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MILLS, D. O .; resides in New York city ; was born at North Salem, N. Y., Septem- ber 5, 1825; received an academic edu- cation ; was employed as a clerk in New York city, 1844-47; was cashier of the Merchants' Bank of Erie County, Buffalo, 1847-48 ; engaged in general trading, banking, and mining in California, with some interruptions, 1849-79; married Jane T. Cunningham of Irvington, N. Y., September 5, 1854; has lived in New York city since 1879, engaged largely in various kinds of philanthropic labor. 23 M
MILNE, JOHN M .; resides in Geneseo ; was born at Grange Hill, Scotland, March 3, 1850; came to the United States in 1852; was educated at the Brockport Normal School and the University of Rochester ; has been a teacher in the Geneseo State Normal School since 1872, and its principal since 1889. 13 G
MINER, ASHER W. ; resided in Friend- ship ; was born at Brookfield, Madison county, N. Y., December 15, 1814; at- tended district schools ; married Electa R. Carter of Friendship September 21, 1837; engaged in the lumber and the oil business, and in general merchandis- ing, in Allegany county, 1844-70; was a presidential elector in 1888; was presi- dent of the First National Bank of Friend- ship from 1870 until his death May 30, 1892. 54 D
MISCHKA, JOSEPH ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Ilermanmestec, Austria, May 8, 1846; came to the United States in 1852, and settled in Buffalo ; was chorus master of an opera trompe, 1868-69 ; en- gaged in business as music dealer and publisher, 1869-72 ; married Catherine
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Dietz of Buffalo September 5, 1871; was director of the Buffalo Liedertafel, 1870- 77 and 1879-94 ; has held various promi- nent positions as teacher of music and as church organist in Buffalo since 1870. 401 W MITCHELL, J. H .; resides in Cohoes ; was born at Meredith, Delaware county, N. Y., October 1, 1856 ; graduated from Delaware Academy in 1877, and from Albany Medical College in 1881 ; married Margaret H. Rowland of West Kortright, N. Y., November 21, 1882; was coro- ner's physician for Albany county, 1888- 92, police surgeon of Cohoes, 1884-85 and 1891-95, and city-hall commissioner, 1895-96; was elected mayor of Cohoes in November, 1895, and re-elected in 1897 ; has practiced medicine in Cohoes since 1881.
MOFFITT, STEPHEN; resides in Platts- burgh ; was born at Clintonville, Clinton county, N. Y., August 6, 1837 ; was edu- cated in common schools ; was employed on Lake Champlain steamers, 1853-61 : served in the Union army, 1861-66; was county clerk of Clinton county, 1868-73, and warden of Clinton prison, 1873-76 ; was collector of customs of the district of Champlain, 1876-85 and 1889-93; was a member of the state assembly in 1889 ; has been president of the Iron National Bank of Plattsburgh since July 1, 1896.
MOLLOY, FRANCIS J .; resides in Troy ; was born at Troy March 21, 1849; was educated at St. Joseph's Academy, Troy : was clerk in his brother's wholesale grocery house, 1865-70; was alderman from the 1st ward, Troy, in 1880, and police com- missioner, 1890-94; has been a member of the wholesale grocery firm of J. E. Molloy & Co. since 1870; was elected mayor of Troy in 1894, and re-elected in 1897.
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MOONEY, JAMES; resides in Buffalo ; was born in Queen's County, Ireland, and came to Buffalo in 1850 ; was educated in the public schools; married Ellen L. McRoden of Rochester in 1873 : has car- ried on a real-estate business at Buffalo since 1860; was commissioner of public works of the city of Buffalo, 1891-96. . 222 W
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MOORE, CHARLES H .; resides in l'latts- burgh ; was born at Plattsburgh July 23, 1844; was educated at the University of Wisconsin ( Madison ) and at Beloit ( Wis. ) College ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1874; married Rosa M.
Averill of Plattsburgh October 21, 1875; was a delegate to the constitutional con- vention of 1894; has practiced law at Plattsburgh since 1874 ; has been recorder of the village of Plattsburgh since June, 1896.
MOOT, ADELBERT; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Allen, Allegany county, N. Y., November 22, 1854 ; was educated in pub- lic schools and the Albany Law School ; was admitted to the bar at Albany in 1876 ; practiced law at Nunda, N. Y., 1877-79; married Carrie A. Van Ness of Cuba, N. Y., July 22, 1882 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1879. 169 W
MOREY, NORRIS; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Brant, Erie county, N. Y., July 20, 1838; completed his education at Oberlin (O.) College; served in the Union army, 1861-62 and 1864-65 ; stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866 ; was assistant city attorney of Buf- falo, 1870-71, and assistant district attor- ney of Erie county, 1872-74; has prac- ticed law in Buffalo since 1866. 13 W
MORGAN, JOHN C .; resides in Niagara l'alls ; was born at Fairview, Erie county, Penn., August 8, 1855; attended district schools and a commercial college ; married Hattie E. Dewey of Shelby, Mich., De- cember 22, 1880 ; engaged in the manufac- ture of paper at Erie, Penn., and Battle Creek, Mich., 1878-90; was assistant general manager of the American Straw- board Co., 1890-91; organized the Niag- ara Falls Paper Co. in 1891, and has been secretary and general manager of the same since. 436 W
MORGAN, J. PIERPONT ; resides in New York city ; was born at Hartford, Conn., April 17, 1837; was educated in this country and in Germany ; was clerk in a New York banking house, 1857-60; has been engaged since 1860, in New York city and other financial centers, in general banking, including the purchase and sale of government bonds, municipal and other corporate securities, the drawing of inter- national exchange, and the reorganization of bankrupt properties. 25 M
MORGAN, WILLIAM J .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born near Peterboro, Canada, October 16, 1840; moved to Buffalo in 1850, and was educated in the public schools there ; served in the Union army, 1862-65 ; married Mary C. Reese of Buf- falo September 23, 1869; was on the
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editorial staff of the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser, 1869-89 ; was appointed canal appraiser in 1880, and collector of customs for the district of Buffalo Creek in 1889; has been deputy state comptroller since January, 1894. 264 W
MORIARTA, DOUGLAS C .; resides in Saratoga Springs; was born at Saratoga Springs July 8, 1859; was educated in public schools; was a clerk in Saratoga Springs, 1876-77 ; graduated from the New York College of Pharmacy in 1882 and from the Albany Medical College in 1885, and took a postgraduate course at the New York Polyclinic ; has been dis- trict physician since 1885, and health officer of Saratoga Springs since 1894; was coroner of Saratoga county, 1887-89 ; married Harriet Frances Merchant of Sara- toga Springs September 24, 1890; has practiced medicine in Saratoga Springs since 1885.
MORTON, LEVI P. ; resides in New York city ; was born at Shoreham, Vt., May 16, 1824; was a member of the dry-goods house of James M. Beebe & Co., 1851- 54, and of the firm of Morton & Grinnell, New York city, 1854-61 ; established the banking house of L. P. Morton & Co., now Morton, Bliss & Co., in 1863, and the London house of Morton, Rose & Co. in 1869; married Lucy Kimball of Flat- lands, L. I., October 15, 1856, and Anna Livingston Street of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., February 12, 1873 ; was member of con- gress, 1879-81, minister to France, 1881- 85, vice president of the United States, 1889-93, and governor of New York state, 1895-96.
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MOTT, HOPPER S .; resides in New York city ; was born at New York city April 19, 1854 ; was educated at Columbia Col- lege ; married May Lenox of New York April 19, 1875; has devoted himself to the care of the family estate since 1873. 75 M
MOVIUS, EDWARD H. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Ypsilanti, Mich., Octo- ber 19, 1848; was educated in various preparatory schools in this country, and graduated from the University of Heidel- berg, Germany, in 1869 with the degrees of Ph. D. and M. A. ; graduated from Hamilton College law school, Clinton, N. Y., in 1878; married Mary Lovering Rumsey of Buffalo September 26, 1877: was appointed receiver of the First Na- tional Bank of Buffalo in 1887 ; was one
of the board of three United States min- eral-land commissioners in the Helena (Mont. ) land district, 1895-97.
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MURRAY, CHARLES D .; resides in Dun- kirk ; was born at Guilford, N. Y., May 4, 1831 ; received a common-school edu- cation ; engaged in commerce in San Francisco, 1850-55 ; married Orpha A. Bandfield of Hinsdale, N. Y., May 20, 1860 ; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1860; was president of the board of education of Dunkirk, 1875-79 and 1883- 86; was first president of the board of water commissioners in 1871, and mayor of the city in 1880; was nominated for congress in 1870 and 1872, and for the assembly in 1884; has practiced law in Dunkirk since 1864. 110 W
NEFF, JOHN W. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo March 23, 1862 ; attended public schools ; worked for the Red Line fast-freight company, 1880-88 ; married Eva J. Sloan of Buffalo May 10, 1881, and Elizabeth A. Menzies of Buffalo Jan- uary 27, 1896; was elected a county supervisor from the 7th ward of Buffalo in 1891, and was re-elected in 1893; was elected auditor of Erie county in Novem- ber, 1895, for the term 1896-99; has conducted an insurance business in Buffalo since 1888.
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NEWELL, EDGAR A .; resides in Ogdens- burg ; was born at Ogdensburg May 10, 1853 ; was educated in the public schools ; married Addie B. Priest of Potsdam. N. Y., November 19, 1879 ; was elected mayor of Ogdensburg in 1889, 1890, 1893, and 1897 ; established in 1879 the business now known as the Edgar A. Newell Co. at Ogdensburg. 59 E
NIXON, S. FREDERICK ; resides in West- field ; was born at Westfield December 3, 1860; received his early education at the Westfield Academy, and graduated from Hamilton College in 1881 ; married Myrtle Hunting Redfield of Westfield May 21, 1885 ; was member of the state assem- bly, 1888-90 and 1894-98; has been supervisor of the town of Westfield since 1886, and was chairman of the Chautau- qua-county board of supervisors, 1892-94. 112 W NORTH, CHARLES J. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Chazy, Clinton county, N. Y .. May 13, 1847 ; was educated at the dis- trict school, with a few terms in a private school ; worked as a farm hand, 1862-73 : was a clerk in an insurance office in Buffalo,
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1873-79 ; married Dora ('. Briggs of Buf- falo June 30, 1881 ; has carried on an in- surance business since 1879, and since 1881 has been a member of the firm of North & Vedder. 223 W
NORTH, SAFFORD E .; resides in Batavia ; was born at Alexander, Genesee county, N. Y., January 27, 1852; was educated at Genesee and Wyoming Seminary, Alex- ander, and spent one year at Cornell Uni- versity : taught school, 1869-73; was admitted to the bar at Syracuse in 1878, and began practice at Batavia ; married Cora Munroe Griswold of Batavia Novem- ber 23, 1881 ; was elected district attor- ney in 1880, and was re-elected in 1883; has been county judge and surrogate of Genesee county since 1888. 25 G
NORTON, NATHANIEL W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Porter, Me., March 3, 1853 ; spent one year at Bates College, but graduated from Dartmouth College, in 1878 ; was principal of Ware ( Mass. ) High School, 1878-79 ; married Mary Estella Miner of Buffalo June 30, 1880 ; was assis- tant United States district attorney, 1889- 90; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1880.
NORTON, SHERIDAN MCARTHUR; re- sides in Friendship ; was born at Belmont, N. Y., May 1, 1848; was educated in Friendship Academy and the Belmont graded school ; taught school at intervals, 1865-72 ; was admitted to the bar Janu- ary 8, 1874, and began practice at Friend- ship ; married May Lilian Robinson of Friendship September 1, 1880 ; was super- visor of Friendship, 1879-81 ; has been president of the Citizens' National Bank of Friendship since 1882 ; has been county judge and surrogate of Allegany county since 1890. 336 W
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NOYES, HENRY T. ; resides in Rochester ; was born at Starkey, N. Y., August 10, 1840 ; graduated from Starkey Seminary, and studied at Columbia College Law School ; served in the Union army, 1862- 65; engaged in the lumber business in Michigan, 1865-70 ; married Lu Chamber- lain of Seneca Falls, N. Y., September 29, 1869 ; was manager and part owner of the National Yeast Co. of Seneca Falls, 1870-79 ; has been commissary general of subsistence of the state of New York since April 4, 1895 ; has lived in Rochester since 1891 ; is a member of the Metro- politan Club of New York city. 33 G
O'BRIEN, DENIS : resides in Watertown ; was born near Ogdensburg, N. Y., March 13, 1837 ; was educated at Ogdensburg Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1861 ; married Margaret T. McCahill of Utica, N. Y., January 8, 1863 ; was an alderman of Watertown, 1869-73, and mayor, 1878-79 ; practiced law at Watertown, 1861-83 ; was attorney- general for New York state, 1884-87 : has been a judge of the Court of Appeals of New York state since January 1, 1890. .
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O'BRIEN, E. C. W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Quebec, Canada, February 4, 1843 ; moved to Buffalo in 1859 ; gradu- ated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1867 : was health physician of Buffalo, 1872-77 ; married Monterey Allis of New York city October 8, 1879 ; has practiced medicine in Buf- falo since 1867. 415 W
O'BRIEN, JARVIS P. ; resides in Troy ; was born at Fort Edward, N. Y., May 24, 1864; was educated at private and public schools and at Fort Edward Col- legiate Institute ; graduated from Colum- bian University Law School, Washington, in 1891, and was admitted to the bar in 1893; was appointed assistant district attorney of Rensselaer county January 1, 1897 ; has practiced law in Troy since 1893.
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O'CONNOR, EDMUND; resides in Bing- hamton ; was born in County Cork, Ire- land, November 26, 1848; was brought to this country by his parents in 1851; was admitted to the bar at Oswego, N. Y., in October, 1870; married Bridget Mur- phy of Deposit, N. Y., November 17, 1880; was elected to the state senate from the 24th district in 1889 and 1891, and from the 25th district in 1893, serving six years altogether ; has practiced law in Binghamton since 1873.
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O'DAY, DANIEL ; resides in New York city ; was born at Kildysart, Ireland, Feb- ruary 6, 1844; was brought to this country early in life, and lived at Ellicott- ville, N. Y., until 1862; was with the New York Central railroad, 1862-65 ; went to Pennsylvania oil fields in 1865, and ultimately became manager of the Standard Oil Company's pipe-lines ; mar- ried Louise Newell of Boston in 1870 and Mary Page of Nova Scotia in 1892. .
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O'GRADY, DANIEL; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Rochester February 17, 1861 ; was educated in common schools and Bry- ant & Stratton's Business College ; mar- ried Elizabeth Maloney of Spencerport, N. Y., January 30, 1881 ; was appointed deputy excise commissioner for Buffalo in April, 1896 ; has been in business at East Buffalo since 1885. 402 W
OAKES, FRANK S .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at China (now Arcade), N. Y., December 26, 1844 ; was educated in dis- trict and select schools ; was employed in a hardware store at Otto, N. Y., 1865-69 : married Jennie Calver of Marblehead, Mass., September 11, 1872 ; was president of the village of Cattaraugus, N. Y., 1894- 97 ; has engaged in the manufacture of dairy and cheese-factory apparatus at Cat- taraugus since 1874, and in real-estate and other enterprises in Buffalo since 1891. 363 W
OAKES, THOMAS FLETCHER ; resides in Mamaroneck ; was born at Boston July 15, 1843; was educated at the Eliot School, Boston ; married Abby R. Haskell of Gloucester, Mass., January 27, 1864 ; oc- cupied important positions with the Kansas Pacific and other railroads, 1863-81 ; be- came vice president of the Northern Pa- cific railroad in 1881, president in 1888, and one of the receivers of the company in 1893.
ORCUTT, WILLIAM H .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Boston November 15, 1847 ; was educated in the public schools of Boston and Cambridge, and graduated from Harvard College in 1869 ; studied law at Harvard Law School, and was admitted to the bar of Massachusetts in 1875 ; prac- tieed law in Boston, 1875-82; was ap- pointed judge of the District Court in Mid- dlesex county in 1882; married Leafie Sloan of Buffalo June 4, 1889 ; has prac- ticed law in Buffalo since 1889. . 170 W
OTIS, NORTON P. ; resides in Yonkers ; was born at Halifax, Vt., March 18, 1840 ; attended school in various places in New York and New Jersey ; learned the busi- ness of manufacturing elevators in his father's factory, 1858-61 ; took charge of the business with his brother in 1861 ; mar- ried Lizzie A. Fahs of York, Penn., De- cember 25, 1877 : was elected mayor of Yonkers in 1880 : was a member of the New York legislature in 1884: has been president of the corporation of Otis Broth- ers & Co., Yonkers, since 1890. 49 M
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OTTAWAY, ARTHUR B .; resides in West field ; was born at Mina, Chautauqua county, N. Y., May 8, 1854 : was edu- cated in the district schools, and at Sherman and Westfield academies, graduating from the latter institution in 1875; taught school, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; was district attorney of Chautauqua county, 1884-87 ; has prac- ticed law in Westfield since 1879. 184 W
OTTENDORFER, OSWALD: resides in New York city; was born at Zwittau, Moravia, February 26, 1826; was edu- cated in Austrian schools and universities ; came to the United States in 1850, and entered the service of the Staats Zei- tung, New York, soon thereafter ; married Mrs. Jabob Uhl of New York city in 1859 ; has been editor of the Staats Zeitung since 1859.
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PADDOCK, FREDERICK G .; resides in Malone ; was born at Fort Covington, N. Y., April 15, 1859; was educated at Franklin Academy, Malone, and at Cor- nell University ; graduated from Columbia College Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1884; married Katherine L. Barnhart of Potsdam, N. Y., April 7, 1890 ; has practiced law at Malone since 1884 ; has been district attorney of Frank- lin county since January 1, 1893.
PALMER, O. W. : resides in Elmira ; was born at Genoa, N. Y., August 10, 1827 : was educated at Genoa Academy and Har- ford ( Penn. ) Academy : was admitted to the bar in May, 1851; practiced law in Elmira, 1851-62; engaged in the coal business in Washington, D. C., 1862-65 : was in the insurance business in New York city and elsewhere, 1867-94; married Mary Moe of Lansing, N. Y., January 9, 1850, Elizabeth Grover of Southport, N. Y., October 11, 1853, and Mrs. C. A. Bentley of Brandon, Vt., April 26, 1882. 55 ℃
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PANKOW, CHARLES G .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born near Feldberg, Germany, January 27, 1851 ; learned the baker's ard confectioner's trade, and worked at the same, 1868-80 ; married Mary Graf of Tonawanda, N. Y., June 30, 1870 ; has conducted a grocery business in Buffalo since 1880; was alderman from the 5th ward, Buffalo, 1884-85 ; was elected com- missioner of public works, Buffalo, in November, 1894, for the term 1895-97. 316 W
PARK, ROSWELL ; resides in Buffalo : was born at Pomfret, Conn., May 4, 1852 ;
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graduated from Racine (Wis. ) College in 1872, and from the Chicago Medical Col- lege with the degree of M. D. in 1876 : married Martha P. Durkee of Chicago June 1, 1882 ; served upon the faculty of the Woman's Medical College of Chicago, the Chicago Medical College, and Rush Medical College, successively, 1877-83 : was called to be professor of surgery in the medical department, University of Buffalo, and surgeon to the Buffalo General Hospital, in 1883; was elected president of the Medical Society of the State of New York for 1895-96.
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PARKE, C. M .; resides in Gloversville ; was born at Clifton Park, N. Y., Decem- ber 2, 1847; graduated from Madison University in 1868 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1870; married Alice M. Clark of Eaton, N. Y., Novem- ber 2, 1875 ; was district attorney of Ful- ton county, 1881-86 ; has practiced law at Gloversville since 1871.
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PARKHURST, JOHN F. ; resides in Bath : was born at Wellsboro, Penn., February 17, 1843; was educated in common schools and by private tutors ; was admit- ted to the bar at Rochester in 1865 and began practice in Bath ; married Alice McMaster of Bath July 22, 1886: was a delegate to the Republican national con- ventions of 1888, 1892, and 1896, and to the New York state constitutional conven- tion of 1894; has been chairman of the Republican committee of Steuben county since 1889, and member of the Republi- can state committee since 1890; was appointed judge of the Court of Claims in March, 1897. : 26 C
PARSONS, CHARLES; resides in New York city ; was born at Alfred, Me., Feb- ruary 6, 1829 ; was educated in Yarmouth (Me. ) Academy and in Providence, R. I. : engaged in the produce commission busi- ness in the South, 1853-61; married Sarah 1. Shepley of Providence, R. I., in 1855 ; has been largely interested in rail- road management for many years, and has been president of the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroad since June, 1883. . 71 ME
PARSONS, FRANK M .: resides in Weeds- port : was born at Camillus, N. Y., August 19, 1848 ; was educated at common schools and Baldwinsville (N. Y.) Academy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1871; married Hattie E. Bibbens of Weedsport October 23, 1871 ; was mem- ber of assembly, 1886-87 ; was appointed
deputy attorney-general of New York state in 1894; has practiced law in Weedsport since 1871.
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PARSONS, WILLIAM H. ; resides in New York city ; was born on Staten Island, N. Y., July 7, 1831 ; was engaged as clerk in various houses in New York city, and partner in a paper house, 1855-60; mar- ried Laura C. Palmer, a lineal descendant of Miles Standish and Governor Bradford, the first governor of Massachusetts, Octo- ber 22, 1837; established the business now known as the corporation of W. H. Parsons & Co. in 1860, and has been at the head of the same since.
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PATCH, MAURICE B .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Otisfield, Me., June 8, 1852 ; was educated in the public schools of Lowell, Mass., and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1872 ; was employed as a mining engineer in Colorado, 1872-74; married Emily Isabella White of Lowell July 6, 1875; was chemist of the Detroit & Lake Supe- rior Copper Smelting Co., 1874-86, and superintendent of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co.'s works at Lake Linden, Mich., 1886-90 ; has been superintendent of the Buffalo Smelting Works of the same company since 1891.
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PATTERSON, CHARLES E .; resides in Troy ; was born at Corinth, Vt., May 3, 1842 ; graduated from Union College in 1860; studied law in Troy, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1863 ; married Fanny Maria Seymour of New York city April 25, 1871 ; was member of assembly from Rensselaer county, 1881-82 ; practiced law in Troy, 1863-97, with the exception of three years spent in New York city ; formed the firm of Patterson, Bulkeley & Van Kirk for the practice of law in Albany in 1897.
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PATTERSON, GEORGE W .; resides in Westfield ; was born at Leicester, N. Y., February 25, 1826 ; was educated at vari- ous preparatory schools and at Dartmouth College, graduating therefrom in 1848; studiod law in Buffalo, 1849-50 ; engaged in the manufacture of edge tools at West- field, 1851-54; was cashier of the Geo. Washington Bank at Corning, N. Y., 1854-58, and president, 1858-75 ; mar- ried Frances De Etta Todd of Toddville, N. Y., September 17, 1861 ; has lived in Westfield since 1876; has been owner, legatee, and grantee of the Holland and Chautauqua land companies since 1879. 132 W
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PAYNE, LEWIS S .; resides in North Tona- wanda ; was born at Riga, N. Y., Janu- ary 21, 1819; was educated in common schools; was clerk in a country store, 1835-40 ; married Mary Tabor of Ithaca, N. Y., November 22, 1840 ; served in the Union army throughout the war ; was elec- ted a member of the Niagara-county board of supervisors in 1844, and served eleven terms ; was clerk of Niagara county, 1852- 54 and 1866-68 ; was member of assembly in 1870, state senator, 1878-79, and can- didate for member of congress in 1883; has been engaged in various mercantile enterprises at North Tonawanda since 1841. 337 W PEASE, F. S .; resided in Buffalo; was born at Rochester December 22, 1822; moved to Buffalo in 1837; engaged in chemical studies in eastern cities, 1838- 48 ; married Lucretia Goodale of Buffalo in 1845, and A. de Etta Bloodgood of New York city May 7, 1885 ; established the manufacture of lubricating oils in Buf- falo in 1848, and carried on the same until his death November 6, 1890. . 47 D
PERRY, ISAAC G .; resides in Binghamton ; was born at Bennington, Vt., March 24, 1822 ; was educated in common schools : learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and worked at the same in Keese- ville, N. Y., until 1852 : married Lucretia L. Gibson of Keeseville in December, 1848 ; engaged in business as an architect and builder in New York city, 1852-72, and in Binghamton, 1872-83; has been capitol commissioner of New York state since March 30, 1883. . 58 C
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