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38 E LOCKWOOD, DANIEL N .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Hamburg, N. Y., June 1, 1844; graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1865 ; was admit- ted to the bar in May, 1866 ; married Sarah B. Brown of Buffalo October 18, 1870 ; was district attorney for Erie county, 1875-77 ; was a delegate to Democratic national conventions in 1880 and 1884; was United States district attorney for the northern district of New York, 1886-89 ; was a member of the 15th, 52d, and 53d congresses (1877-79 and 1891-95) ; was nominated for lieutenant governor of New York state in September, 1894 ; has prac- ticed law in Buffalo since 1866. 54 W
LOTHROP, THOMAS; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Provincetown, Mass., April 16, 1836 ; graduated from the Liberal In- stitute, Clinton, N. Y., in 1855, and from the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1858 ; was superintendent of education, Buffalo, 1870-72 ; has prac- ticed medicine in Buffalo since 1859; has been professor of obstetrics in the medical department of Niagara University since 1883. 164 W
LOVE, WILLIAM H .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 18, 1862; was educated in the Buffalo public schools, graduating from the high school in 1881 ; was principal of various public schools in Buffalo, 1881-92, and superintendent of schools of that city in 1892 ; was admitted to the bar in 1893: married Helen A. Niendorf of Buffalo June 18, 1896; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1893. . . 12 W
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LOVERIDGE, EDWARD D .; resided in Cuba ; was born at New Milford, Conn., December 11, 1824; completed his edu- cation at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1853 ; married Frances Emily Bartlett of Granby, Mass., October 19, 1854; practiced law at Castile, N. Y., 1853-56; was member of assembly, 1862-63; was
president of the Cuba National Bank, 1868-96 ; practiced law in Cuba from 1856 until his death September 10, 1896. 181 W
LOW, JAMES; resides in Niagara Falls ; was born at Toronto, Canada, January 24, 1836 ; was educated in the public schools of Niagara county, N. Y., and Wilson (N. Y.) Collegiate Institute ; married Amanda Barnes of Cambria, N. Y., March 25, 1858 ; served in the Union army, 1862-65 ; was appointed postmaster at Suspension Bridge, N. Y., in 1865, and was reappointed in 1870 ; was member of assembly, 1879-81, United States consul at Clifton, Canada, 1882-87, and collec- tor of customs for the district of Niagara, 1890-95; has carried on the business of a coal merchant at Niagara Falls since 1875.
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LOW, SETH ; resides in New York city ; was born at Brooklyn January 18, 1850 ; attended the Brooklyn Polytechnic Insti- tute, and graduated from Columbia College in 1870; was employed in his father's tea warehouse, 1870-75, and became a mem- ber of the firm in the latter year ; married Annie W. S. Curtis of Boston Deceniber 9, 1880; was mayor of Brooklyn, 1882- 85 ; has been president of Columbia Col- lege since 1890 ; was the candidate of the Citizens' Union for mayor of Greater New York in the fall of 1897.
LUND, JOHN; resides in Buffalo; was born at Hamburg, Germany, October 20, 1859; studied music under Dinckler, 1869-76, and in the Leipsic Conservatory, 1876-80; was connected with the produc- tion of grand opera in Germany and New York, 1880-86 ; married Ida Louise Zeller of Buffalo in 1888 ; has been director of the Buffalo Orpheus, and of the Buffalo Symphony Orchestra, since 1887. . . 375 W
LYON, JAMES B .; resides in Albany ; was born at Middle Granville, N. Y., March 25, 1858; was educated in common schools ; was a clerk in a bookstore at Gloversville, N. Y., 1872-76 ; moved to Albany in 1876, and began manufacturing and selling blank books and stationery ; was public printer for the state of New York, 1888-95 : married Anita Thompson of Albany February 18, 1890; has been proprietor of a printing and binding estab- lishment at Albany since 1876. 82 13
LYTH, ALFRED; resides in Buffalo ; was born at York, England, April 21, 1844 ;' moved to Buffalo in 1850; was educated
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in the public schools ; enlisted in the 100th regiment, New York volunteers, in 1862, and served until the close of the war ; was a member of the 74th regiment, N. G., S. N. Y., 1867-74 ; married Kate Kappler of Buffalo December 6, 1869 ; was super- visor of the old 7th ward of Buffalo, 1872- 74, alderman for the same ward, 1883-86, and civil-service commissioner, 1889-96; has been a member of the firm of John Lyth & Sons since 1860; was elected president of the Builders' Exchange, Buf- falo, in 1896 ; was elected senior vice commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic at the National Encamp- ment held in Buffalo in 1897. 259 W
McCALL, JOHN A .; resides in New York city ; was born at Albany March 2, 18449 ; was educated in public schools and a busi- ness college ; was a clerk in Albany offices, 1867-69 ; married Mary I. Haran of Al- bany July 12, 1870 ; was connected with the insurance department of New York state, 1869-86, and its superintendent for the last three years ; was comptroller of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York city, 1886-92; has been presi- dent of the New York Life Insurance Co. since 1892. 13 M
McCANN, JOHN A .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Batavia, N. Y., September 9, 1850 ; was educated in public schools and a business college ; engaged in mercantile pursuits, 1866-79 ; became part owner and editor of the Chautauqua Lake Gazette in 1879, and founded the Jamestown Sunday Leader in 1881; married Chloe Anna Doane of Buffalo September 9, 1886 ; has been editor of the Buffalo Times at inter- vals since 1883; founded the National Coopers' Journal in 1885. 260 W
McCOOK, ANSON G .; resides in New York city ; was born at Steubenville, O., October 10, 1835 ; was educated in public schools in Ohio ; studied law in Steubenville, and was admitted to the bar in 1862; served in the Union army throughout the war ; was United States assessor of internal revenue at Steubenville, 1865-72 ; was member of congress from the 8th New York district, 1877-83; married Hettie B. McCook of Steubenville June 3, 1886 ; was secretary of the United States senate, 1883-93: was chamberlain of the city of New York, 1895-97. 36 M
McDONNELL, JOHN Q .; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Quincy, Mass., Septem- ber 11, 1850; was educated in the public
schools ; became a member of the firm of McDonnell & Sons, granite cutters, in 1871 ; married Emily A. Dinegan of Quincy June 23, 1874; established a branch business at Buffalo in 1884, and moved thither in 1886; died at Buffalo April 8, 1894. 39 D
MCDONOUGH, JOHN T .; resides in Al- bany ; was born at Birdhill, Ireland, July 12, 1843 ; came to the United States in 1850, and settled in Dunkirk, N. Y .; was educated at St. John's College, Fordham, New York, and at Columbia Law School ; was admitted to the bar in 1869 ; married Catherine T. Wallace of Albany June 10, 1874; was police justice of Dunkirk, 1870-74, and special surrogate of Chan- tauqua county, 1876-78; practiced law successively at Dunkirk, Albany, Buffalo, and New York city, 1870-81 ; was a dele- gate at large to the constitutional conven- tion of 1894; has practiced law in Albany since 1881. 24 E
MCEWEN, JOHN; resides in Wellsville ; was born at New York city April 21, 1849 ; moved to Wellsville, Allegany county, in 1854 ; married Emma Alger October 30, 1879 ; began business as a manufacturer of machinery at Wellsville in 1868, and has continued the same since. . 335 W
McGERALD, SAMUEL ; resides in Buffalo ; was born in County Antrim, Ireland, June 20, 1833 ; was educated at Genesee Wes- leyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., and Roches- ter Collegiate Institute : married Eunice Ada Durand of Canandaigua, N. Y., Aug- ust 19, 1858 ; entered the ministry in 1856, and held various pastorates in New York state until 1885; was a delegate to the General Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal church in 1888 and 1892 ; has been editor and owner of the Buffalo Christian Advocate, now the Christian Uplook, since 1885. 347 W
MCKEEVER, ROBERT TOWNSEND ; re- sides in Gloversville; was born at Lake Mahopac, N. Y., July 20, 1866 ; was edu- ated at St. John's School, Sing Sing, N. Y .; was a clerk in a New York house, 1885-88; was connected with various railroads, East and West, 1888-93 ; married Frances Converse Webb of New York city at Shelburne, Vt., October 7, 1893 : has been director and general manager of the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville rail- road, with headquarters at Gloversville, since 1893. 84 E
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MCKENZIE, JOHN M .; resides in Batavia ; was born at Lockport, N. Y., September 13, 1846; was educated in Wisconsin ; married Mary E. Storms of Elba, N. Y., January 15, 1867 ; engaged in farming at Elba, 1867-71 ; was employed as clerk in Batavia, 1871-81 ; was elected member of assembly in 1888 and 1889; has con- ducted a clothing and furnishing store in Batavia since 1881. .
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MCKINSTRY, WILLARD D .; resides in Watertown ; was born at Fredonia, N. Y., October 1, 1850; attended Fredonia Academy and Fredonia Normal School ; was editor and publisher of the Dunkirk Journal, 1872-85 ; became news editor of the Watertown Daily Times in 1886, and associate editor in 1887 ; was state civil- service commissioner, 1892-95; married Mary A. Lawyer of Watertown April 25, 1895; has been editor in chief of the Daily Times since December, 1892. 85 E
McLEAN, ARTHUR A .; resides in New- burgh ; was born at Newburgh July 12, 1853; was educated at Newburgh Acad- emy ; entered his father's store in New- burgh in 1869 ; married Nannie I. Murphy of Brooklyn April 28, 1881 ; was appointed superintendent of construction of the new post office at Newburgh in 1895; was a delegate to the Democratic national con- vention in 1896, and was elected a mem- ber of the Democratie state committee in the same year ; has carried on the business established by his father since 1874. 100 E
McMASTER, ALEXANDER; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Fort Erie, Ont., October 10, 1842 ; was educated in pub- lic schools ; learned the machinist's trade at Brantford, Ont., 1858-62; married Malinda Cripps of Buffalo May 3, 1862; was in the employ of the King Iron Works, Buffalo, 1862-72, and of the Commercial line of steamers, 1872-83 ; was appointed United States local inspector of boilers in 1883, and United States supervising inspec- tor of steam vessels in 1889 ; has been vice president of the Union Bank, Buffalo, · since 1893.
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McMILLAN, DANIEL; resided in York ; was born at Johnstown, N. Y., October 25, 1801 ; attended school at Caledonia, N. Y .; married Margaret McNaughton of Cale- donia in 1828 : lived at York, Livingston county, N. Y., from 1812 until his death March 12, 1895. 24 D
McMILLAN, DANIEL H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at York, N. Y .; was edu- cated at Le Roy Academy and Cornell University ; studied law in Buffalo, and was admitted to the bar in 1871 ; was state senator, 1886-87; was chosen alternate delegate at large to the Republican national conventions of 1888, 1892, and 1896, and delegate at large to the state constitutional convention of 1894 ; married Delphia Jackson of Sandusky, N. Y .; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1871. . 311 W
McNAUGHTAN, D. NATHANIEL ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Worcester, Mass., Angust 24. 1869 ; was educated in Auburn (N. Y. ) public schools and Weedsport (N. Y.) Academy ; worked at the shoe- maker's trade and as a bookkeeper in Auburn, 1885-87 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1891 ; practiced law at Auburn, 1891-94 ; married Eliza- beth Manro of Auburn November 5, 1894 ; was managing clerk in a law office in Buf. falo, 1894-96, has practiced law in Buf- falo since February, 1896. 378 W
MCNUTT, JOSEPH G .; resides in Troy ; was born at Amsterdam, N. Y., April 4, 1833 ; engaged in the fire-insurance busi- ness, 1851-58, and in teaching, 1858-61 ; served in the Union army, 1861-65; married Katie Riley of Greenfield, N. Y., April 28, 1852, who died June 18, 1892 ; acted as agent and manager for a life- insurance company, 1865-87 ; married Mrs. Mittie E. Conant of Nassau, N. Y., March 7, 1893 ; has carried on the prose- cution of pension and other government claims since 1887, and has engaged in lecturing and public speaking ; was elected vice president of the Society of the Army of the Potomac August 20, 1897.
MACK, NORMAN E .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at West Williams, Ont., July 24, 1856 ; was clerk in a store at Pontiac, Mich., 1868-72; engaged in the adver- tising business in Detroit and Chicago, 1872-74, and in Buffalo, 1874-78 ; mar- ried Harrette B. Taggart of Buffalo Decem- ber 22, 1891 ; established the Chautauqua Lake Gasette at Jamestown, N. Y., in 1878, and the Buffalo Sunday Times in 1879 ; was alternate delegate to the Demo- cratic national convention in 1892 and delegate in 1896; has been editor and proprietor of the Buffalo Times since its establishment in 1883. 377 W
MACKEY, WILLIAM F .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Albion, N. Y., January
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3, 1858 ; graduated from Lockport Union School in 1876; was admitted to the bar in 1879; married Ella L. Robinson of Cambria, N. Y., November 10, 1877 : practiced law at Lockport, N. Y., 1879- 84 ; was assistant city attorney of Buffalo, 1890-93; was assistant United States attorney, 1893-97 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1884. . 220 W
MACOMBER, WILLIAM ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Oakfield, N. Y., Novem- ber 4, 1857 ; was educated in various preparatory schools, and at the University of Rochester, from which he graduated in 1885 ; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in January, 1887; married Augusta S. Woodruff of Hamilton, N. Y., May 18, 1887 ; has practiced. law in Buffalo since 1887. . 262 W
MAHANY, ROWLAND B .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo September 28, 1864 ; was educated in the public schools of Buffalo ; studied in Hobart College two years, and graduated from Harvard Uni- versity in 1888; engaged in journalism and taught school, 1888-92; was appointed minister to Ecuador in 1892 ; was elected representative to the 54th congress in 1894, and to the 55th in 1896. 310 W
MALLALIEU, WILLARD F. ; resides in Boston ; was born at Sutton, Mass., De- cember 11, 1828 ; was educated at various preparatory schools and at Wesleyan Uni- versity, Middletown, Conn., whence he graduated in August, 1857 : married Eliza F. Atkins of Sandwich, Mass., October 13, 1858 ; had pastorates of the Methodist Episcopal church successively at Grafton. Chelsea, Lynn, Charlestown, Boston, and Worcester (all in Massachusetts ) ; was ap- pointed presiding elder of the Boston dis- trict of the New England Conference in April, 1882 : was elected bishop of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1884 ; lived in New Orleans, 1884-92, and in Buffalo, 1892-97, when he moved to Massachu- setts. 55 W
MANDEVILLE, WILLIAM H .; resides in Olean ; was born at Millport, Chemung county, N. Y., August 15, 1841 ; was edu- cated in the public schools of New York city and of Belmont, N. Y., and at Rush- ford Academy ; entered the insurance busi - ness in 1863, in partnership with his father, at Belmont, N. Y. ; married Helen L. Eastman of Nashua, N. H., August 22. 1872 ; has been engaged in the insurance business in Olean since 1865. 131 W
MANNING, W. S .; resides in Albany ; was born at Baltimore, Md., January 12, 1834 : completed his education at St. Mary's College, Baltimore ; was a civil engineer on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, 1851- 56, and superintendent of the Avalon Nail & Iron Works, 1857-59; married Maria Einelia Falinestock of Baltimore January 12, 1858, who died in November, 18.58 : married Florence Mary Mayer of New York city June 10, 1869; engaged in the buisiness of life insurance, chiefly in New York city, 1859-86 ; has been travel- ing agent for the Albany Chemical Co. since 1886. 25 E
MARCUS, LOUIS W .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo May 18, 1863; was educated in the Buffalo schools and Cornell University ; was admitted to the bar in 1888 ; married Ray R. Dahlman of Buffalo November 19, 1889 ; was elected surrogate of Erie county in November, 1895. . . 165 W
MARCY, WILLIAM L .; resides in Buffalo : was born at Peterboro, N. Y., August 26, 1858; was educated in the public schools of Lockport and Buffalo, graduating from the Buffalo High School in 1876; was admitted to the bar in 1879; married Carrie Childs of Medina, N. Y., October 7, 1885 ; was assistant district attorney of Erie county, 1887-93 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1879. 313 W
MARSHALL, CHARLES D .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 14, 1841 ; was educated at public and private schools ; graduated from the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1864 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1864. 314 W
MARTIN, CYRUS B .: resides in Norwich : was born at Argyle, N. Y., September 6, 1830; was educated in common schools and Argyle Academy ; learned the print- er's trade, and worked at the same in Glens Falls and Albany, 1845-55; was one of the editors and publishers of the Chenango Telegraph of Norwich, 1855-61 : married Ann Vernette Maydole of Nor- - wich June 16, 1858; was editor and sole owner of the Newburgh Daily Journal, 1861-77 ; has engaged in manufacturing and other business enterprises in Norwich since 1877. 10 C
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MARVIN, RICHARD P .: resided in James- town ; was born at Fairfield, N. Y., De- cember 23, 1803 ; was educated in public schools and by private tutors : was admit- ted to the bar in 1829, and moved to
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Jamestown ; married Isabella Newland of Albany September 8, 1834 ; was member of assembly in 1836, and representative in congress, 1837-41; was justice of the . Supreme Court from the 8th judicial dis- triet, 1847-71 ; died at Jamestown Jan- uary 11, 1892.
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MARVIN, ROBERT N .; resides in James- town ; was born at Jamestown October 13, 1845 ; attended public and private schools, Hartwick Seminary, and Bryant & Strat- ton's Business College, Buffalo ; began business as bookkeeper, and later became manager of his father's business ; organized the lumber business of Marvin, Rulofson & Co. in 1870, and has been manager of the same ever since ; was Republican candidate for state senator in 1881, and presidential elector in 1884; married Mary Elizabeth Warner of Jamestown February 6, 1890.
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MATTESON, PRICE A .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Darien, N. Y., January 12, 1840 ; was educated in district schools and Darien Academy ; moved to Buffalo in 1855 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861; married Frances E. Brown of Buffalo May 20, 1865; was a member of the Erie-county board of su- pervisors in 1864, and city attorney of Buffalo, 1878-79 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1861. 315 W
MATTHEWS, GEORGE E .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Westfield, N. Y., March 17, 1855 ; prepared for college in private schools at Buffalo, and graduated from Yale College with the class of 1877 ; held various positions in the business and editorial departments of the Buffalo Ex- press, and with the printing establishment of Matthews, Northrup & Co., 1878-88; married Mary Elizabeth Burrows of Buf- falo July 12, 1887 : has been editor of the Buffalo Express and president of the Matthews-Northrup Co. since January 1, 1889. 356 W
MATTHEWS, J. N. ; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Bungay, county of Suffolk, England, November 21, 1828; learned the printer's trade, and came to the United States in 1846 ; married Harriet Wells of Westfield, N. Y., July 24, 1851 ; was em- ployed in various printing offices in Buf- falo, 1846-60; was editor and one of the publishers of the Commercial Advertiser, 1860-77 ; was a delegate at large to the Republican national conventions of 1872
and 1876; published the Buffalo Express from January 7, 1878, until his death, in- cluding a Sunday edition after November 20, 1883 ; died December 20, 1888. . 58 D
MAYER, JOSEPH B. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Baden, Germany, Jannary 4, 1849 ; graduated from the high school of Freiburg, Germany, in 1866 : came to the United States in 1868, and began business : as a diamond importer in Buffalo ; married Belle Falck of Buffalo July 15, 1874; has been engaged in the real-estate business in Buffalo since 1891. . 166 W MEADS, WILLIS H .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at South Limington, Me., Feb- ruary 22, 1846 ; attended Limerick ( Me. ) Academy and Nichols Latin School, Lewis- ton, Me., and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1870 ; was principal of Public School No. 13, Buffalo, 1870-80 ; married Martha Rose of Buffalo December 24, 1872, and Louise Collingnon of Buffalo January 6, 1880 ; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1880; was Republican can- didate for superintendent of education of Buffalo, 1881; was appointed commis- sioner of jurors for Erie county in 1895. 167 W MEEGAN, EDWARD J .; resides in Al- bany ; was born at Albany September 28, 1846 ; attended St. Joseph's parochial school, Albany ; studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1867 ; was corporation counsel of Albany, 1869-74; married Katie E. Welch of Albany June 5, 1878, who died January 10, 1884; married Mary M. Mattimore of Albany September 29, 1886; has been one of the police commissioners of Albany since April 27, 1894 ; has practiced law in Albany since 1867. 40 E
MEEGAN, THOMAS A. ; resides in Albany ; was born at Albany February 3, 1862: was educated at the Christian Brothers' Academy, Albany ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1883; has been justice of the City Court of Albany since 1893 ; has practiced law in Albany since 1883.
74 E MELDRUM, ALEXANDER ; resided in Buffalo ; was born in Kenoway, Fifeshire, Scotland, November 3, 1833; came to the United States, and settled in Boston in 1856; moved to Buffalo in 1867, and established the dry-goods house afterwards known as the Adam, Meldrum & Anderson Co .; married A. E. Webster of Boston February 27, 1859 ; died at Buffalo Octo- ber 22, 1891.
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MESSER, LOUIS FRANKLIN ; resides in Buffalo; was born at Buffalo February 7, 1856 ; graduated from Columbia College in 1882, and was admitted to the bar in 1884 ; organized the Erie County Guaran- teed Search Co. in 1891, and has been president thereof since ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1884. 263 W
MICKLE, HERBERT ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Guelph, Ontario, April 30, 1861 ; graduated from Upper Canada Col- lege, Toronto, in 1877, and from Trinity Medical School, Toronto, in 1881 ; mar- ried Susette I. Ross of Brooklyn July 27, 1892 ; has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1883 ; has been professor of surgery in the medical department of Niagara Uni- versity since 1891. 168 W
MILLER, CHARLES H .; resides in York- shire ; was born at Machias, N. Y., June 2, 1844; served in the Union army, 1862- 65 ; was educated at Arcade (N. Y. ) Acad- emy and Griffith Institute, Springville, N. Y .; engaged in business in Delevan, N. Y., 1872-84, and in the railway mail service, 1872-76 ; established a drug and grocery business at Yorkshire in 1882, and has carried on the same since ; married Emma L. Williams of Arcade, N. Y., December 19, 1877 ; was chairman of the board of supervisors of Cattaraugus county in 1894, and member of assembly from the 1st Cattaraugus-county district in 1896. 183 W
MILLER, CHARLES W. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo January 19, 1837 ; was superintendent of the Buffalo Street Railway Co., 1860-64; married Louise L ... Noxon in 1861 ; has carried on a general coach and livery business in Buffalo since 1864, and has recently ex- tended his operations to Niagara Falls, Georgia, and Florida. 379 W
MILLER, EDWIN G. S. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo March 9, 1854; was educated in common schools ; married Annie E. Lang of Buffalo in June, 1884 ; was a Democratic presidential elector in 1892; has been a partner in the firm of Urban & Co. (roller flour mills) since 1874, and manager of the Gerhard Lang Brewery since 1884. 57 W
MILLER, PETER P .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo November 20, 1837 ; was educated in the public schools of the city ; learned the machinist's trade, and became engineer on lake steamers ; was
superintendent of the Western Transporta- tion Co., and a director in the company, 1860-84; was secretary, treasurer, and managing director of the Citizens' Gas Co., 1885-97. 221 W
MILLER, WARNER ; resides in Herkimer ; was born at Ilannibal, Oswego county, N. Y., August 12, 1838 ; graduated from Union College in 1860 ; served in the Union army, 1861-62 ; married Caroline C. Churchill of Gloversville, N. Y., July 13, 1864 ; was member of assembly, 1875- 76 ; was elected to the house of represen- tatives in 1878 and in 1880 ; served in the United States senate, 1881-87 : has been engaged in the manufacture of paper at Herkimer and elsewhere since 1865. . 54 E
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