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FLEISCHMANN, GUSTAV; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Vienna, Austria, March 22, 1850; came to the United States in 1866 ; married Emilie Robertson
of New York city August 24, 1880 ; has been engaged in the distilling business in Buffalo since 1877. 154 W
FLEMING, EDWIN ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at West Lebanon, Ind., Decem- ber 11, 1847 ; graduated from the Univer- sity of Michigan in 1870 ; engaged in news- paper work of various kinds for several Michigan papers until 1873 ; after spend- ing eighteen months abroad, went to Wash- ington as correspondent of New York, Detroit, and St. Louis newspapers, and of the Buffalo Courier ; married Harriet L. Stone of Kalamazoo, Mich., April 20, 1881 ; was editor of the Buffalo Courier, 1885-97 ; became secretary to the mayor of Buffalo January 1, 1898. 31 W
FLOOD, THOMAS S. ; resides in Elmira ; was born at Lodi, Seneca county, N. Y., April 12, 1844 ; was educated in the pub- lic schools and Elmira Free Academy ; began work as clerk in a drug store at Elmira in 1865, and established there, in 1868, a drug business that he has conduc- ted ever since ; married Frances Miller of Elmira June 23, 1870 ; was engaged in lumber and other business at Dubois, Penn., 1874-79; was a member of the 50th and 51st congresses, 1887-91 ; has been trustee and vice president of the Elmira Savings Bank since 1891. 38 C
FLOWER, ROSWELL P. ; resides in New York city ; was born at Theresa, N. Y., Angust 7, 1835 ; graduated from the The- resa High School in 1851; was clerk in the post office at Watertown, N. Y., 1854- 60 ; married Sarah M. Woodruff of Water- town December 26, 1859; conducted a jewelry store in Watertown, 1860-69; engaged in the banking business in New York city, 1869-81 ; was member of con- gress, 1881-83 and 1889-91 ; was governor of New York state, 1892-94. . 19 M
FOLSOM, BENJAMIN ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Folsomdale, Wyoming county, N. Y., December 5, 1847 ; graduated from the University of Rochester in 1871; served as newspaper correspondent, 1871- 72 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1875 ; practiced law in Buffalo, 1878-86; was United States consul at Sheffield, Eng., 1886-93 : married Mrs. Ella Blanchard Howard of Rochester Oc- tober 11, 1893 ; resumed the practice of law in Buffalo in 1893. 246 W
FORSYTH, JAMES G .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo April 17, 1832: was educated in the public schools of Kenosha,
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Wis .; married Jane Elizabeth Dodge of Buffalo March 10, 1857 ; entered the ser- vice of Sidney Shepard & Co. of Buffalo in 1856, and has been a partner in the firm since 1860.
32 W FOSTER, SAMUEL; resides in Troy ; was born at Grafton, N. Y., September 26, 1847 ; attended common schools ; taught school, 1863-69 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar September 7, 1871; married Charlotte A. Irving of Troy April 29, 1874; was assistant district attorney of Rensselaer county, 1876-78, and district attorney, 1879-81 ; has practiced law at Troy since 1871, with the exception of a few years spent in business in Kansas City, Mo. . .
67 E FOWLER, JOSEPH ; resides in Buffalo ; was born in Clifton Park township, Sara- toga county, N. Y., May 3, 1847; was educated in the schools of his native town : taught school, 1864-69 ; married Cornelia F. Cowles of Buffalo in 1867 ; graduated from the medical department of the Uni- versity of Buffalo in 1873; was elected a coroner of Erie county in 1881; was Republican candidate for superintendent of education of Buffalo in 1889; was appointed surgeon of the department of police in 1886, and has held the position since ; has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1873. 204 W FRANCHIOT, N. V. V .; resides in Olean ; was born at Morris, Otsego county, N. Y., August 21, 1855 ; was educated at Union School and at Union College, Schenectady, graduating from the latter institution in 1875; married Annie Coyne Wood of Warren, Penn., November 5, 1879; was elected mayor of Olean in February, 1894; has been in business in Olean, as an oil producer, since 1878. 101 W
FRANK, AUGUSTUS; resided in Warsaw ; was born at Warsaw July 17, 1826; was educated in public schools and by private instructors ; engaged in a general mercan- tile business at Warsaw, 1847-71; was representative in congress, 1859-65; was a delegate to the state constitutional con- ventions of 1867 and 1894, and a presiden- tial elector in 1889; married Agnes Mc- Nair of Groveland, N. Y., August 28, 1867 ; organized the Bank of Warsaw in 1871, and was president thereof until his death April 29, 1895. 35 D
FROST, GEORGE H. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Cherry Creek, N. Y., Decem- ber 15, 1850 ; attended district schools,
and union schools at Jamestown and Elling- ton ; taught school in various towns, 1870- 82 ; married Helen M. Perrin of Dayton, N. Y., December 18, 1879 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883; practiced law in Cherry Creek, 1883-89 ; was member of assembly, 1887-88 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since November, 1889.
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FUERTES, E. A .; resides in Ithaca; was born at St. John's, Porto Rico, W. I., May 10, 1838; received the degrees of Ph. B. and Ph. D. from the Conciliar Seminary of S. Yldefonso ; graduated from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, in 1860; married Mary Stone Perry of Troy December 22, 1860; was assistant director and director of public works in Porto Rico, 1861-64, and assistant engi- neer of the Croton aqueduct, and engineer of the Croton aqueduct board, New York, 1864-70; went to Cornell University, Ithaca, in 1873, as dean of the department of civil engineering, and has been director of the College of Civil Engineering there since 1889.
FULLER, FREDERICK A., JR .; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Rutland, Vt., April 10, 1839; was educated in the Jamestown Academy ; was a clerk in his father's store in Jamestown, 1857-66; married Cornclia Ludlow Benedict of Brooklyn, N. Y., May 24, 1866 ; engaged in the jewelry business as an importer in New York city, 1866-75 ; was a presiden- tial elector in 1884 : has been a member of the Jamestown board of education since 1884, and its president since 1890; has conducted a jewelry business in Jamestown since 1878. 434 W GAINES, C. C .; resides in Poughkeepsie ; was born at Dowell, Charlotte county, Va., March 15, 1857 ; graduated from Hamp- den Sidney College in 1875 ; taught school in Virginia and Kentucky, 1875-80; graduated from the University of Virginia in 1882 ; practiced law in Chicago, 1882- 83 ; married Mrs. M. M. Eastman of Poughkeepsie October 29, 1884 ; has been president of the Eastman Business Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, since November 25, 1884 ; established the New York Business College in 1892, and has carried on the same since. 15 E
GASKILL, JOSHUA ; resides in Lockport ; was born at Royalton, N. Y., November 4, 1835 ; was educated at the Lockport Union
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School, Wilson Collegiate Institute, Gas- port Academy, and the University of Rochester, from which he graduated in 1859 ; was admitted to the bar in 1860; married Salome Cox of Lockport May 25, 1863; was appointed city clerk of Lock- port in 1865, and clerk of the board of supervisors of Niagara county the same year ; was elected treasurer of Lockport in 1870, and surrogate of Niagara county in 1871 ; has practiced law in Lockport since 1863. 102 W
GATCHELL, GEORGE S .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Wheatfield, N. Y., Jan- uary 16, 1847; attended the Lockport Union School until 1863, when he moved to Philadelphia ; enlisted in the 3d Penn- sylvania cavalry in June, 1864, and served until the close of the war ; moved to Buf. falo in 1866, and engaged in railroad sur- veying ; was appointed chief engineer in 1872 of what is now the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad, and was general superintendent of that company, 1879-89; married Sarah M. Ketcham of Buffalo Octo- ber 15, 1874; was appointed a commis- sioner of public works of the city of Buffalo January 4, 1892, for a term of one year, and was reappointed January 4, 1893, for three years ; has been manager of the Buffalo Elevating Co. since 1889 ; was appointed in 1897 general inspector for the state railroad commission. 33 W
GAVIN, JOSEPH E .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 14, 1855 ; was educated in public schools, St. Joseph's College, Buffalo, and St. Michael's Col- lege, Toronto ; married Sarah E. Candee of Buffalo October 31, 1881 ; was customs inspector at Buffalo, 1885-89, and comp- troller of the city, 1892-94; has been engaged in the coal and wood business in Buffalo since 1883. 205 W
GERST, PHILIP; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo September 17, 1863; was educated in the public schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College ; was in the employ of the Erie railroad, 1879-86, and of Dakin & Sloan, coal dealers, 1886-88 : was member of assembly, 1894-95; was elected treasurer of the city of Buffalo in 1895, for the term 1896-99 : has carried on a real-estate and insurance business since 1888. 248 W
GIBSON, BYRON D .; resides in East Aurora ; was born at East Aurora Septem- ber 12, 1859; was educated in district schools and Aurora Academy ; was a clerk
in his father's store at East Aurora, 1878- 90; married Hattie A. Holmes of East Aurora September 4, 1882; was postmas- ter at Willink, 1890-93; was trustee of the village of East Aurora, 1892-94, and its president, 1894-96 ; was elected super- visor of the town of Aurora in March, 1895, for two years; has conducted a clothing store at East Aurora since 1890. 333 W
GILBERT, FRANK T. ; resides in Buffalo : was born at Brooklyn October 1, 1846; was educated in the public schools, at Fal- ley Seminary, and at Ames's Commercial College, Syracuse ; married Helen A. Briggs of Phoenix, N. Y., October 10, 1866 ; engaged in business in Phoenix, 1868-62; studied law, 1869-71; went to Buffalo in 1871, and engaged in mercan- tile pursuits until 1880; became deputy sheriff of Erie county in 1880, under sheriff in 1881, sheriff in 1885, and under sheriff again in 1895. 206 W
GLENN, WILLIAM J .; resides in Cuba ; was born at Dansville, N. Y., July 2, 1862 ; was educated in common schools and at Wellsville (N. Y.) Academy ; learned the printer's trade, and worked on newspapers, 1879-83; married Jessie A. Goodrich of Wellsville December 31, 1882 ; became one of the proprietors and editors of the Cuba Patriot January 1, 1883 ; was postmaster of Cuba, 1889-94 ; was elected doorkeeper of the house of representatives in 1895, and again in 1897. 179 W
GLUCK, JAMES FRASER ; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Niagara Falls, N. Y., April 28, 1852 ; attended common schools, Upper Canada College, at Toronto, Ont., and Cornell University, graduating there- from in 1874; studied law in Buffalo, and was admitted to the bar in 1876; married Effie D. Tyler, daughter of Professor Charles M. Tyler of Cornell University, June 15, 1877 ; was elected a trustee of Cornell in 1883 ; was curator of the Buffalo Library from 1885 to 1887, and president of the Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, from 1885 until his death ; practiced law in Buffalo from 1877 ; died in New York city December 15, 1897. 34 W
GOOD, JOHN ; resides in Far Rockaway, N. J. ; was born in County Roscommon, Ireland, in 1844; came to the United States in early boyhood ; learned the busi- ness of rope making in Brooklyn in his youth, and afterward the machinist's trade ;
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became foreman of a ropewalk in Brook- lyn in 1865, and devoted his attention to inventing rope-making machinery ; has carried on the manufacture of such machin- ery since 1869, and the manufacture of cordage (in this country and in England ) since 1887.
66 M GOODYEAR, CHARLES W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Cortland, N. Y., Octo- ber 15, 1846 ; completed his schooling at the Cortland Academy in 1867 ; moved to Buffalo in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1871 ; married Ella Portia Conger of Collins Center, N. Y., March 23, 1876; was appointed assistant district attorney of Erie county by Daniel N. Lockwood, tak- ing office January 1, 1875 : was appointed district attorney by Governor Robinson to fill an unexpired term October 1, 1877, holding office until January 1, 1878; retired from the practice of law in 1887 to enter the lumber and railroad business with his brother, Frank H. Goodyear. 35 W
GOODYEAR, FRANK H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Groton, N. Y., March 17, 1849 ; was educated at East Aurora Acad- emy ; was bookkeeper and teacher in a district school in 1871 ; married Josephine Looney of Looneyville, N. Y., September 13, 1872; has engaged in the coal and lumber trade in Buffalo since 1872. 11 W
GOULD, CHARLES A .; resides in New York city ; was born at Batavia, N. Y., January 13, 1849; was educated in public schools; went to Buffalo in 1869, and began work as an accountant ; married Adelaide Stocking of Batavia September 1, 1869 ; was deputy postmaster of Buffalo, 1878-79, and collector of customs there, 1880-84; went into business for himself as a partner in a steam-forge company in 1883, and later established a forge of his own ; is president of the Gould Coupler Co. of Depew, N. Y., and the Gould Steel Co. of Anderson, Ind. 207 W
GRACE, WILLIAM R .; resides in New York city ; was born at Riverside, Cove of Cork, Ireland, in 1833; came to the United States in 1846, and entered the service of a shipping house ; married Lil- lius Gilchrest of St. George, Me., in 1859 ; was mayor of New York city, 1881- 82 and 1885-86 ; has engaged extensively in the shipping trade, exporting, and im- porting, with headquarters in New York city, since 1865. . 34 M
GRATTAN, WILLIAM S. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Shoemaker's, Penn., June 8, 1846 ; was educated in district schools and Blairstown (N. J. ) Seminary ; was in the employ of the Lackawanna Iron & Coal Co., and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co., at Scranton, l'enn., 1862-70; married Amelia C. Mickens of Hewitt, N. J., August 30, 1877; had charge of various railroad and other con- traets in Massachusetts, New Jersey, and western New York, 1870-83; has done a general contracting business in Buffalo since 1883 ; was appointed a fire commissioner of Buffalo in 1896. 370 W
GRAVES, JOHN C. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Herkimer, N. Y., November 18, 1839 ; attended various schools and colleges ; was admitted to the bar in December, 1862; married Augusta C. Moore of Buffalo January 20, 1864; was clerk of the Superior Court of Buffalo, 1874-86 ; was president of Frontier Ele- vating Company, 1886-94 ; was a member of the board of park commissioners of Buf- falo, 1883-97 ; has been president of the Citizens' Association of Buffalo since its organization in 1889. 36 W
GREEN, ELEAZER ; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Remsen, N. Y., March 16, 1846 ; was educated at Westfield (N. Y. ) Academy and at the Albany Law School, from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1868; married Mary E. Brown of Jamestown November 5, 1873; was elected clerk of the village of Jamestown in 1875, and mayor of the city of Jamestown in 1894; was elected dis- triet attorney of Chautauqua county in 1895 ; has practiced law in Jamestown since 1870. 104 W
GREEN, GEORGE E .; resides in Bing- hamton ; was born at Kirkwood, Broome county, N. Y., August 30, 1858 ; was edu- cated in district schools; was a clerk in country stores, 1874-79 ; married Sara E. Cole of Port Crane, N. Y., February 27, 1880 ; has engaged in the wholesale coal trade and in other business enterprises in Binghamton since 1880; was mayor of Binghamton, 1893-97. . 52 C
GREEN, S. S .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Starksboro, Vt., January 6, 1839 ; stud- ied medicine at the University of Michi- gan, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of the City of New York March 4, 1864 ; served as a
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surgeon in the United States navy, 1864- 65 ; married Charlotte S. Cornell of Gays- ville, Vt., January 6, 1866 ; has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1875. 208 W
GREENE, WALTER D .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Starksboro, Vt., April 20, 1853 ; was educated in district schools and Union Springs (N. Y. ) Academy, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1876 : served on the staff of the Rochester City Hospital, 1876-78 ; married Mary E. Pursel of Buf- falo November 28, 1878 ; practiced medi- cine in Mendon, N. Y., 1878-80; was district physician in the health departinent of Buffalo, 1882-89, and health physician of the city, 1889-91 ; has practiced medi- cine in Buffalo since 1880; was appointed deputy health commissioner of Buffalo Jan - uary 1, 1897, for a term of five years. . 346 W
GROSS, ROBERT J .; resides in Dunkirk ; was born at Brighton, Canada West, November 21, 1850; received a common- school education ; was in the telegraphic and railway service, 1863-82; married Helen E. Wheeler of Milwaukee, Wis., June 23, 1887 ; has been a partner in the Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, since 1882. 105 W
HAIGHT, ALBERT; resides in Buffalo; was born at Ellicottville, N. Y., February 20, 1842; attended district schools and Springville (N. Y.) Academy : married Angeline Waters of West Falls, N. Y., November 20, 1864 ; was elected succes- sively supervisor from the second ward of Buffalo in 1869, 1870, and 1871, county judge of Erie county in 1872, and justice of the Supreme Court for the 8th judicial district in 1876; was re-elected Supreme Court justice in 1890; was appointed suc- cessively associate justice of the General Term of the Supreme Court for the fifth department by Governor Cleveland in 1884, associate judge of the second division of the Court of Appeals by Governor Hill in 1889, and associate justice of the Gen- eral Term (again) by Governor Flower in 1892 ; was elected associate judge of the Court of Appeals in 1894. . 38 W
HALLER, FREDERICK; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Augusta, Ga., April 8, 1859; was educated in common schools ; learned the cigar maker's trade and worked at the same, in Savannali, Ga., and in New York city, 1871-88; married Anna Zeip of New York city May 7, 1884 ; studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1891 ; was appointed assistant district attorney of Erie county January 1, 1896 ; has prac- ticed law in Buffalo since 1891. 354 W
HALLIDAY, SAMUEL D .; resides in Ithaca; was born at Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y., January 7, 1847 ; gradu- ated from Cornell University in 1870; was district attorney of Tompkins county, 1874-75, and member of assembly in the legislatures of 1876 and 1878; married Jennie Leonard of Union Springs, N. Y., June 30, 1881 ; has practiced law in Ithaca since 1872. 41 C
HAMMOND, C. D. ; resides in Albany ; was born at Rushford, N. Y., March 1, 1844; was educated in district schools and Friendship (N. Y. ) Academy ; served in the Union army, 1864-65; married Eunice Elnora Babcock of Friendship Jan- uary 29, 1866; was in the employ of the Erie railroad, 1862-64 and 1865-72, and of the New York & Oswego Midland rail- road, 1872-73 ; has been in the employ of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Co. since 1874, as superintendent of the northern railway department of that company since 1886.
HAMMOND, CLARENCE W. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at East Jaffrey, N. H., June 3, 1848 ; was educated in Michigan schools ; began business life in 1864 as a bank clerk, and afterward engaged in lum- ber manufacture in Michigan ; conducted a wholesale lumber business in Buffalo, 1879-89 ; married Adele E. Sirret of Buf- falo June 2, 1881 ; has been cashier of the People's Bank, Buffalo, since its organiza- tion in 1889, and second vice president since January 1, 1897. 442 W
HAMMOND, RICHARD; resides in Buf- falo ; was born in Ireland January 27, 1849 ; came to the United States in boy- hood, and learned the machinist's trade at Troy, N. Y. ; married Johanna Mahar of Troy April 25, 1870; engaged in business in New York and Pennsylvania, 1871-82; has conducted the Lake Erie Boiler Works at Buffalo since 1882, and the Lake Erie Engineering Works since 1890. . 426 W
HAMMOND, WILLIAM W .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Hamburg, N. Y., Novem- ber 4, 1831; attended common schools and Fredonia (N. Y. ) Academy ; married Amy A. Hurd of Evans, N. Y., in 1854, and Louisa A. Hurd of the same place in 1861 ; was admitted to the bar in Buffalo
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in 1861 ; was a member of the National Guard from 1852 to 1866; was elected county judge of Erie county in 1877, and was re-elected in 1878 and in 1883; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1890. .
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HARRINGTON, DEVILLO W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Sherburne, N. Y., October 23, 1844; attended district schools, and taught for several years ; served in the Union army, 1862-65; graduated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1871 ; married Annie Scott of Buffalo October 10, 1875 ; has practiced medicine at Buffalo since 1871. 210 W HART, LOUIS B .; resides in Buffalo; was born at Medina, N. Y., March 30, 1869 ; was educated in the Lockport schools and the Buffalo 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 Surrogate's Court of Erie county since Jan- uary 1, 1896. . 211 W
HASCALL, HIRAM W .; resides in Le Roy ; was born at Le Roy December 18, 1812; received a common-school and an academic education ; studied law in Le Roy, and was admitted to the bar in 1843 ; was clerk of Genesec county, 1856-62, and collector of internal revenue, 1866-69 : was postmaster of Le Roy, 1867-83 ; has practiced law in Le Roy since 1843. . 46 G
HASTINGS, ARTHUR C .; resides in Niag- ara Falls ; was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., July 13, 1860; was educated in Brooklyn public schools and at Smith College, Hat- field, Mass .; married Alice W. Brown of . Rochester January 13, 1887; was con- nected with the Rochester Paper Co., 1877-89 ; has been treasurer and manager of the Cliff Paper Co., Niagara Falls, N. Y., since 1892; was elected mayor of Niagara Falls in March, 1897. 386 W
HATCH, EDWARD W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Friendship, N. Y., November 26, 1852; received a common-school edu- cation ; began the study of law at Attica, N. Y., in 1872, and was admitted to the bar in 1876; married Helen Woodruff of Conneaut, O., in 1878; practiced law in Buffalo, 1876-86 ; was district attorney of Erie county, 1881-86; was judge of the Superior Court of Buffalo, 1887-95 ; became judge of the Supreme Court Jan- uary 1, 1896, and was appointed by Gover- nor Morton appellate judge for the 2d
1 department of that court for a terin of five years. .
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HATHAWAY, FRANKLIN FLINT; re- sides in Plattsburgh ; was born at Fall River, Mass., May 2, 1845 ; married Sarah Imogen Clark of Plattsburgh September 28, 1869; engaged in business in Platts- burgh, 1865-70 and 1872-77; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1880 ; was recorder of Plattsburgh, 1883-96; was appointed postmaster of Plattsburgh May 28, 1897 ; has practiced law in Platts- burgh since 1880. 69 E
HAWKES, THOMAS G .; resides in Corn- ing ; was born in County Cork, Ireland, September 25, 1846 ; completed his edu- eation at Queen's College, Cork ; came to the United States in 1865, and entered the employ of Hoare & Dailey, glass cutters ; married Charlotte Isidore Bissell of Corn- ing June 15, 1876; has carried on the manufacture of cut glass in Corning since 1880.
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HAWKS, EDWARD C .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo July 26, 1846 ; gradu- ated from the Central High School in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1869; was city attorney, 1880-81 ; married, on June 5, 1879, Amanda Smith of Buffalo, a lineal descendant of Richard Smith, Jr., the crown patentee of Narragansett, Rhode Island, 1641 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1871.
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HAWLEY, ELIAS S. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Moreau, N. Y., October 28, 1812; moved to Buffalo in 1823; grad- uated from Union College in 1833 ; taught school, 1836-39; was superintendent of schools in Buffalo in 1844, 1846, and 1847 ; married Lavinia Hurd Selden of Buffalo May 30, 1845 ; was in the employ of Pratt & Co. for twenty-three years ; was alderman from the 11th ward, Buffalo, in 1869, and member of assembly in 1883; has been engaged of late years in the management of his own property and of trust estates in Buffalo, and as secretary and treasurer of the Buffalo Hospital. 413 W
HAWLEY, FRANK W .; resides in Pitts- ford ; was born at Belleville, Jefferson county, N. Y., November 23, 1857 ; was educated in the public schools of Auburn, N. Y., and in Canandaigua (N. Y. ) Acad- emy'; studied law in Rochester ; marricd Estelle F. Ives of Brooklyn February 25, 1886; began active life as a journalist,
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but soon turned to business pursuits, and has attained high rank as a promoter and organizer of industrial concerns. 19 G
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