as Principal. The work has greatly prospered un- der his management, and in every possible way lie has supervised, counseled, planned and exe- cuted reformis. When he took charge of the school in 1878, there were three linndred and fifty- pupils enrolled, and now the school, which is well graded, gives instruction to five hundred and fifty. An annex, containing two departments, has been made to the main building, and the ex- aminations of the entire school are under the Board of Regents. Mr. Harrison was candidate for the office of School Commissioner in 1883, but was defeated by a small majority. He is a member of the National Teachers' Association, and great interest has been aroused by his intelligent and earnest presentation of topics under discussion in its various meetings. In 1888 he attended the meeting of the association, which met at San Francisco, Cal., and in 1895 was present at the convening of the same body at Denver, Colo.
Since 1886 Mr. Harrison has been a Director in the Savings Bank, and in 1889, upon its or- ganization, was elected President of the Peconic Bank. Besides a Board of Directors there are as- sociated with him Francis Palmer, Cashier, and H. F. Cook, Vice-President. Mr. Harrison is likewise President of the Sag Harbor Library Association, which has been in existence for eight years. It was established largely through the agency of Mr. Cook, of Sag Harbor. Mr. Harrison is also Trustee of the Oakland Ceme- tery Association.
June 6, 1860, Mr. Harrison was married, in Amenia, Dutchess County, to Mary B. Rundall, a native of that place. After twenty-two years of happy married life, she was called to her final
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home, leaving family and friends October 27, 1882. Her daughter, Minnie C., is now the wife of Rev. Gordon T. Lewis, rector of Christ's Church of Sag Harbor. The second marriage of Mr. Harrison occurred December 28, 1895, when he was united with Mrs. Fanny R. Stillwell, the daughter of William R. Mulford, and widow of Dr. Cleveland S. Stillwell, of this place. Her fa- ther was a very prominent citizen of Sag Harbor, and a member of the old whaling firin of Mulford & Sleight. By her union with Dr. Stillwell she became the mother of one son, Cleveland S., who, although holding a diploma from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York City, does not follow his profession.
· Mr. Harrison is a Republican in politics, cast- ing his first Presidential vote for Fremont in 1856. In 1892 he was elected local President of the Republican Club of Sag Harbor, and takes great interest in the triumphs of his party, al- though he is not otherwise active in its affairs. He is a Mason, and since 1880 has been Chaplain of the lodge in Sag Harbor.
HAUNCY CHICHESTER. This gentle- man, who is one of the prominent citizens of Center Moriches, Suffolk County, was born in Amityville, June 11, 1831. His parents were Ketchum and Nancy (Brush) Chichester, also natives of the above county, within whose bounds they spent their entire lives.
The boyhood days of our subject's father were spent in transporting produce to the markets of New York City. As he grew older, however, he abandoned this calling and was engaged to drive a stage from one end of the island to the other. He thus became well known to almost all the residents of Long Island. He was quiet and un- assuming in his manners, and made friends wher- ever he went. He was a great admirer, as well as a good judge, of liorse flesh, and his opinion carried much weight among the owners of these animals. Hc departed this life June 27, 1877, greatly mourned. His wife survived him several
years, dying August 4, 1881. She was the daugh - ter of Whitman Brush, who spent his entire life as a farmer. She proved a most worthy help- mate to her husband, and greatly aided him in attaining a high standing among the well-to-do citizens of the county.
The subject of this sketch was reared in the village of Moriches, and attended the common schools until seventeen years of age. He then aided his father in driving the stage, and was made inail carrier of the route. He was later taken into partnership with his father, who ran the stage and carried the mail by contract, being thus employed for a period of thirty -six years.
In 1887 Mr. Chichester opened up an office in Center Moriches, and engaged in the real-estate business, which is his occupation at the present time. To this was later added insurance, he representing some of the best companies in the United States. He was married, June 11, 1874, to Mrs. Mary H. (Conklin) Culver, who survived her marriage just one year.
Our subject is a member in excellent standing of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he supports liberally with regular contributions. In politics he is at all times and under all circuni- stances a Democrat, and is therefore opposed to monopolies. He is a citizen highly respected for his upright methods of doing business, and for his many sterling qualities. " By hard work and good management he has accumulated a hand- some fortune, and in his pleasant home is enjoy- ing the many comforts of life.
EV. LAWRENCE J. GUERIN is pastor of St. Andrew's Catholic Church at Sag Har- bor, the Church of thic Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary at Southampton, and Church of St. Philomena at East Hampton. These congre- gations are among the largest and most prosper- ous of their respective localities, and in his work Father Guerin has two assistants.
The subject of this sketch was born in New York City, December 9, 1852. His boyhood days, however, were passed in Brooklyn, where
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he attended school regularly, and when ready to pursue advanced studies was enrolled as a student of Allegany (N. Y.) College. He was gradu- ated from this institution with the Class of '71, and afterward took a course in philosophy and theology in the Niagara University, at Niagara Falls, N. Y., completing these studies in 1876. He was ordained in 1876, in Baffalo, by Bishop Ryan, and the young priest's charge was at Brooklyn, as assistant of Rev. Joseph McNamee, of St. Teresa.
In January, 1891, Father Guerin was appoint. ed at Sag Harbor, and since that time he has organized the churches at Southampton and East Hampton. The edifice at Sag Harbor has been remodeled through the efforts of our sub- ject, and is the most valuable church property . in Sag Harbor. The church at Southampton is also a very fine structure, and the interior was finished under the superintendency of La · Farge, a member of the World's Fair Commis- sion. In it are many beautiful paintings, panels, etc., which are costly and greatly add to the ef- fect of the furnishings. The three churches have a combined membership of fifteen hundred souls. The parochial school which is carried on in con- nection with St. Andrew's numbers seventy pu- pils, and is presided over by a Sister of the Sacred Heart. The assistants of Father Guerin are Revs. L. N. Martel and E. Delamar.
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LBERTSON CASE. The subject of this sketch, who is a prominent lawyer of South- L old, was born at Clark's Hotel (still man- - aged and owned by the Clark family and retain- ing all the credit and prestige of its never-failing hospitality and comfort), in Greenport, Suffolk County, when that village was the home port of numerous whaling-vessels. He was born July 9, 1843, and in his early boyhood he lived for some time at the old brick mansion of his grandfather, Josephi C. Albertson, of Hashamomack.
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