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HAWLEY, LUCIAN; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Moreau, N. Y., November 8, 1818 ; received a common-school educa- tion, and was admitted to the bar in 1844 ; practiced law in Buffalo, 1844-49; was appointed deputy collector of customs in 1849 ; was engaged in the United States revenue service, 1865-76 ; married Irene Burt Leech of Buffalo April 19, 1848, and Lida Williams Jennings of Lockport, N. Y., December 18, 1877 ; has made his home in Buffalo since 1876. 250 W
HAYES, CHARLES E .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Oakville, Canada, March 24, 1858; was educated in the public schools of Steubenville, O., and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Buffalo ; became book- keeper for the firm of Cosack & Co., Buf- falo, in 1878, and was admitted to the firm in 1881 ; married Carrie Fairchild Spencer of Buffalo October 11, 1881; has been a member of the firm of Koerner & Hayes, successors to Cosack & Co., since 1892. 251 W
HAYES, P. HAROLD; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Clinton, Ind., October 7, 1824; attended Canandaigua (N. Y.) Academy and the seminary at Lima, N. Y., and graduated from Jefferson Medical Col- lege, Philadelphia, in 1848 ; married Cor- nelia Catherine Hall of West Bloomfield, N. Y., September 5, 1848 ; was connected with various sanitariums, 1848-75 ; engaged in general practice at Binghamton, N. Y., 1875-85 ; made a specialty of the treat- ment of asthma at Buffalo, 1885-94; died at Buffalo April 9, 1894. 37 D
HAYT, STEPHEN T .; resides in Corn- ing ; was born at Patterson, N. Y., June 5, 1823 ; was educated in Knoxville Acad- emny, Painted Post, N. Y .; conducted a general store at Corning, 1843-50 ; mar- ried Margaret Comstock Townsend of Palmyra, N. Y., November 19, 1856 ; engaged in the lumber business, 1851-67 ; was elected state senator in 1863 and in 1865, and canal commissioner in 1866; was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1860, 1868, 1884, and 1888 ; has conducted a milling and plaster business at Corning since 1868. 42 C
HAZEL, JOHN R .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo December 18, 1869; re- ceived a common-school education ; stud- ied law, and was admitted to practice April
7, 1882; was appointed commissioner of corporation tax in 1894 ; was a delegate to the Republican national convention at St. Louis in 1896; has been a member of the Republican state committee since 1892 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1882. 212 W
HEALY, M. J .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 3, 1859; was educated in public schools and St. Joseph's College, Buffalo ; was in the employ of Pratt & Co., 1876-78 ; married Elizabeth Warner of Buffalo February 9, 1897 ; was appointed commissioner of public works of Buffalo for the term 1897-1900 ; has car- ried on a grocery and meat business at Black Rock since 1878. 371 W
HEATH, G. WARREN ; resides in Fonda ; was born at Amsterdam, N. Y., August 26, 1860 ; was educated in public schools and Amsterdam Academy ; married Lillian M. Sammons of Amsterdam October 15, 1884; was employed in the designing department of Stephen Sanford & Sons, Amsterdam, 1878-95; was treasurer of the city of Ainsterdam, 1891-92 ; has been sheriff of Montgomery county since 1895, making his home at Fonda. . 11 E
HEDSTROM, ERIC L .; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Stockholm, Sweden, August 21, 1835; came to the United States in childhood ; began business life in a coal office in Chicago in 1856 : moved to Buf- falo about 1860, and was actively engaged in the coal and iron business there until his death ; was president of the Buffalo Young Men's Christian Association, 1871-76, and of the Merchants' Exchange, 1884-85 ; died in Buffalo October 17, 1894. 12 D
HEES, JAMES LEDLIE ; resides in Fonda : was born at Palatine Bridge, N. Y., Janu- ary 24, 1862; was educated in private schools ; was a clerk in a New York office, 1879-81 ; married Adela S. Moore of De- troit, Mich., October 12, 1887 ; became connected with the National Mohawk River Bank of Fonda in 1881, and has been its president since January, 1897 ; has been president of the Herkimer, Mohawk, Ilion & Frankfort Electric Railroad Co. since 1895, and of the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville and the Cayadutta Electric railroad companies since 1897 ; has been deputy state treasurer of New York since 1894.
HEFFORD, ROBERT RODMAN ; resides in Buffalo : was born at Buffalo February 25, 1845 ; was educated in Buffalo schools ;
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was clerk in a wholesale house in Buffalo, 1862-63, and in the canal collector's office in 1864; married Harriet Rosalia Whit- /taker of Catskill, N. Y., January 4, 1870 ; was alderman from the 2d ward, Buffalo, 1879-82, and president of the common council, 1883-84; was president of the Republican League of the State of New York, 1887-88, and vice president of the National Republican League, 1889-93 ; was president of the Buffalo Merchants' Exchange and of the Board of Trade, 1894- 96; has been engaged in the coal trade in Buffalo since 1865. 372 W
HENDERSON, WILLIAM H .; resided in Randolph ; was born at Tully, N. Y., December 4, 1828 ; was educated at Fre- donia Academy and at the State Normal College at Albany, N. Y. ; was nominated . for treasurer of Cattaraugus county in 1851 ; was appointed county judge of Cattaraugus county in 1875, and justice of the Supreme Court for the 8th judicial district in 1876; was delegate to the Democratic national convention in 1880; married Anna M. Morris of Ellicottville, N. Y., June 3, 1858, and Emily A. Thompson of Randolph July 9, 1885; practiced law in Randolph from 1852 until his death December 5, 1896. . 126 W
HENGERER, WILLIAM; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Wurtemburg, Germany, March 2, 1839 ; attended common schools : came to the United States in 1849 ; served in the Union army, 1861-63; married Louisa Duerr of Buffalo September 24, 1863 ; has been a trustee of the Buffalo Normal School since 1885, a park commis- sioner of Buffalo since 1884, and president of the board since April, 1897 ; has been a member of the dry-goods house now known as the William Hengerer Co. since 1874.
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HENNIG, HERMAN; resides in Buffalo ; was born in Saxony October 16, 1852 : was educated in Buffalo at public schools and by private tutors ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1876; was city attorney of Buffalo, 1884-85 ; has been twice married, the second time to Sadie G. Bowman of Buffalo May 23, 1893; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1876. . . 427 W
HEQUEMBOURG, CHARLES E .; resides in Dunkirk ; was born at Dunkirk July 9, 1845; was educated in the common schools ; served in the United States army from 1863 to the close of the war ; mar- ried Harriet E. Thurber of St. Louis, Mo.,
July 31, 1872; was an early operator in the Pennsylvania oil fields, and a pioneer in the development of natural-gas transpor- tation ; was elected mayor of Dunkirk in March, 1894, and again in March, 1895 ; has been engaged in business, chiefly as civil engineer and contractor, in Dunkirk since 1865. 106 W
HEWITT, ABRAM S .; resides in New York city ; was born at Haverstraw, N. Y., July 31, 1822 ; graduated from Columbia Col- lege in 1842; was admitted to the bar in 1845; was a member of the national house of representatives, 1875-79 and 1881-87 ; was mayor of New York city, 1887-88 ; married Sarah Amelia Cooper, the only daughter of Peter Cooper, in 1855; has engaged in the business of iron manufac- ture since 1845. .
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HIBBARD, H. M .; resides in Ithaca; was born at Ithaca November 29, 1853; was educated in private schools, Ithaca Acad- emy, and Cornell University, graduating from the latter institution in 1874; fol- lowed the profession of civil engineer from 1874 to 1880 ; was city supervisor in 1888 ; has been treasurer of the Autophone Com- pany, Ithaca, since 1880.
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HICKEY, CHARLES; resides in Lock- port ; was born at Somerset, Niagara county, N. Y., April 18, 1857; was edu- cated in district schools and at Lockport Union School ; was admitted to the bar in October, 1884; married Frances C. Lam- bert of Lockport November 25, 1886; was city attorney of Lockport, 1892-95 ; prac- ticed law in Lockport, 1885-95 ; has been county judge and surrogate of Niagara county since January 1, 1896. 180 W
HICKMAN, ARTHUR W .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Marshall, Calhoun county, Mich., June 18, 1850 ; was edu- cated in the Buffalo public schools : was admitted to the bar at Rochester in 1871 ; was member of assembly from the 3d Erie-county district, 1881-82; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1872. . 326 W
HIGGINS, FRANK W .; resides in Olean ; was born at Rushford, N. Y., August 18, 1856 ; was educated in the public schools and at Riverview Military Academy, Pough- keepsie, N. Y. ; was in business in Chi- cago and Denver, 1874-76, and in Stan- ton, Mich., 1876-79 ; married Kate C. Noble of Sparta, Wis., June 5, 1878 ; was a delegate to the Republican national con- vention in 1888 ; was elected state senator
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in 1893 and re-elected in 1895 ; has con- ducted a general mercantile business in Olean since 1879. 127 W
HILL, DAVID B .; resides in Albany ; was born at Havana, N. Y., August 29, 1843 ; was educated at Havana Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1864 ; was city attorney of Elmira, N. Y., in 1865; practiced law in Elmira, 1864-85 ; was a member of the state assembly, 1871- 72; was a delegate to the Democratic state conventions of 1868-81, and to the national conventions of 1876, 1884, and 1896 ; was an alderman of Elmira, 1881- 82, and mayor in 1882; was lieutenant governor of New York state, 1883-84, and governor, 1885-91; was member of the United States senate, 1891-97. 49 E
HILL, HENRY W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Isle La Motte, Vt., November 13, 1853 : prepared for college in the public schools, and graduated from the University of Vermont in 1876; was principal of Swanton (Vt. ) Academy, 1877-79, and of Chateaugay (N. Y.) Academy, 1879-83 ; married Miss Harriet Augusta Smith of Swanton August 11, 1880 : was admitted to the bar at Albany in 1884; was elected member of the New York constitutional convention in 1893, and of the New York assembly in 1895, 1896, and 1897; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1884. . . 156 W
HILL, HERBERT M .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Burrs Mills, Jefferson county, N. Y., May 19, 1856; graduated from Hamilton College in 1879 ; married Amanda Elizabeth Isdell of Watertown, N. Y., June 1, 1880 ; was a professor in the Watertown High School, 1881-89, and principal thereof, 1888-89 ; was chemist to the state dairy commission, 1885-89 ; has lived in Buffalo since 1889, holding professor- ships in different departments of the Uni- versity of Buffalo. 212 W
HINCKLEY, HENRY L .; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Stockbridge, Mass., February 10, 1841 ; was educated at Williams Acad- emy, Stockbridge : enlisted in the Union army in August, 1862, and served until the end of the war : engaged in railroad contracting, 1866-74; was bank cashier and president at Trumansburgh, N. Y., 1874-81 : married Helen Mary Noble of Trumansburgh December 12, 1883 ; has been cashier of the Tompkins County National Bank, Ithaca, since 1881. 23 (
HINGSTON, EDWARD J .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Thomaston, Me., Jan- uary 22, 1844; was educated in the National Schools, England ; taught school at Liverpool, 1858-62; returned to the United States, and settled in Buffalo in 1862 ; learned the shipbuilder's trade, 1862-67 ; married Mary E. Rees of Buf- falo July 22, 1872 ; has been engaged in the dredging business in Buffalo since Jan- uary 1, 1878. 158 W
HODGE, JOHN ; resided in Lockport ; was born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1839 ; went to Lockport in early life, and practiced law a short time ; built the Hodge opera house, Lockport, in 1871, and rebuilt it in 1881; was secretary of the Gargling Oil Co. from 1866 until his death, and interested in many other manufactur- ing and mercantile enterprises in Lock- port ; died at Lockport August 7, 1895. 20 D
HODSON, DEVOE P .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Ithaca, N. Y., March 23, 1856 ; was educated in the public schools of Ithaca and in Cornell University ; stud- ied law in Ithaca law offices, and was admit- ted to the bar in 1877 ; married Mariette Wood of Painted Post, N. Y., December 23, 1880: was clerk of the Tompkins- county board of supervisors, 1882-83, and corporation counsel of Ithaca, 1885-86 : practiced law in Ithaca, 1877-89, with the exception of a few months spent in south- ern California, and has practiced in Buf- falo since 1889 ; was non-resident corpora- tion counsel of Niagara Falls, N. Y., 1890- 92. 327 W
HOFFELD, RUDOLPH ; resided in Lan- caster ; was born at Enger, Westphalia, Prussia, March 3, 1833 ; received a general and technical education ; came to the United States in 1851 ; was a druggist's clerk, 1851-59 ; engaged in the manufac- ture of coal oil in West Virginia, 1859-61 ; married Henrietta J. Koopmans of Lancas- ter January 12, 1863 ; established a tan- nery at Lancaster in 1861, and was engaged in this and other business enterprises, there and in Buffalo, until his death August 4, 1896.
HOLLISTER, WILLIAM H., JR .; resides in Troy ; was born at Coxsackie, N. Y., October 11, 1847 ; graduated from Wil- liams. College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1870; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1874: married Julia Frances Hillman of Troy October 16, 1878; was
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one of the school commissioners of Troy, 1878-81 ; has been vice president of the Troy Record Co. since 1896 ; has prac- ticed law in Troy since 1874. 34 E
HOOKER, WARREN B .; resides in Fre- donia ; was born at Perrysburg, N. Y., November 24, 1856; was educated at Forestville (N. Y. ) Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1879 ; was elected special surro- gate of Chautauqua county in 1878 ; mar- ried Etta E. Abbey of Fredonia September 11, 1884; was supervisor of the town of Pomfret, 1890-91 ; was member of con- gress, 1891-98 ; has practiced law in Fre- donia since 1884. 334 W
HOPKINS, NELSON K .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Williamsville, N. Y., March 2, 1816 ; attended Fredonia (N. Y.) Acad- emy and Wesleyan Seminary at Lima, N. Y., and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1842; was admit- ted to the bar at New York city in 1846; married Lucy Ann Allen of Buffalo in 1848, and Louise Ann Pratt of Buffalo in 1855 ; was alderman in Buffalo, 1862-66 ; was appointed collector of internal revenue by President Johnson in 1866 ; was elec- ted comptroller of the state of New York in 1871, and was re-elected in 1873 : has practiced law in Buffalo since 1846. . . 41 W
HORNADAY, WILLIAM T .; resides in New York city ; was born near Plainfield, Ind., December 1, 1854; attended the public schools of Knoxville, lowa, Oska- loosa (Iowa) College, and the Iowa Agri- cultural College ; studied zoology, taxi- dermy, and museology in Rochester and in various European museums ; traveled extensively from 1875 to 1879, visiting the West Indies, South America, and the Far East, making zoological collections ; mar- ried Josephine Chamberlain of Battle Creek, Mich., September 11, 1879 ; was made chief taxidermist of the United States National Museum in 1882; proposed the establishment and prepared the plans of the National Zoological Park at Washington in 1888 : was engaged in the real-estate busi- ness in Buffalo, 1890-96 : in March, 1896, was apppointed director of the New York Zoological Park, and has since been en- gaged in preparing plans for its develop- ment.
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HORNBLOWER, WILLIAM B .; resides in New York city ; was born at Paterson, N. J., May 13, 1851 ; graduated from Princeton College in 1871, and from
Columbia Law School in 1875; was clerk in a New York city law office, 1875-77; married Susie C. Sanford of New Haven, Conn., April 26, 1882, and Mrs. Emily Sanford Nelson, sister of his first wife, Jan- uary 31, 1894 ; was nominated for justice of the Supreme Court in 1893 ; has prac- ticed law in New York city since 1875. 21 M
HOTCHKISS, WILLIAM U .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Whitehall, Washing- ton county, N. Y., September 7, 1864; was educated at Glidden's Classical School, Jamestown, N. Y., and Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1886; was clerk of the Surrogate's Court of Cayuga county, 1887-89; was admitted to the bar in 1888; married Katherine Tremaine Bush of Buffalo April 25, 1895; was elected president of the Independent Club in 1897 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1891. . 159 W HOWARD, ETHAN H .; resides in Buffalo ;
was born at Boston, Erie county, N. Y., February 13, 1812; was a clerk in the Buffalo post office, 1827-28, and in a dry- goods store, 1830-36; married Mary E. Rumsey of Stafford, N. Y., October 24, 1842, and Caroline H. Cogswell of Peter- borough, N. H., September 1, 1846 ; engaged in the dry-goods business at Buf- falc, 1836-65 ; was treasurer of the Courier Company, Buffalo, 1868-69 ; has occupied positions of trust in various corporations in Buffalo and vicinity since 1870. 397 W
HOWARD, FREDERICK ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at East Aurora, N. Y., September 12, 1855 ; was educated in the district schools of Elma and at Aurora Academy ; moved to Buffalo in 1874, and began the study of law in 1875 ; was admit- ted to the bar in 1878; married Harriet Elizabeth Mabie of Buffalo October 25, 1881 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1878. 252 W
HOWARD, HENRY C .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo September 20, 1847 : was educated in public and private schools ; married Jennie Matilda Jewett of Buffalo January 4, 1869 ; has devoted himself to various business enterprises and to the care of the family estate since 1865; has been president of the Bank of Niagara, Niagara Falls, since 1882. 398 W
HOWARD, WESLEY O .; resides in Troy ; was born at Troy September 11, 1863; was educated in the common schools of Grafton, N. Y., and at Lansingburgh,
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(N. Y.) Academy ; taught school, 1882- 86 ; married Carrie A. Millias of Grafton October 1, 1884 ; was admitted to the bar in 1889; was elected district attorney of Rensselaer county in November, 1896 ; has practiced law in Troy since October 1, 1889.
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HOYT, WILLIAM B .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at East Aurora, N. Y., April 20, 1858 ; prepared for college at East Aurora Academy and the Buffalo High School, and graduated from Cornell University in 1881; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883 ; married Esther Lapham Hill of Buffalo December 20, 1887; was assistant United States district attorney, 1886-89, and was appointed assistant attor- ney-general in 1894; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1883.
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HUBBELL, ALVIN A .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Conewango, N. Y., May 1, 1846; was educated in common schools and Randolph Academy ; studied medicine at Philadelphia, 1867-69 ; began practice at Leon, Cattaraugus county, in 1869; married Evangeline Fancher of Leon June 26, 1872 ; graduated from the medical de- partment of the University of Buffalo in 1876 ; conducted a general practice in Buf- falo from 1880 to 1883, and has since con- fined his practice to diseases of the eye and ear ; has 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 organ- ization in 1883. 214 W
HUBBELL, MARK S .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo February 5, 1857 ; was educated in Buffalo schools, and in New Jersey military academies ; was admit- ted to the bar in 1878, and practiced law a short time ; married Elizabeth J. Oliver of Buffalo January 3, 1883 ; was connected with various newspapers in New York and Buffalo, 1882-94; was city clerk of Buf- falo, 1894-97. 355 W
HUDSON, CHARLES 1 .; resides in New . York city ; was born at New York city August 20, 1852 ; attended public schools ;
was a clerk for a firm of Wall-street bro- kers, 1866-75 ; married Sara E. Kierstede of Scranton; Penn., June 8, 1876; was governor of the New York Stock Exchange in 1891 and in 1896; has carried on a stock-brokerage business in New York since 1875.
HUFF, JAMES B .; resides in Tonawanda ; was born at Tonawanda August 14, 1857 ; was educated in the public schools ; mar- ried Etta L. Long of Tonawanda Decem- ber 21, 1881 ; has served as clerk of the village of Tonawanda, village treasurer, and village trustee ; was elected president of the village in March, 1897 ; has carried on a wholesale lumber business at Tona- wanda since 1892.
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HUGHES, JOHN; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Dunmore, Kilkenny county, Ire- land, about 1842 ; came to the United States and settled in Buffalo in 1852 ; was educated in the public schools and Bryant & 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 commis- sion business since 1866. 215 W
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HUGHSON, GEORGE H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Gowanda, Erie county, N. Y., August 1, 1834; was educated in the public schools, and in the Normal School at Fredonia, N. Y .; moved to Buf- falo in 1850, and has been actively engaged in various commercial pursuits there ; mar- ried Helen McLeroth of Chicago April 8, 1858, and Mrs. Juliet Ferguson of Buffalo March 30, 1892 ; has been engaged in the fire-insurance business at Buffalo since 1885. 254 W
HULETTE, FRANK P .; resides in Ar- cade ; was born at Alford, Mass., March 31, 1863; attended various preparatory schools, Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., and Albany Law School ; worked on differ- ent newspapers in large cities, 1880-82 ; was editor and manager of the Dunkirk Evening Observer, 1882-85 ; married Fran- ces Ibbotson Wright of Boston April 7, 1890 ; was Democratic candidate for state senator in 1895, and for member of congress in 1896 ; has been editor and publisher of the Wyoming County Leader, at Arcade. N. Y., since 1885, and of the Tonawanda Argus since October, 1897.
HULL, JOHN M .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo December 16, 1858: attended Buffalo public schools and Cook Academy, Havana, N. Y., and graduated
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from the University of Rochester in 1882 ; was admitted to the bar in 1884; was attorney for the Erie-county board of supervisors, 1894-97 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1884. 443 W
HULTGREN, CARL OTTO; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Hvena, Sweden, : December 25, 1832 ; came to the United States in 1853; was educated at Illinois State University, Springfield, Ill., and at Augustana College and Seminary, Paxton, Ill., from which he graduated in 1864 ; married Annie Truedson at Galesburg, Ill., June 6, 1866 ; was pastor of the First Swe- dish Lutheran Church, Jamestown, 1864- 95; has been president of the board of directors of the Gustavus Adolphus Or- phans' Home, Jamestown, since its organi- zation in 1883. 362 W
HUMPHREY, JOHN W., JR .; resides in Jamestown ; was born at New Britain, Conn., December 5, 1846; was educated in various preparatory schools and at Beloit College, Beloit, Wis .; was an operator in oil and coal in Pennsylvania, 1868-72; married Mary E. Irwin of Erie, Penn., October 31, 1872 ; engaged in the hotel business at Bradford, Penn., 1877-82 ; purchased the Humphrey House at James- town March 1. 1883, and has conducted the same since. 128 W
HUMPHREY, WOLCOTT J .; resided in Warsaw ; was born at Canton, Conn., November 11, 1817 : was educated in com- mon schools ; engaged in mercantile busi- ness in Wyoming county, N. Y., and at Bloomington, Ill., 1840-64. and in the tanning business at Warsaw, 1864-69 : married Amanda B. Martindale of Dorset, Vt., March 30, 1841, and Hannah Adams of Parma, N. Y., July 8, 1874; was presi- dent of the Wyoming County National Bank of Warsaw, 1871-90 ; died at War- saw January 19, 1890. 21 D)
HUNTLEY, CHARLES R .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Winfield, N. Y., Oc- tober 12, 1854; graduated from Utica Academy in 1870; was engaged in the hardware business and with Remington & Sons, Ilion, N. Y., 1870-77 ; married Ida L. Richardson of Buffalo Inne 12, 1878 : was agent of the Standard Oil Co. in Penn- sylvania, 1877-83; conducted a brokerage business at Bradford, Penn .. 1883-88 ; has been connected with the Buffalo General Electric Co. and its predecessors since 1888 ; was appointed a park commissioner of Buffalo in 1896. 160 W
HURD, CLARK W .; resided in Elma ; was born at Roxbury, Conn., September 17, 1806 ; went to western New York in 1821, and engaged in the lumber business ; mar- ried Dulcena E. Clark of Ilalifax, Conn., in 1836 ; died at Elma, Erie county, N. Y., January 6, 1894. 23 D
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