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Dr. Green then turned his attention to general practice, and settled in Lagrange- ville, N. Y., where he devoted himself for several years to the arduous duties of a country physician. In 1873 he was ap- pointed surgeon on the vessel " Charles 1[. Marshall," sailing between New York and Liverpool ; and he subsequently filled a similar post on the "Alaska," running between Panama and San Francisco. Finally, in 1875, he moved to Buffalo, and has ever since practiced there with grati- fying success. For six years he was one of the district physicians of the city, and proved himself an able and energetic public servant. He is a member of the Erie County Medical Society, the New York State Medical Association, the American Medical Association, and the International Medical Con- gress. It need hardly be added that Dr. Green holds a prominent place in his profession.
In 1888 Dr. Green gratified his fondness for travel by making a trip around the world. He crossed the country via the Canadian Pacific railway to
Vancouver, B. C., and thence made his way south through the Puget-sound region and along the coast of Southern California and Mexico. Returning to San Francisco, he took steamer for Japan, and con- tinned his course west through the Orient, traveling 3000 miles in India alone.
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Dr. Green has won considerable local fame as a sportsman, and has made many hunting trips to the Canadian forests. On such an excursion he shot one of the largest moose ever known. The head of this magnificent animal adorns the rooms of the Acacia Club, Buffalo, and is one of the finest specimens of its class anywhere on exhibition. Dr. Green is also a lover of good horses, and owns some of the best trotters in Buffalo.
Dr. Green is an active member of the G. A. R., and an officer of Bidwell-Wilkeson Post, No. 9. of Buffalo. He is a member of the A. O. U. W., the Red Men, the Royal Templars of Temperance, and the Acacia Club. He is prominent in Masonic circles, having received the 32d degree in the
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Scottish Rite, and attained membership in the follow- ing Masonic bodies : Queen City Lodge, No. 858, F. & A. M. ; Keystone Chapter, No. 162, R. A. M. : Keystone Council, No. 20 : Hugh de Payens Com- mandery, No. 30, K. T. ; and Ismailia Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a member of
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Calvary Presbyterian Church, and is closely identi- fied with the social and philanthropic life of Buffalo.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY-Stephen Squire Green was born at Starksboro, Vt., January 6, 1839 ; studied medicine at the University of Michigan, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of the City of New York March 4, 1864; served as a surgeon in the United States navy, 1864- 65 ; married Charlotte S. Cornell of Gaysville, I't., January 6, 1866 ; has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1875.
Devillo Va. barrington has devoted his life to the study and practice of medicine He was born at Sherburne, N. Y., where his early education
was received. To obtain a higher education, and prepare himself for the profession of medicine, he taught school for several years, and at one time was principal of the Sherburne Academy. He was ready to enter college when the Civil War broke out, and was thus called upon to choose between private interests and public duty. The choice was not difficult for him, as he came of at: American lineage noted for patriotism and civic spirit. Instead of entering col- lege he enlisted in the Union army, and served for three years as a volunteer sol- dier. He was for one year in the 7th corps under General Dix, and two years in the 1st New York dragoons. He was twice wounded on the field of battle. When the war ended he was honorably discharged from service, and returned to his native town.
Having devoted to the cause of his country the years he had intended to pass in college, he now felt obliged to forego a classical training. Taking up, there- fore, the study of medicine directly, he entered the medical department of the University of Buffalo, from which he received the degree of M. D. in 1871.
Dr. Harrington's career as a physician is part of the medical history of Buffalo for the past quarter of a century. By honorable and professional means he has acquired a large practice ; and has been invited to act as physician at various institutions, and to assume the duties of a professorship in the medical department of his alma mater.
To a theoretic knowledge of medicine Dr. Harrington had the opportunity to add the most practical knowledge, by his appointment in the year of his graduation as resident physician of the Buffalo General Hospital. For nine years he was the attending surgeon of the Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, and for the past ten years he has been consulting surgeon of the Buffalo General Hospital. In 1886 he was elected a member of the medical faculty of the University of Buffalo, and a professor in the subject of genito-urinary and venereal diseases. He had previously held the position of lecturer on clinical surgery in the same institution, and his advancement attests the regard of his asso- ciates for him as a teacher and a man learned in his subject.
Dr. Harrington is a constant worker, of methodical habits, keenly appreciative of the value of time : and
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he finds no leisure for political or club life. He is a member, however, of all the leading medical associa- tons.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY - Devillo White Harrington was born at Sherburne, N. Y., 0), tober 23, 1844; attended district schools, and taught for several years ; served in the Union army, 1862-65 ; "aduated from the medical department of the Uni- :ersity of Buffalo in 1871; married Annie Scott of Buffalo October 10, 1875 ; has practiced medicine at Buffalo since 1871.
Louis JS. fbart has won a prominent place in piblic notice, at an age when many young men are still casting about to decide what their life-work shall be ; for he is now but twenty-seven years old. He has made every year tell, and has wasted no time un things that were not worth while.
At the age of fifteen he had completed the course of instruction offered by the public schools of Lockport, and had be- gun the study of stenography. Since the time when Tiro, the celebrated slave, acted in the capacity of secretary to the great orator Cicero, a century before Christ, inventing a set of characters for recording his patron's eloquence, the art of stenography has been made a step- ping-stone to higher things by many an ambitious youth. Patience, a reliable memory, coolness of nerve, and power of physical endurance, are requisites for suc- ress in the hieroglyphic art : and these qualities Mr. Hart possesses in a marked degree. The speed and accuracy which he readily attained helped him at once to a position in the office of E. M. & F. M. Ashley, prominent lawyers of Lockport. In this legal atmosphere it was natural enough that his thoughts should turn towards the study of law, but he wisely decided to adhere to his task until the requisite funds should be laid by. A twelvemonth passed, and he was invited to become the private secretary of Senator McMillan at Albany. This opportunity to see the inside workings of the state legislature was not to be considered lightly, and he accepted. The year was full of interesting experi- ences, but Mr. Hart was not to be deterred from the study of law, which he had now fully decided to un- dertake. He therefore returned to Lockport to study in the office of Ellsworth & Potter, acting
at the same time as their stenographer. All through his studies he did double duty in this way.
Mr. Hart's appointment as stenographer to the grand jury of Erie county by District Attorney Quinby occurred in the month of his twenty-first birthday, and he held that position four years. He was then promoted to be managing clerk, and was reappointed to that office the following year by District Attorney Kenefick. In the meantime his devotion to his law studies remained unchanged. He became a special student at the Buffalo Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1892. On January 1, 1896, he was appointed clerk of the Sur- rogate's Court by Louis W. Marcus.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY- Lou's Bret Hart was born at Medina, N. Y., March 30, 1869 ; was educated in the Lockport schools and the Buffalo
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Law School ; was admitted to the bar in 1892; was stenographer and afterward clerk to the grand jury of Erie county, 1890-95 ; has been clerk of the Surro- gate's Court of Erie county since January 1, 1896.
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3obn TR. basel secured a great advantage in this rushing age by gaining admittance to the bar at his majority ; so that now, though only in his thirty-sixth year, he has spent nearly half his life in the pursuit of the law. Perseverance, industry, and pluck have been the characteristic qualities of his
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career ; and these always win in a land of oppor- tunity, no matter what unfavorable circumstances may hinder their possessor.
Mr. Hazel is a Buffalonian by birth. He was obliged to leave school at the early age of twelve and begin work. He first, obtained employment in White's Edge Tool Works, and remained there two years. His next position was in the law office of James C. Fullerton, then assistant city attorney. Here he found work that was not only congenial, but led to something higher. By attending night school, and using every opportunity to cultivate his mind, he fitted himself for the study of law ; and in time was admitted to the bar, and became the partner of his former employer and preceptor. The law office
has been the training school and stepping-stone of some of the ablest lawyers America has produced - men who have made up for the lack of collegiate training by zealous home and office study.
The firm of Fullerton & Hazel was soon increased by the addition of Tracy C. Becker, and became Fullerton, Becker & Hazel. This pro- fessional partnership continued for eight years. Mr. Hazel then associated with himself Frank A. Abbott, and he is now the senior member of the firm of Hazel & Abbott. Mr. Hazel has been a busy lawyer, and has seen his practice grow steadily ever since his admission to the bar. He is a hard worker, and conseien- tiously serves the interests of his clients.
Mr. Hazel is an active Republican, and has been repeatedly honored by his party. In 1891 he was nominated for member of the state assembly, and though the normal Democratic majority in his district was 1500, he came within 150 votes of election. In 1894 he was ap- pointed by Comptroller Roberts com- missioner of corporation tax. Mr. Hazel has been a member of the Republican state committee since 1892, and is active in many local Republican clubs. He served as secretary of the Republican general committee of Buffalo for nearly ten years. This party service was fit- tingly rewarded by his election, in 1896, as a delegate to the Republican national convention at St. Louis.
Mr. Hazel is a member of St. Louis Church, Buffalo, is connected with many social and benevolent organizations, and has a wide circle of friends in both pro- fessional and social life.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY-Jolin Raymond Hasel was born at Buffalo December 18, 1860; re- ceived a common-school education ; studied law, and was admitted to practice April 1, 1882 ; was appointed commissioner of corporation tax in 1894 ; was a dele- gate fo the Republican national convention at St. Louis in 1896 ; has been a member of the Republican state committee since 1892 ; las practiced lar in Buffalo since 1882.
herbert AD. fbill is one of the best-known theoretical and practical chemists in the country. He fitted himself for his present work by a thorough course of preliminary education. After the training obtainable in the district schools of his native place,
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and in the grammar and high schools of Watertown, N. Y., Dr. Hill entered Hamilton College, whence he was graduated in June, 1879, with the degree of A. B. For the last two years of his college course he was assistant in charge of the chemical labora- tory at the college, and in 1879-80 he took a post- graduate course at Hamilton in chemistry and miner- alogy.
Dr. Hill's first engagement in teaching was a professorship of Greek and Latin in the Cortland (N. Y. ) Normal School, to which he was appointed in 1880. He went to Minnesota the same year as second in charge of a party sent out by eastern capitalists to prospect for iron. This trip resulted in the establishment of mines at Tower on Vermilion lake in northern Minnesota. On his return Dr. Hill was appointed professor of natural sciences and mathematics in the high school at Water- town, N. Y .- a position that he filled acceptably for eight years. At the end of this period he was deservedly honored by an appointment as principal of the school.
But higher honors awaited him. The Buffalo Medical College stood in need of a thoroughly capable man to be its pro- fessor of chemistry and toxicology, and after carefully scanning the field the fac- ulty offered the place to Dr. Hill. He accepted the offer, and since 1889 has been a resident of Buffalo, where his many estimable qualities and his intel- lectual attainments have made him an
honored citizen. Besides the position already mentioned, Dr. Hill is professor of general and analytical chemistry in the Buffalo College of Pharmacy, and profes- sor of general chemistry in the Buffalo Dental College. These three colleges are departments of the University of Buffalo.
From 1885 to 1889 Dr. Hill was chem- ist to the state dairy commission, and he now ably fills the position of city chemist of Buffalo. He has many commissions in the realm of applied chemistry as re- lated to the industries. He is consulting chemist for the Iroquois Chemical Works, the Victor Mincral Spring Co., and the Milsom Rendering & Fertilizer Co. He has also figured as an expert in a number of criminal cases. Among his field experiences may be men- tioned a trip to the Ontario gold fields that he made as an expert in 1895.
Since his graduation from Hamilton College Dr. Hill has been twice honored by his alma mater : in 1882 he received the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1890 that of Doctor of Philosophy.
Dr. Hill is a thorough student, and his connec- tions outside the active practice of his profession are largely with organizations allied thereto. He is a member of the American Chemical Society, the American Microscopical Society, the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, the Buffalo Microscopical Club, and the Engineers' Society of Western New York.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY-Herbert Mal- colm Hill was born at Burrs Mills, Jefferson county, N. Y., May 19, 1856 ; graduated from Hamilton College in 1879 ; married Amanda Elisabeth Isdell of Watertown, N. Y., June 1, 1880; was a professor in the Watertowon High School, 1881-89, and principal
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thereof, 1888-89; was chemist to the, state dairy commission, 1885-89 ; has lived in Buffalo since 1880. holding professorships in different departments of the University of Buffalo.
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Alvin H. Dubbelt has practiced medicine in Buffalo for sixteen years, and for the last thirteen years has devoted himself exclusively to diseases of the eye and ear. In this specialty he has attained great distinction. He has kept in touch with the leading oculists, not only of this country but also of
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Europe ; and his studies have twice taken him across the Atlantic, where he has visited the leading ophthalmic hospitals of Birmingham, London, and Paris. He has had occasion to perform many diffi- cult operations, the most notable of which, perhaps, outside of his ophthalmic surgery, occurred only two years after his graduation, when he performed laparotomy for intussusception of the intestines - the fourth operation for this disease in the United States. He has added materially to the appliances for the practice of his specialty. He devised an im- proved electro-magnet, in 1884, for extracting steel from the interior of the eye. Another invention is a new form of ear scissors, designed for him by George Tilman & Co. of New York. He has
received high honors from numerous medical socie- ties, and from Niagara University, the medical de- partment of which he was foremost in organizing. This university conferred on him, in 1886, the ad eundem degree of M. 1)., and in 1893 the higher degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Dr. Hubbell's grandparents were pio- neer settlers of western New York, as their ancestors were of the American con- tinent. He traces his descent to Richard Hubbell, who emigrated from England in 1645, and settled in Fairfield, Conn. Dr. Hubbell was the eldest of four chil- dren. His early education was obtained in the common schools, and in Randolph Academy (now Chamberlain Institute) at Randolph, N. Y. He also taught school several years in the intervals of his own tuition. At the age of eighteen he began reading medicine, continuing the study under different physicians in Cattaraugus .. county for three years. Among his pre- ceptors was Dr. Thomas J. Wheeler of
. Rutledge (now Conewango), at that time one of the most eminent practitioners in western New York. Dr. Hubbell then attended medical lectures in Philadelphia for two years, and at the age of twenty- three began general medical practice in Leon, Cattaraugus county. Not satisfied with the education already acquired, after six years of practice he entered the med- ical department of the University of Buf- falo, whence he graduated February 23, 1876, winning one of the Millard Fill- more cash prizes for the best thesis. He then returned to his general practice at Leon : but his interest in eye and ear diseases soon induced him to move to Buffalo, where he could specialize these subjects. With what success he has done so has already been shown.
Dr. Hubbell actively supports many professional societies, including the Buffalo Medical Union, the Buffalo Academy of Medicine, the Buffalo Ophthal- mological Society, and the Erie County Medical Association. He belongs, also, to the New York State Medical Association, and to the Medical Asso- ciation of Central New York, of which he has been president. The American Medical Association like- wise has his name on its membership roll, as well as the American Ophthalmological Society, the highest association of its kind in the country. Dr. Hubbell was a member of the Ninth International Medical
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Congress held in Washington city in 1887, of the Pan- American Medical Congress held in the same place in :>93, and of the International Ophthalmological C'ongress held in Edinburgh in 1894. He belongs to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences and to other scientific bodies. He is a member of the wwiety of the Sons of the Revolution, his paternal great-grandfather, Ezbon Hubbell, and his maternal great-grandfather, William Farnsworth, having served in the revolutionary war.
After helping to organize the medical department of Niagara University, Dr. Hubbell was appointed professor of ophthalmology and otology therein, and was elected secretary of the faculty. He has since retained these positions, and is an earnest advocate of higher medical education. He is attending sur- geon to the Charity Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital of Erie county, and is eye and ear sur- geon to the Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, and most of the other important hospitals in Buffalo.
Dr. Hubbell has been a frequent con- tributor to professional publications on subjects relating to his specialty. He is associate editor of the Buffalo Medical Journal, and has published in that peri- odical many articles of a technical nature. Several of his papers have appeared in the Transactions of the New York State Medical Association, the Archives of Pe- dintrics, the New York Medical Journal. the Archives of Ophthalmology, the Oph- thalmic Record, and other professional publications. An address introductory to a course of medical lectures was pub- lished by Peter Paul & Bro. of Buffalo in 1888.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY- Alvin Allace Hubbell was born at Cone- wango, N. Y., May 1, 1846 ; was edu- cated in common schools and Randolph- Academy ; studied medicine at Philadel- pia, 1867-69 : began practice at Leon, Cattaraugus county, in 1869 ; married Frangeline Fancher of Leon June 26, IST !: graduated from the medical depart- ment of the University of Buffalo in 1876 : practiced general medicine in Buffalo from isso) to 1883, and has since confined his practice to discases of the eye and ear ; in been professor of diseases of the eye and ear in the medical department of Niagara University, and secretary of the faculty of that department, since its organisation in 1883.
3obn bugbes is a leading factor in what is peculiarly an American enterprise - the live-stock commission business. Success in this industry re- quires sound judgment, square dealing, and an accu- rate knowledge of the markets. Mr. Hughes came to the United States from Ireland when a child, so that his education and training were for the most part distinctly American. He made his home in Buffalo, where he attended the public schools, and subsequently pursued a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, to fit himself for mercantile life. His educational advantages were limited, for he was dependent on his own exertions ; but he made good use of such opportunities as came within his reach.
The business career of Mr. Hughes has been confined almost entirely to the buying and selling of live stock, and in this he has met with deserved
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success. He first entered the business in 1866, becoming associated with Edward Swope at East Buffalo. To-day Mr. Hughes is a partner in the firm of Swope, Hughes, Waltz & Benstead, one of
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the largest concerns in western New York operating in live stock. Buffalo stands next to Chicago in the extent and variety of its live-stock products, and is one of the greatest markets of the world. This fact is traceable, partly to the natural and geo- graphical advantages of the city, but largely to the energy and business sagacity of such men as Mr. Hughes.
While steadily devoting himself to the demands of a growing business, Mr. Hughes has maintained a commendable interest in local affairs. In political convictions he is a zealous Democrat, but always tempers his politics with sterling sense and proper respect for the opinions of others. In short, he be- lieves in using the same standard of honesty and courtesy in politics as in business. He has never sought for political office, having too many business cares to permit the discharge of exacting official duties. He has, however, served as a park com- missioner of Buffalo, having been appointed by Mayor Bishop. In this position he has given the city the benefit of those qualities that have made him so uniformly successful in business affairs.
Mr. Hughes is connected with many of the moneyed institutions of Buffalo, and three corpora- tions have called him to their boards of directors --- the Milsom Rendering & Fertilizer Co., the Irish- American Savings and Loan Association, and the People's Bank. He has been a director of the latter institution ever since its organization. He is also a member of the Merchants' Exchange, and is presi- dent of the East Buffalo Live Stock Exchange Co. With the tireless energy of the true Irishman, Mr. Hughes renders efficient service in these varied posi- tions, notwithstanding the engrossing cares of his private business. He is a Roman Catholic, and a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association and of the Catholic Legion.
PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY-John Hughes was born at Dunmore, Kilkenny county, Ireland, about 1842 ; came to the United States and settled in Buffalo in 1852 ; was educated in the public schools and Bry- ant & Stratton's Business College ; married Mary Duffey of Buffalo July 10, 1864, and Elizabeth Lovett of Buffalo May 8, 1883 ; has been engaged in the live- stock commission business since 1866.
Sherman S. Jewett is a sterling type of American manhood. Of magnificent presence, fine mental endowment, and lofty character, he naturally stands among the foremost men of his community. The son of a farmer, he spent his earliest years amid the labors and pastimes of rural life. In the summer he worked in the fields, where doubtless
he laid the foundation of his robust constitution ; in winter he attended the district school, and there acquired the essentials of a sound education, though the curriculum was limited. At the age of fifteen he acted as clerk for his half-brother, who owned a small country store in Moravia, N. Y. Realizing the lack of opportunity in a village, and encouraged by the suggestions of his relatives, he determined to go to Buffalo and seek work with his uncle, Isaac W. Skinner, who owned a foundry there and manufac- tured plows and mill machinery. In company with a neighbor who was taking a load of produce to market, Mr. Jewett walked to Jordan, where he took passage on a packet, and thus reached his des- tination via the Erie canal. This was in 1334, when Buffalo had only 12,000 inhabitants.
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