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BRUNN, CHARLES A. ; resides in Buf- falo; was born at Buffalo January 28, 1858; was educated in public schools ; was telegraph operator for the Western Union company at Buffalo, 1870-72, and for the Buffalo & Jamestown railroad, 1872-77 ; was assistant superintendent of the Buffalo & Southwestern railroad, 1877- 80 ; has been in the employ of the Erie railroad as division superintendent since 1880, with headquarters at Buffalo during most of that time. 123 W
BRUSH, HARLAN W. ; resides in North Tonawanda ; was born at Nelson, O., May 27, 1865; was educated at common schools and Mt. Union (O.) College ; learned the printer's trade at Alliance, O., 1880- 85 ; married Annetta Hamilton of Emlen- ton, Penn., May 16, 1888 ; conducted a job-printing office in Alliance, 1885-87, and published a newspaper there, 1887- 94; was appointed United States consul at Clifton, Ont., in 1897 ; has been pro- prietor and editor of the North Tonawanda Daily News since December, 1894. . 453 W
BRYANT, JOHN C .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Ebley, Gloucestershire, Eng- land, December 21, 1821 : attended the Norwalk (O.) Academy two years, and studied medicine three years, graduating from the Cleveland Medical College in 1846 ; married Hannah M. Clark of Wake- man, O., May 21, 1851 ; practiced his profession at Amherst, O., 1847-56 ; went to Buffalo in 1856, and formed a partner-
ship with H. B. Bryant and H. D. Stratton for the conduct of business colleges ; has been president of the Bryant & Stratton Buffalo Business College since 1860. 23 W
BUCHANAN, CHARLES J .; resides in Albany ; was born at New Berlin, Che- nango county, N. Y., December 27, 1843 ; was educated at New Berlin Academy ; served in the Union army, 1861-65; attended the United States Military Acad- emy at West Point, N. Y., 1868-70; was admitted to the bar in 1874; married Caroline Van Valkenburgh of Albany Octo- ber 27, 1875 ; has practiced law in Albany since 1875.
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BULGER, CHARLES N. ; resides in Os- wego ; was born at Volney, Oswego county, N. Y., August 19, 1851 ; gradu- ated from St. John's College, Fordham, New York, in 1875 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; was city attorney of Oswego in 1882; married Caroline A. Dunn of Oswego June 5, 1883 ; has been recorder of the city of Oswego since January 1, 1883 ; has prac- ticed law in Oswego since 1879. .
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BUNTING, THOMAS L. ; resides in Ham- burg ; was born in the town of Eden, N. Y., April 24, 1844; received his edu- cation at a district school and the Spring- ville Academy ; taught school in 1861-62 ; married Bettie Maria Newton of East Ham- burg September 8, 1869; established a general mercantile business in Hamburg in 1868; became manager of the Ham- burg Canning Co. in 1889 ; was a mem- ber of the 52d congress (1891-93). . . 93 W
BURKE, H. V. ; resides in Amsterdam ; was born at Amsterdam March 18, 1870 ; was educated in public and parochial schools ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1891; was chairman of the Montgomery-county Democratic commit- tee and a delegate to the Democratic state convention in 1894 ; has practiced law in Amsterdam since 1891.
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BURKE, THOMAS M. A. ; resides in Al- bany ; was born in Ireland in 1840 ; grad- uated from St. Charles College, Ellicott City, Md., and from St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore ; was assistant at St. John's Church, Albany, 1864-65, and at St. Joseph's Church, Albany, 1865-94: was vicar-general of the Roman Catholic diocese of Albany, 1887-94, and has been bishop of the same diocese since 1894. . 31 E
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BURROWS, GEORGE II. ; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Bernardston, Mass., December 21, 1822; attended the public schools ; was in the service of the Con- necticut River railroad, 1843-52 ; married- Mary Elizabeth Cook of Northampton, Mass., September 11, 1850; was connec- ted with the Wabash road, with headquar- ters at Toledo, 1855-65 and 1869-73; was superintendent of the western division of the New York Central road, with head- quarters at Buffalo, 1873-93 ; died at Buf- falo March 9, 1896. 17 D
BURWELL, GEORGE N. ; resided in Buf- falo ; was born in Herkimer county, New York, May 19, 1819; moved to Buffalo in 1824, and was educated in private schools there ; studied medicine in Phila- delphia, and received his degree in 1843 ; practiced his profession in Buffalo from 1844 until his death May 15, 1891, with the exception of four years spent in study in Europe. 57 D
CALLICOT, T. C. ; resides in Albany ; was born in Fairfax county, Va., July 12, 1826; was educated at the Pierrepont School, Alexandria, Va., Graham Academy, New London, Penn., and Delaware College, Newark, Del. ; was admitted to the bar at New York city in 1847 ; was connected with the New York Commercial Advertiser, 1852-58; was member of assembly in 1860 and 1863, and speaker of that body in 1863; married Fitzina H. Lyman of New York city in June, 1846, and Freder- icka H. L. Weibezahl of New York May 17, 1871; was editor and chief owner of the Albany Times, 1873-91, and editor of the Times-Union, 1891-96; has been editor in chief of the Albany Argus, since June, 1896. 18 E
CAMPBELL, JAMES A. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Niagara Falls, Ont., July 24, 1852 ; was educated in Buffalo public schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College ; was a clerk in insurance offices, 1868-76 ; married Emeline A. Short of Buffalo September 17, 1888; was presi- dent of the Irish-American Savings and Loan Association, 1884-94 ; has conduc- ted a general insurance agency in Buffalo since 1876. 321 W
CARPENTER, REESE ; resides in New York city ; was born at Mile Square (now Armonk ), Westchester county, N. Y., December 22, 1847 ; was educated in dis- trict schools ; engaged in business as a butcher, 1864-67 ; went to New York city
in 1867, and established an iron business ; married Caroline I .. Townsend of Armonk, N. Y., November 2, 1870; has been actively connected with the management of various cemeteries since 1890. 43 M
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CARROLL, CHARLES H. ; resides in Rochester ; was born at Warwick, Ontario, June 15, 1851 ; was educated at Guelph High School, Berlin Academy, and by a private tutor ; was in the employ of G. Doeltz & Bro., Detroit, Mich., 1869-75, and of Barnes & Bancroft, Buffalo, 1875- 80 ; has conducted a dry-goods business at Rochester since 1880. 31 G
CARY, CHARLES S. ; resides in Olean ; was born at Hornellsville, N. Y., Novem- ber 25, 1827 ; graduated from Alfred (N. Y. ) Academy in 1847, and from the National Law School, Ballston Spa, N. Y., in 1850; married Sarah A. Mitchell in 1850 ; was appointed commissioner of the board of enrollment by President Lincoln in 1863 ; was collector of internal revenue, 1865-66; was a member of the state assembly in 1883 ; was appointed commis- sioner of Pacific railroads in 1886, and solicitor of the United States treasury in 1887 ; has practiced law in Olean since 1850. 94 W
CARY, EUGENE ; resides in Niagara Falls ; was born at Dunkirk, N. Y., November 21, 1857 ; graduated from Cornell Uni- versity in 1878 ; was engaged in teaching and as superintendent of schools, and in reading law, 1879-84; was admitted to the bar in June, 1884 ; married Mary MI. Waud of Buffalo July 5, 1882; practiced law at Forestville, N. Y., 1884-85 ; was an alternate delegate to the Republican national convention of 1896 ; has practiced law at Niagara Falls since 1885. 433 W
CASE, JASON D .; resides in Franklin- ville ; was born at Lyndon, N. Y., Octo- ber 3, 1847 ; was educated in the district schools and in Rushford (N. Y. ) Academy : began business in 1863 as assistant to his father, an extensive produce dealer : accep- ted a position as superintendent of an oil company in Pennsylvania, in 1869 ; became manager of a private bank in Franklinville in 1873; married Helen C. Morgan of Cuba, N. Y., January 27, 1873 ; has been cashier and manager of the First National Bank of Franklinville since 1877, and president of the Citizens' Bank of Arcade, N. Y., since 1883. 117 W
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CASSIDY, DAVID D .; resides in Amster- dam ; was born in the town of Florida, Montgomery county, N. Y., April 6, 1827 ; was educated at Poughkeepsie Collegiate School ; was clerk in a dry-goods store at Amsterdam, 1844-49 ; married Mrs. Cath- arine M. Efner of Rochester, N. Y., April 17, 1866 ; began his connection with the Farmers' National Bank of Amsterdam in 1849, and was its cashier, 1859-89 ; since 1889 has occupied himself with various business interests in Amsterdam.
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CHALMERS, JAMES ; resides in Williams- ville ; was born at Gorgie Mills, near Edinburgh, Scotland, October 15, 1844; was educated at Gillespie's Free School, Edinburgh ; married Helen Wilson of Peebles, Scotland, August 23, 1866 ; came to America in 1872 ; established the Chal- mers gelatine factory at Williamsville in 1873, and has conducted the same since. 292 W
CHESTER, ALDEN; resides in Albany ; was born at Westford, N. Y., September 4, 1848 ; graduated from Columbia College Law School in 1871, and was admitted to the bar the same year ; married Lina Thur- ber of East Worcester, N. Y., October 5, 1871 ; was deputy clerk of the New York state assembly in 1874 and in 1876, mem- ber of the board of public instruction of Albany, 1881-84, and assistant United States attorney, 1882-85 ; practiced law in Albany, 1871-95; was elected justice of the Supreme Court in November, 1895. 20 E CHESTER, CARL T. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Norwich, Conn., August 1, 1853; graduated from Yale College in 1875, and from Columbia College Law School in 1877; was managing clerk in the office of Bowen, Rogers & Locke of Buffalo, 1877-81 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1882. 454 W
CHILDS, HENRY A. ; resides in Medina ; born at Carlton, Orleans county, N. Y., July 17, 1836; was educated in the common schools of Orleans county, and at Albion and Macedon (N. Y. ) acad- emies ; married Julia B. Freeman Novem- ber 16, 1859 ; was admitted to the bar in 1860, and began the practice of law in Medina the same year ; was district attor- ney of Orleans county, 1868-77 ; received the degree of LL. D. from Williams Col- lege in October, 1893 ; was elected jus- tice of the Supreme Court in November, 1883, and re-elected in 1897, when he received the nomination from both Re- publicans and Democrats. 17 G
CHOATE, JOSEPH H. ; resides in New York city : was born at Salem, Mass., Janu- ary 24, 1832 ; graduated from- Harvard College in 1852, and from the Harvard Law School in 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1856 ; married Caroline O. Sterling in 1861 ; was president of the New York state constitutional convention in 1894; has practiced law in New York city since 1856. .
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CLARK, EDWARD; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo October 28, 1852 ; was educated in the public schools ; grad- uated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1880; married Nellie M. Daniels of Buffalo May 1, 1884; was health physician of the city of Buffalo, 1883-90 ; has practiced medicine there since 1880. 193 W
CLARK, JOSEPHUS H. ; resides in James- town ; was born at Petersham, Mass., December 1, 1819; was educated in the public schools ; moved to western New York in 1830; married Jane E. Marsh of Panama, N. Y., July 13, 1851; was trus- tee of Jamestown, 1859-69, and member of the board of education, 1870-91 ; has conducted a foundry in Jamestown since 1841. . 118 W CLARK, MYRON H. ; resides in Lancas- ter ; was born at what is now Elma, N. Y., June 20, 1853; was educated at Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Buffalo ; married Mary Eliza Bancroft of Elma May 24, 1876 ; was admitted to the bar in 1883; was clerk of the board of supervisors of Erie county in 1881, super- visor of the town of Elma, 1886-87, chair- man of the Erie-county board of super- visors in 1887, and member of assembly in 1892 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1883. 194 W
CLEARWATER, A. T. ; resides in Kings- ton ; was born at West Point, N. Y., Sep- tember 11, 1848; was educated in New York city and at Kingston Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1871 ; married Anna Houghtaling Far- rand, formerly of San Francisco, Cal., September 29, 1875 ; was district attorney of Ulster county, 1878-86 ; has been county judge of Ulster county since Jan- uary 1, 1890.
CLEMENT, STEPHEN M. : resided in Buf- falo : was born at Manlius, N. Y., Febru- ary 26, 1825: was educated in district schools ; conducted a general store in
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Fredonia, N. Y., 1850-55 ; organized the Fredonia Bank in 1856, and was president of the same, 1867-81; married Sarah E. Leonard of De Witt, N. Y., November 3, 1851 ; became cashier and manager of the Marine Bank, Buffalo, in 1869, and presi- dent in 1881 ; died September 29, 1892. 18 D
CLEWS, HENRY; resides in New York city ; was born at Hilderstone, Stafford- shire, Eng. ; was educated in England ; obtained a clerkship in a New York im- porting house in 1853; married Lucy Madison Worthington of Kentucky Feb- ruary 4, 1874; has carried on a banking business in New York city since 1858, establishing the firm of Henry Clews & Co. in 1877.
CLINTON, GEORGE ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo September 7, 1846 ; graduated from the Buffalo Central High School in 1865, and from Columbia Col- lege Law School in 1868 ; practiced law in New York city, 1868-69, and in Hud- son, Wis., 1869-74 ; married Alice Thorn- ton of Buffalo January 17, 1872; was a member of the New York state legislature in 1884 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1874. 412 W
CLINTON, SPENCER ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo June 29, 1839; was educated in public and private schools ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1860 ; was assistant United States district attorney, 1866-68 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1868. 244 W
CLOSE, EMORY P .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo December 13, 1859 ; was educated in the public schools ; was assistant librarian of the Young Men's Asso- ciation Library of Buffalo, 1874-77 ; was Supreme Court stenographer for the 8th judicial district, 1880-88, and official stenographer of the New York state assem- bly, 1884-87 ; married Etta S. Cobb of Buffalo January 7, 1885 ; was admitted to the bar in 1886, and has practiced law in Buffalo since 1888 ; was appointed United States district attorney for northern New York in September, 1897. . 196 W
COATSWORTH, EDWARD E. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 5, 1866 ; was educated in the public schools, graduating from the high school; was admitted to the bar January 6, 1888 ; mar- ried Emma Marion Blocking of Buffalo June 25, 1891 ; has practiced law in Buf- falo since 1888. 197 W
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COBB, WILLARD A. ; resides in Lock- port ; was born at Rome, N. Y., July 20, 1842; graduated from Hamilton College in 1864 ; was a regent of the University of the State of New York, 1886-95 ; was appointed a state civil-service commis- sioner in 1895, and elected president of the board ; has edited the Lockport Daily Journal since 1871. . 95 W
COLE, IRVING W. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Covert, N. Y., September 21, 1859 ; attended public schools and Cook's Academy, Havana, N. Y. ; was admitted to the bar in 1883 ; practiced law in Wat- kins, N. Y., 1883-93 ; was chairman of the Schuyler-county Republican committee, 1892-93 ; married Mrs. Nelle E. Ingham of Elmira, N. Y., June 27, 1893; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1893. . . 345 W COMPTON, W. R .; resides in Elmira ; was born at Sullivanville, Chemung county, N. Y., April 8, 1860 ; was educated in the district school and Spencer (N. Y. ) Acad- emy ; married Alice Forshee of Watkins, N. Y., June 8, 1881; engaged in the manufacture of cigars at Sullivanville in 1881 ; was appointed chief examiner in the post-office department at Washington in 1889 ; has conducted a real-estate busi- ness in Elmira since 1891. 18 C
CONGDON, JOSEPH M .; resides in Gowanda ; was born at Napoli, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., January 12, 1846 ; attended district schools and Randolph Academy ; was admitted to the bar in 1870; married Alice M. Jenkins of East Randolph, N. Y., May 24, 1871 ; practiced law at East Randolph and at Fredonia, 1871-75; was member of assembly from Cattaraugus county, 1880-81 ; was elected district attorney of Cattaraugus county in Novem- ber, 1895 ; lived in Buffalo, 1882-84, but has otherwise practiced law at Gowanda since September, 1875. 293 W
CONKLIN, MELVIN M .; resides in El- mira; was born at Owasco, N. Y., Octo- ber 15, 1844; was educated in common schools ; served in the Union army, 1862- 65 ; married Nettie J. Hutchins of Elmira February 24, 1869 ; was appointed post- master of Elmira in May, 1897 ; has con- ducted a wholesale and retail grocery store and bakery in Elmira since 1878. 5 C
CONNERS, WILLIAM J. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo January 3, 1857 : attended public schools, but began work as
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a porter on lake steamers at the age of thir- teen ; has carried on a freight-transfer busi- ness at Buffalo and other lake ports since 1885 ; married Catherine Mahany of Buf- falo in November, 1881, and Mary A. Jor- dan of West Seneca, N. Y., August 2, 1893 ; became president of the Enquirer Co., and of the Magnus Beck Brewing Co., Buffalo, in 1895, and owner of the Courier- Record in May, 1897. 283 W
COOK, EDWARD L .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo March 29, 1839; was educated in the public schools ; was book- keeper for a firm of plumbers, 1859-62; served in the Union army, 1862-65 ; mar- ried Mary E. Moffett of Portageville, N. Y., June 16, 1869 ; became a member of the firm of T. W. Toye & Co., plumbers, in 1870, and has conducted a similar busi- ness under his own name since 1878. . 198 W
CORBETT, CHARLES H. ; resides in Sherman ; was born at Mina, N. Y., Octo- ber 5, 1845; was educated in district schools and Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. ; was clerk in a dry- goods store at Sherman, 1866-71 ; married Narcissa Dutton of Sherman May 13, 1869 ; was elected member of assembly in 1882; has conducted a dry-goods and general-merchandise business at Sherman since 1871. 178 W
COREY, FRED D. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Black River, Jefferson county, N. Y., May 27, 1863 ; graduated from the Watertown (N. Y. ) High School in 1884; taught school, 1884-90 ; married Ella L. Phelps of Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., August 17, 1887; was admitted to the bar in 1892 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since" 1892. 390 W
CORNELL, S. DOUGLAS ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Glenville, Conn., De- cember 2, 1839 ; graduated from Hobart College in 1860 ; married Lydia Hadfield of Buffalo January 29, 1862 ; spent about three years in Colorado, 1862-64, as agent for the examination of gold mines; took part in his father's lead business for two years after graduation, returned thereto in 1864, and remained in the business until 1888 ; served on the staff of brigadier gen- eral, afterwards major general, William F. Rogers, in command of 4th division, N. G., S. N. Y., for fifteen years, becoming assistant adjutant general and chief of staff, with rank of colonel ; is a member of the Buffalo, Saturn, University, and Country clubs of Buffalo, and the Theta Delta Chi,
United Service, and Reform clubs of New York city. . 25 W
CORNWELL, WILLIAM C .; resides in East Aurora ; was born at Lyons, N. Y., August 19, 1851 ; attended the public schools of Buffalo ; married Marian W. Loomis of Buffalo October 9, 1873; was cashier of the Bank of Buffalo, 1877-92; organized the City Bank of Buffalo in 1892, and has been president thereof since ; was made the first president of the New York State Bankers' Association in 1894; was a member of the executive committee of the American Bankers' Association, 1894-96 ; was president of the Buffalo Society of Artists, 1894-96 ; has been fund commissioner of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy since 1880. 26 W
COTHRAN, GEORGE W. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Royalton, Niagara county, N. Y., February 25, 1834; was admitted to the bar in 1857 ; served in the Union army, 1861-63 ; married Jennie W. Mann of Buffalo May 26, 1863 ; was county judge of Erie county in 1877; edited, annotated, and wrote several valuable books, 1875-89 ; has practiced law in Buf- falo since 1863, with the exception of sev- eral years' practice in Chicago, 1879-85. 199 W COUCH, ASA STONE; resides in Fre- donia ; was born at Westfield, N. Y., Oc- tober 22, 1833 ; was educated at Westfield Academy and Chamberlain Institute ; grad- uated in medicine from the Homeopathic Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1855 ; married Martha L. Sherman of Westfield April 2, 1857, and Mrs. Ellen S. Barrett of Dunkirk, N. Y., February 6, 1878; was appointed a member of the state board of homeopathic medical examiners in 1891 ; has practiced medicine in Fredonia since 1856. 119 W
COUDERT, FREDERIC R .; resides in New York city ; was born at New York city March 1, 1832 ; graduated from Col- umbia College in 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1853; married Miss McCredy of New York city February 19, 1862; has been a member of the law firm of Coudert Brothers since its formation about 1853. 64 M
COXE, ARTHUR CLEVELAND; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Mendham, N. J., May 10, 1818; graduated from the Uni- versity of the City of New York in 1838, and from the General Theological Semi- nary, New York city, in 1841 ; had pastor- ates at Morrisania, N. Y., Hartford, Conn.,
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Baltimore, Md., and New York city, 1841- 64; became assistant bishop of Western New York January 4, 1865, and bishop of Western New York later in the same year ; died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., July 20, 1896. 50 D
CRANDALL, AZOR B. ; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Sloansville, N. Y., July 23, 1829 ; lived in New York city, 1847- 79, engaged chiefly in the hotel business ; married Marguerite Ida Gilmore of New York city May 6, 1858; was for many years the largest horse dealer in East Buf- falo, establishing the firm of Crandall & Co. ; conducted a hotel at East Buffalo from 1879 until his death April 2, 1895. 34 D
CRANGLE, ROLAND ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Ballyquintin, County Down, Ireland, August 17, 1864; was educated in the National Schools of Ireland ; came to the United States in 1880, and worked as a laborer and clerk at Buffalo, 1880-88 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1892 ; has practiced law in Buf- falo since January, 1894. 391 W
CRONIN, PATRICK ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Pallaskenry, Limerick county, Ireland, March 1, 1835; came to the United States in 1849; was educated at the St. Louis University and at St. Vin- cent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo. ; was ordained to the priesthood at St. Louis, Mo., in 1862, and was connected with vari- ous parishes in that state until 1870; was professor in the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, Suspension Bridge, N. Y., 1870- 72; has been editor of the Catholic Union and Times, Buffalo, since 1873. 148 W
CROSTHWAITE, JOHN L. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo in 1854; was educated in Buffalo schools; engaged in lake traffic, 1871-76 ; married Elizabeth Sherman Morgan of Buffalo April 12, 1876 ; was deputy collector of customs, 1878-81 ; has owned and operated lake vessels since 1881. 424 W
CUDDEBACK, WILLIAM H. ; resides in Buffalo; was born in the town of Deer Park, N. Y., March 25, 1854; was edu- cated at Goshen Academy and Cornell University ; was admitted to the bar in 1877 ; practiced law at Goshen, N. Y., 1877-85 ; was chairman of the Democratic general committee, Buffalo, 1895-97 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1885 ; was elected corporation counsel of Buffalo in November, 1897. 200 W
CUMMING, ALEXANDER; resides in Binghamton ; was born at Stamford, N. Y., November 12, 1832; attended common schools and academies; was admitted to the bar in 1858 ; married Hannah Hugui- ner of Deposit, N. Y., September 17, 1860 ; practiced law at Deposit, 1858-78, and has practiced at Binghamton since 1878.
CUNNEEN, JOHN ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Enis, Ireland, May 18, 1848; came to the United States in 1861, and settled in Albion, N. Y. ; was admitted to the bar at Rochester in 1874; married Elizabeth E. Bass of Albion January 26, 1876 ; practiced law in Albion, 1874-90, and has practiced in Buffalo since 1890. 149 W
CURTISS, GEORGE B. ; resides in Bing- hamton ; was born at Mount Morris, N. Y., September 16, 1852 ; was educated in Illinois ; was admitted to the bar at Ithaca, N. Y., in 1880; was elected dis- trict attorney in 1883, and held the office six years ; married Mary D. Bliss of Lisle, N. Y., May 1, 1888 ; has practiced law at Binghamton since 1880. 36 C
CUSHMAN, CHARLES W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Cleveland, O., Aug- ust 31, 1848 ; attended the Cleveland pub- lic schools and the Rockford (Ill. ) High School; spent two years in the army, 1864-65 ; married Georgie L. Doran of Chicago March 18, 1873 ; entered the ser- vice of the Lake Shore & Michigan South - ern railway in 1869, and was general agent of the company, 1872-80; organized the Railway Car Association in 1880, and has been president thereof since .. 27 W
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