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He has always been active and prominent in the social life of Poughkeepsie. He was one of the founders and for twenty-four years President of the Apokeepsing Boat Club; was one of the founders and first secretary of the Amrita Club; was one of the charter members of the Dutchess Club; is a member of the Poughkeepsie Club; and is a member and President of the Euterpe Glee Club.
He has for a long time been a member and trustee of the Holland Society of New York, and was its President during the year 1907-1908; is a member of the Sons of the Revolution of New York; and is a member of the University Club of New York.
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He was married to Esther, daughter of David K. and Serephina Ross Jackman at Bath, N. H. October 10, 1876. He has four children: Ross Hasbrouck, graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a civil engineer at present en- gaged with the Pennsylvania Railroad in the construction of its new terminal at Long Island City; Alfred Hasbrouck, who left Harvard College at the end of his sophomore year and went as a volunteer officer in the Spanish War to the Phillip- pines, and was afterwards appointed to the regular army, and is now Captain in the Coast Artillery, U. S. A .; Olga Hasbrouck, who was graduated from Vassar College in 1905: and Elsa Hasbrouck who was graduated from Vassar College in 1909.
OSCAR HASBROUCK who is engaged in a general mercantile business at Wing- dale, town of Dover, N. Y. is a son of Oscar and Rachel (Hait) Hasbrouck, residents of Modena, Ulster County, N. Y. He is a lineal descendant of Abraham Hasbrouck, one of the New Paltz patentees, who was conspicuous both in the civil and ecclesias- tical affairs of that early period.
Mr. Hasbrouck married Margaret McKinsry, also a native of Ulster county, and they are the parents of four children; Don, Kathryn, Thadeus and Jacob H.
CAPTAIN WILLIAM HASBROOK was born at Cortlandville, Dutchess Coun- ty, November 12, 1822. He was engaged in mercantile business for some time after attaining manhood. In 1857 he became captain of the steamer "Wyoming" which he ran for twelve years. From 1869 to 1872 he followed the freighting busi- ness at New Hamburg, and then for five years was captain of the "Walter Brett", a steamboat running between New Hamburg and New York. He then resumed the freighting business. which he continued until his death, December 18, 1893. He was a Republican in politics, served some time as clerk of the town of East Fish- kill, and held the office of postmaster. August 17, 1843 he married Maria Storm, daughter of Gory and Anna (Boice) Storm. She died June 28, 1876, leaving three children, Charles F., Emily who died April 9, 1852 and George A.
At the death of Captain Hasbrook his two sons Charles F. and George A. con- tinued the freighting business under the firm name of Captain William Hasbrook's Sons until the consolidation of the Central Hudson Steamboat Co., on April 26, 1899, when the old firm merged into the new one, and the sons of Captain Hasbrook have since acted as agents for the Central Hudson Steamboat Company.
F. REED HAWLEY, M. D., of Frost's Mills, town of Clinton, Dutchess county, was born in Nevada in 1868. He acquired his education in New York City, where he also studied medicine in the New York Homeopathic Medical College, from which he was graduated in 1892. He practiced his profession in the cities of Brooklyn and Washington, and also in the village of Staatsburgh, from 1896 to 1901, when ill health caused him to retire from active practice, and he purchased his present farm at Frost's Mills.
NEWTON HEBARD, vice-president of the First National Bank of Amenia, N. Y., was born in the city of Poughkeepsie, October 14, 1837. He acquired his edu-
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cation in the public schools of Brooklyn, N. Y., and also the Brooklyn Academy, after which he returned to Dutchess county, and in 1862 located in Amenia., Jan- uary 15, 1868, he was made book-keeper of the First National Bank of Amenia, and in 1872 was promoted to the office of cashier. He was further promoted to his present position November 20, 1908.
JOHN W. HEDGES was born at Gallatinville, Columbia county, N. Y., Decem- ber 20, 1864. He acquired his education in the public schools of his native place and at Seymour Smith Academy at Pine Plains, N. Y. Up to the year 1894 he was engaged in farm work, when he purchased the general mercantile business of C. M. Patrie. In 1901 he bought the adjoining property, in which is located the post- office. Mr. Hedges has served one term as assessor, and January 22, 1909, he re- ceived the appointment of postmaster of Pine Plains village.
In 1888 he married Minnie Hapenin of Columbia county, and they are the parents of two children: Phebe and Charles.
TIMOTHY HERRICK was born October 19th, 1836, at Antrim, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, and acquired his education at the public schools of his native place.
For over half a century Mr. Herrick has been a citizen of Dutchess county, ar- riving at Staatsburgh, April 2nd, 1857, to accept the position of Superintendent of the magnificent country estate of Mr. William B. Dinsmore, which position he has held continuously.
For many years Mr. Herrick has taken an active interest in the public affairs of the town of Hyde Park, and in 1873-74 held the office of Supervisor, to which he was re-elected in 1886.
October 2nd, 1858 Mr. Herrick was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Mul- doon of New York City and to them have been born four sons and two daughters, namely: George A. born July 20th, 1859; Mary Elizabeth born July 16th, 1861; William Elmer born February 10th, 1863, died July 26th, 1863; Luella Jane born August 26th, 1864; John James born April 5th, 1866; Albert Elmer born January 19th, 1869.
Socially Mr. Herrick is a member of Rhinebeck Lodge No. 432 F. and A. M., Mount Horeb Chapter No. 75, Kingston, and Knights Templar of Poughkeepsie.
His father, Nathaniel B. was born in Beverly, Mass., April 23, 1813, and died September 1, 1877. He married November 6, 1835, Elvira Simonds who was born in Antrim, N. H., October 19, 1816, and died April 1, 1904.
WILLET HICKS was born in the town of Stanford, Dutchess county, January 4, 1853, and obtained his preliminary education in the district schools of his native place. He began life as a school teacher in Dutchess county, which profession he followed for a period of ten years, and was subsequently engaged in farming.
In political belief Mr. Hicks is a staunch Democrat and has rendered faithful service to his county. For two decades he has served as Justice of the Peace, and in 1908 was elected to the office of town Supervisor.
Mr. Hicks was united in marriage with Miss Alice Welch of Rhinebeck, N. Y.
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GEORGE M. HINE, shoe manufacturer and representative citizen of the city of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., was born at Appleton, Wis., in 1850. During his infancy his parents removed to New Haven, Conn., and it was there he received his education, and acquired his preliminary knowledge in the manufacture of boots and shoes.
In 1877 Mr. Hine came to Poughkeepsie to accept a position in the shoe factory of the late Hon. J. O. Whitehouse. Following the death of Mr. Whitehouse in 1881, Mr. Hine became superintendent of the plant, and continued in that capacity until 1889, when the firm of Hine & Lynch, which still exists, succeeded to the own- ership of the business.
Politically Mr. Hine is a staunch Republican, and it is as a painstaking public official that he is most widely known. As president of the Alms House Board; Alderman of the sixth ward, and thrice Mayor of Poughkeepsie,-1900 to 1906- he has rendered faithful and efficient service to his adopted city.
Mr. Hine is a member of the Board of Governors of the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane. In 1909, by order of the Supreme Court, he was appointed president of the Orange County Board of Water Commissioners for the Catskill Aqueduct, New York Water Supply. He is first vice-president of the League of American Municipalities, of which ex-Mayor Dunne of Chicago is president.
In financial affairs Mr. Hine has served eight years as a director of the First National Bank of Poughkeepsie, and he is now vice-president of the Poughkeepsie Trust Company.
Mr. Hine has taken the various chairs in Masonry, including the Mecca Mystic Shrine. He is also identified with the Order of Elks, Odd Fellows and other fra- ternal organizations and social clubs. In 1871 he was united in marriage with Nellie Hazell of Brooklyn, N. Y., and the following children were born; Lewis C., Emily H., and George M. Jr., deceased.
JACOB S. HINSDALE, a representative citizen of the town of Pine Plains, and a leader in Democratic circles in Dutchess county, was born January 8, 1859, at Gallatin, Columbia county, and died at his home in 1909. After finishing his studies at the Hudson Academy, Hudson, N. Y., he located in Dutchess county in 1880 and engaged in farming, continuing this occupation until the time of his death. He held the office of Supervisor of the town of Pine Plains in 1893, and was re-elected to this office in 1897, serving continuously until 1909, and holding the position of chairman of the Board during the last year of his service.
Mr. Hinsdale was united in marriage with Emily Smith, and to them have been born three children: Egbert, John W., and Grace.
NICHOLAS HOFFMAN, deceased, was born in Germany February 28, 1832. He learned the shoemaker's trade, and in 1851 came to America. For several years he was engaged in business at Whiteport, Ulster county, N. Y. and in 1868 came to Poughkeepsie. He purchased the building at the corner of Main and Hamilton street in 1872, where he conducted the Hoffman House up to the time of his death, and which has since been continued by his son Frank.
Mr. Hoffman was a Democrat in politics, and in religious belief a member of the German Catholic Church.
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CHARLES A. HOPKINS, Surrogate of Dutchess county, was born at Stormville, N. Y., October 20, 1864, the son of Benjamin and Margeret (Lasher) Hopkins. He attended the district schools of his native place, and, in 1882, graduated from East- man's Business College. Mr. Hopkins pursued his legal studies in the law office of Hackett & Williams, and was admitted to the bar, at the general term at Brooklyn, in September, 1885. He continued in the office of his preceptors, as managing clerk until 1889, and has since been engaged in the active practice of law at Poughkeepsie for himself.
Politically Mr. Hopkins is a Democrat, and has served one term as Justice of the Peace for the city of Poughkeepsie. In 1907 he was elected to the office of Surro- gate.
October 18, 1888, Mr. Hopkins was united in marriage with Mary Eno, daughter of Walter Stewart of the town of Clinton, Dutchess county. By this union there are two children, Frank Stewart and Ralph Adriance.
JOSEPH F. HORAN, attorney, was born in the city of Poughkeepsie, July 4, 1868, where he attended the public schools, graduating from the Poughkeepsie High School in 1886. He studied law in the office of Hackett & Williams, and was admitted to the Bar in 1890. Mr. Horan practiced his profession in the city of New York from 1892 to 1901, when he resumed practice in his native city.
FRED C. HORNBECK, Supervisor of the town of Poughkeepsie, was born at Wawarsing, Ulster county, N. Y., December 4, 1868. He located in Dutchess county in 1883, and engaged in the grocery business in Poughkeepsie, continuing the same for a period of thirteen years. He then purchased his present farm on the Dutchess Turnpike, four miles East of the court house, where he has since re- sided. Politically Mr. Hornbeck is a Democrat. He was elected a member of the County Board of Supervisors in 1905, and re-elected in 1907. He is a member of "Triune Lodge, No. 782, F. & A. M .; the Royal Arcanum, No. 391, and the Pough- keepsie Grange.
In 1895 Mr. Hornbeck was united in marriage with Ellura Bedell of Clinton Corners, N. Y., and they are the parents of one son.
Following the death of Jacob Hinsdale in 1909, chairman of the Board of Super- visors, Mr. Hornbeck was appointed his successor.
CHARLES W. HORTON, merchant, of Stormville, N. Y., was born in the town of Kent, Putnam county, where he acquired his education in the district schools. In 1861 he moved to the town of East Fishkill, and engaged in general mercantile business which he has successfully continued to the present time. Mr. Horton was elected to the office of Supervisor of the town of East Fishkill, 1871-'73, and again in 1880. He has also served several terms as Postmaster.
Mr. Horton has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Ann Fox. For his second wife he chose Sarah J. Brevoort. His children are: Mary, Charles and Grace.
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GEN. JOSEPH HOWLAND, patriot and philanthropist, was born in the city of New York December 3, 1834 a, lineal decendent of John Howland, who signed the memorable compact in the cabin of the "Mayflower," November, 1620, before the landing of the Pilgrims on Plymouth Rock. His father, Samuel Shaw Howland, was one of the well known firm of Howland & Aspinwall, shipping merchants of New York. His mother was Joanna Esther, daughter of John Hone, and neice of Philip Hone, one of the earliest mayors of New York City, and largely identified with and one of the founders of the Matteawan and Glenham factories.
Mr . Howland was never a rugged man, and yet he accomplished more than most of his contemporaries.
At the age of twenty-one he married Miss Eliza Newton Woolsey, which mar- riage by reason of their similarity of tastes and aims in life was unusually congenial and happy. In 1859 he purchased the Tioronda farm and soon made it a place of beauty and good taste, but hardly had he become settled in his new home when the Civil War broke out, and he enlisted as an Adjutant of the Sixteenth Regiment of New York State Volunteers. Later he became Adjutant-General and Chief of the Brigade under the command of General Slocum. Subsequently, on the promotion of General Davies, the Colonel of the Sixteenth New York, Major Howland was un- animously chosen to succeed him at the battle of Gaines Mills where he was seriously wounded. For his gallantry on this occasion he was breveted Brigadier-General.
His feeble constitution compelled him to retire from the army, but his whole soul was in the country's cause, and he sent a man of more rugged mould, at his own ex- pense, to represent him in the ranks of the army.
In 1865 General Howland was elected Treasurer of the State of New York, and discharged the duties of the office, for two years, with honor to himself, and satis- faction to the people of the State. General Howland was largely interested in the organizing and building of the Hudson River State Hospital for the Insane, and was. one of the managers of that institution, to which he gave, for fifteen years, contin- uous service.
To the people of Fishkill and vicinity General Howland has been a blessing, not only for his benefactions in the shape of the beautiful Tioronda school building; the Highland Hospital, of which he was the principal founder, and to which he gave a home, the Howland Library which he erected and perpetually endowed. General Howland was also the promotor of the Mechanics Savings Bank and was its first president, but it was not his benefactions alone that endeared him to the people of Fishkill. He gave them an example of an unselfish and heroic life. He was in- tent on aiding his fellowmen, whether in high or low estate.
General Howland on account of his failing health was compelled to seek a more genial climate, and at Mentone, in southern France, he took up his residence for a time. Here his noble spirit left his frail body to join those around the great white- throne, for the pure in spirit they shall see God.
J. L. HUGHES, former president of the village of Wappingers Falls, was born in this village in 1869, and as a young man was employed in his father's grocery store .. From 1888 to 1893 he was associated with his brother in the grocery business at.
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Paterson, N. J., and with the exception of the years he attended military duty, he has always been engaged in the grocery trade, succeeding to his father's business in December, 1904.
During the Spanish American War in 1898 Mr. Hughes enlisted in the Morris Guards, attached to the Fourth New Jersey Regiment. He was mustered out as Corporal, April 6, 1899, at Camp Wetherill, S. C. He subsequently served three years in the hospital corps, and was made acting hospital steward. He was trans- ferred to the Philippines, where he served eighteen months. He returned in 1902 to Fort Constitution, N. H., serving one year as steward in the hospital corps, and was mustered out January 12, 1903. July 27, 1903, he returned to the hospital corps, and was sent to Fort Wingate, New Mexico, where he remained until May 5, 1904.
In public life Mr. Hughes was elected clerk of the town of Wappinger in 1906, holding the office until 1908. He was also elected president of the village of Wap- pingers Falls in 1906, and re-elected 1907-'08.
MILES HUGHES for forty years merchant in Staatsburg, N. Y., was born at the old family homestead there April 8, 1836. His father, Christopher Hughes, was one of the first supervisors of the town of Hyde Park, and also Cavalry Captain in State Militia. He married Sarah Lamoree, daughter of John Lamoree, and they had four children, viz., Miles, Edgar, Sarah and Lucinda.
Miles Hughes received his early education at district school, and afterward fin- ished his studies at an academy in Hinsdale, Mass. He then returned home and taught school for six months, followed by seven years of farm work with his father. He next went into partnership with Joseph Wood, and they conducted a general store for seven years until the death of Mr. Wood. Mr. Hughes then took over the business and ran it himself until his death. He served two terms as Postmaster, being appointed in 1863, and again in 1903. He was also Justice of the Peace two terms.
In 1865 he married Emily Maria, daughter of Benjamin Seymour Pier of Upper Red Hook, N. Y. Of their five children two only survive, Marion, wife of Harry C. Barker, and Edwin B. Hughes. His second wife Minnie Pier, survives him, and his son Edwin B. was appointed Postmaster at his death.
Mr. Hughes was a life long member of the Episcopal Church, and was for many years warden in St. Margaret's.
The store business which he left is now conducted by his estate, and is managed by his son and H. C. Barker as Administrators.
J. FRANK HULL was the son of John F. Hull, for many years cashier of the Fall- kill National Bank. He was born in Pine Plains, and was educated at College Hill School and Riverview. His business experience was as a clerk in the Fallkill Bank, but this work was not to his taste, and in 1879 he purchased an interest in the Dutchess Manufacturing Company, and became a member of the firm of Lasher & Hull. He subsequently bought out Mr. Lasher's interest and established the plant of the Dutchess Manufacturing Company in the present location on Crannell street.
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The co-operative system found a strong advocate in Mr. Hull and he organized his factory on the profit sharing plan. There is probably no industrial enterprise anywhere that reflects in every department so strong a spirit of loyalty to the head as this Poughkeepsie factory, which is a monument of Mr. Hull's genius and energy.
Mr. Hull was a member of the Second Reformed Church, but in a more general way he accepted the spirit rather than the letter of Christianity and all denomina- tions found in him a sympathteic and generous friend. He took much interest in Florentine Council, Knights of Columbus, and furnished a room in the Columbus Institute building.
For a time Mr. Hull was interested in local politics. He was elected Mayor of Poughkeepsie in 1896 on the Republican ticket, and as such proved himself to be an able and efficient factor in the cause of good government. He was a charter member of the Amrita Club.
Mr. Hull died July 5, 1907.
ROBERT HURD, of Pawling, N. Y., was born in this town October 5, 1869, on the Hurd homestead. He attended the public schools of his native place, and the select schools of Dover and Pawling. At an early age he entered into partnership with a Mr. Smith, and they became engaged in the purchasing of cattle, on an ex- tensive scale, in the West, disposing of them in the eastern market. Mr. Hurd has also been engaged in the cultivation of the farm where he resides. He has been prominent in political circles, and has been a delegate to various district, county and State Conventions.
CHESTER HUSTED, attorney, was born at Pleasant Valley, N. Y., April 12, 1883. He received his education in the district schools of his native town, and graduated from the Poughkeepsie High School in 1902. He then entered the law office of Hackett & Williams, and after serving a clerkship was admitted to the Bar in January, 1907. Mr. Husted engaged in the practice of his profession in Pough- keepsie with the firm of Hackett & Butts.
EDWIN B. HUSTED was born August 26, 1843 on a farm near the village of Pleasant Valley. He was one of seven children-six sons and one daughter-of Nathaniel Husted and Elmira Burhans. He attended the schools of his native town later attending the State Normal college at Albany graduating in 1863. He also attended Bryant & Stratton Commercial college for one year. At the age of 19 he began to teach in the public schools at Chapel Corners, Dutchess county, and New Paltz, Ulster County. From 1866 to 1882 he served as Deputy Clerk of the United States Supreme Court at Brooklyn-a Court having a wide jurisdiction and extensive business presided over in part by a Justice of the Supreme Court and in which William M. Evarts, Joseph H. Choate and others like them frequently pleaded their cases. This position he resigned in 1882 preferring country life, and settled in the village of Pleasant Valley.
In 1882 he married Emily Conover of Pleasant Valley and of this union six chil- dren were born: Chester, Edna, Raymond, Lucy, Stanley and Albert. The sub-
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ject of this sketch is active in the religious and educational welfare of the community in which he lives and for many years has been an Elder and an active worker in the Presbyterian church of that village.
THE JOHNSTONE OR JOHNSTON FAMILY' is associated with Lithgow, Hyde Park and Annandale. Lithgow, in the Town of Washington, is named after the home of the Jamisons in Scotland; and Annandale, in the Town of Red Hood, is named after the home of the Johnstones in Scotland.
Dr. John Johnstone sailed from Leith, Scotland, in the bark "Henry and Francis" and landed at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in December 1685. He was member of the New Jersey Provincial Assembly from 1709 to 1722, Speaker for ten years, Mayor of New York City from 1714 to 1718, and a Member of the Gov- ernor's Council of New York from 1720 to 1722. He died the 7th of September, 1732, and was buried at Perth Amboy, New Jersey. On the 18th of April, 1686, he married Eupham Scot, the only daughter of George Scot, Laird of Pitlockie. George Scot was the son of Sir John Scot, of Scotstarvet.
One of their sons, John Johnstone, of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, born there the 7th of May, 1691, died the 6th of September, 1731, a large landed proprietor of Monmouth County, New Jersey, married on the 19th of May, 1717, Elizabeth, the daughter of David Jamison, one of the Great Nine Partners, who was Secretary of State of the Colony of New York, Warden of Trinity Church, Chief Justice of the Colony of New Jersey in 1711, and Attorney -General of the Colony of New York in 1720.
One of their sons, David Johnstone, was born at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, the 3rd of January, 1724, and died at Nine Partners, New York, the 12th of January, 1809. On the 27th of May, 1753, he married Magdalen Walton, a daughter of Jacob Walton, of New York, whose father was an Admiral in the British Navy. David Johnstone was a member of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of New York that waited on General Washington on his triumphal entrance into New York City. He was President of the St. Andrew's Society in 1774-1775 and also in 1784-1785. He was one of the signers of a call for a New York Provincial Con- gress, which was dated the 26th of April, 1775. From his mother, who was a daugh- ter of David Jamison. one of the Great Nine Partners, he inherited large tracts of land in Dutchess County. The estate on which he resides he maned "Lithgow", after the ancestral home of his grandfather, David Jamison. From the estate of David Johnstone, the present post-office and hamlet of Lithgow derived its name.
One of their sons, Judge John Johnstone, who was born at Lithgow, the 13th of June, 1762., died at Hyde Park, the 29th of August, 1850. He married on the 23d of May, 1792, Susannah, daughter of Dr. Samuel Bard. He was presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Dutchess County, and his grave and tombstone are in the cemetery of St. James' Church, Hyde Park. The Johnstone family for several generations after that were identified with Hyde Park, and even at the pres- ent time the Johnstones bury their dead in the old cemetery of St. James' Church.
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