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PERSONS, WILBER F. ; resides in Dele- van ; was born at Delevan November 24, 1858 ; lived in the West, 1870-76, grad- uating from the Omaha High School in June, 1875 : married Alice Catharine Strong of Delevan June 2, 1x80; was in the service of the Union Pacific railroad, 1875-76, and of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia railroad, 1876-64; has conducted various weekly newspapers in western New York since 1857. 296 W
PETERSON, FREDERICK R. : resides in Jamestown ; was born in the town of Elli- cott, Chautauqua county, N. Y., January 21, 1857 ; graduated from the Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute in 1880 ; was admitted to the bar in October. 1884; married Edith S. Osgood of James- town April , 1>>5 ; was clerk of James: town, 1883-8, and a member of the
board of supervisors, 1892-93 ; was elected to the state assembly in 1896, and re-elec- ted in 1897 ; . has practiced law in James- town since 1884. 437 W
PETERSON, JESSE; resides in Lockport ; was born at Belfast, Allegany county, N. Y., October 1, 1×50; was educated in Lockport Union School ; married Arabella A. Brown of Lockport January 29, 1874; was half owner of the Penfield Block Co. of Lockport, 1875-85 ; has been engaged in the manufacture of wood pulp and in- durated fiber in Lockport since 1883. . 133 W
PETTEBONE, LAUREN W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Lockport, N. Y., June 29, 1848 ; was educated in private schools in Buffalo ; was in the employ of the Niagara Falls Paper Mfg. Co., 1865- 83 ; married Lavinia Porter Townsend of Niagara Falls, N. Y., September 14, 1881; was secretary and treasurer of the Pette- bone Paper Co., 1883-88, and president, 1888-92 ; has been vice president and director of the Pettebone-Cataract Paper Co., Niagara Falls, since its organization in 1892. 364 W
PIERCE, JAMES F. ; resides in Brooklyn ; was born at Madrid, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., April 8, 1830; was educated at St. Lawrence Academy, Potsdam, N. Y. : was admitted to the bar in 1851 ; practiced his profession in St. Augustine, Fla., 1852- 55 ; married Anna Maria Redington of Waddington, N. Y., in June, 1856 ; prac- ticed law in Canton, N. Y., 1×56-66 ; was state senator, 1868-71, 1878-79, and 1886-89 ; was state superintendent of insurance, 1801-97 ; has practiced law in New York city since 1>66. 52 MI
PIERCE, JAMES H .: resides in Blooming- dale : was born at New Sweden, N. Y., August 27, 1826 ; married Olive C. Len- non at Keeseville, N. Y., August 7, 1856; engaged in various branches of business in New York, Virginia, and Wisconsin, 1843- 50, and in lumbering, manufacturing, and farming in northern New York, 1851-62 : served in the Union army, 1862-64; has been engaged in farming and in public life in Franklin and Essex counties, New York, since 1865; was elected to the state assembly in 1896, and re-elected in 1897.
PITCHER, JAMES R. ; resides in Short Hills. N. j. ; was born at Windham, N. Y., March 5, 1>45; was educated at Whitestone Seminary ; was clerk in a tan- nery, 1863-66, and in a New York house,
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1866-68 ; conducted a clothing business in New York, 1868-77; married Helen K. Sweet of New York September 1, 1870 ; organized the United States Mutual Acci- dent Association in 1877, and conducted the same until 1893 ; has carried on exten- sive greenhouses at Short Hills, N. J., since 1890 ; is now president of the Pe- trolia Manufacturing Co. of New York, and is engaged in many other business enter- prises.
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PITKIN, JOHN T .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Palmyra, N. Y., May 8, 1858; attended Palmyra Union School and Heath- cote School, Buffalo ; held various posi- tions as electrician and telegraph operator, 1874-81 ; studied medicine, and gradu- ated from the medical department of the University of Buffalo in 1884; married Lizzie Simons Youngs of Buffalo March 4, 1886 ; has practiced medicine in Buffalo since 1884.
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PITT, WILLIAM H. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Short Tract, N. Y., Septem- ber 8, 1831 ; prepared for college at Al- fred (N. Y.) Academy, and graduated from Union College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1860 ; married Mary Elizabeth Church of Friendship, N. Y., May 18, 1861; was superintendent of education at Warren, Ohio, 1867-68 ; was professor of physics and chemistry in the Buffalo High School, 1872-90; was state analyst of foods and drugs, 1881-82; has been professor of general chemistry and physics in the medi- cal department of Niagara University since May 26, 1884. 63 W
PLANT, HENRY B .; resides in New York city ; was born at Branford, Conn., October 27, 1819; was educated in com- mon schools and by private tutors ; was in the employ of various express companies, 1837-61 ; married, on September 25, 1843, Ellen Elizabeth Blackstone of Branford, Conn., a direct descendant of Thomas Blackstone, who settled in Boston about 1630 ; after her death in 1861, married Margaret Josephine Loughman of New York city in 1873 ; organized the South- ern Express Co. in 1861, and has since been president thereof; since 1882 has been president of the Plant Investment Co., devoted to railroad and other opera- tions in Florida and elsewhere. 54 M
PLUMLEY, EDMUND J. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Canoga, Sencca county, N. Y., October 7, 1845 ; attended Gen- esee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., and
Genesee College (now Syracuse Univer- sity ) ; taught school at intervals, 1863-68 ; was admitted to the bar in 1871; married Flora Ella Crandall of Buffalo July 9, 1874; was deputy city clerk of Buffalo, 1872-75; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1875.
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POOLE, MURRAY E. ; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Centremoreland, Penn., July 17, 1857 ; graduated from Cornell Uni- versity in 1880; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1889; was special county judge of Tompkins county in 1889; married Eva Zeliffe of Limestonc, N. Y., November 4, 1891 ; has practiced law at Ithaca since 1889. 12 C.
POOLEY, CHARLES A. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo November 17, 1854; was educated in the public schools of Buffalo ; engaged in the lumber busi- ness, 1873-75 ; was admitted to the bar in April, 1879; married Carrie Adams, daughter of S. Cary Adams of Buffalo, June 4, 1884 ; has practiced law since 1879 with the firm of McMillan, Gluck, Pooley & Depew and their predecessors. 64 W
PORTER, CYRUS K .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Cicero, N. Y., August 27, 1828; was educated in common schools ; learned the builder's trade, and became an architect in 1855; founded the order of Royal Templars of Temperance in 1870 ; went to Buffalo in 1865, and has practiced his profession there since.
PORTER, HORACE; resides in New York city and Paris ; was born at Huntingdon, Penn., April 15, 1837; was educated at the Harrisburg ( Penn. ) Academy, at the Lawrence Scientific School ( Harvard), and at West Point, whence he graduated in 1860 ; served in the Union army through- out the Civil War; married Sophie K. McHarg of Albany December 15, 1863 ; was private secretary to President Grant, 1869-73; has been engaged as director and executive officer in various corporations since 1873 ; was appointed ambassador to France in 1897. .
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PORTER, PETER A .; resides in Niagara Falls ; was born at Niagara Falls October 10, 1853 ; graduated from Yale College in 1874; married Alice Adele Taylor in 1877 ; was member of the New York state assembly, 1886-87. 365 W
POTTER, DELCOUR S .: resides in Glens Falls : was born at Schuylerville, N. Y., April 19, 1843 ; attended Schuylerville
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Academy and Fort Edward Institute ; stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1866 ; married Anna M. MeNaughton of Schuylerville March 12, 1866 ; was mem- ber of assembly in 1880, 1881, and 1882; practiced law in Schuylerville, 1866-90, and has practiced in Glens Falls since 1890. 76 E
POTTER, HENRY CODMAN; resides in New York city ; was born at Schenectady, N. Y., May 25, 1835 ; was educated at the Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, and at the Theological Seminary of Virginia, whence he graduated in 1857 ; was rector of Christ Church, Greensburg, Penn., 1857-59, of St. John's, Troy, 1859 -- 66, and of Grace Church, New York. 1868- 83; was assistant bishop of the diocese of New York, 1883-86, and has been bishop thereof since 1887. 37 M
POTTER, WILLIAM WARREN; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Strykersville, N. Y., December 31, 1838; was educated at Arcade Seminary, and Genesee Seminary and College, Lima, N. Y .; graduated from the Buffalo University Medical College in 1859 ; married Emily A. Bostwick of Lan- caster, N. Y., March 23, 1859 ; engaged in the practice of medicine at Cowlesville, N. Y., 1859-61 ; served as a surgeon in the Union army, 1861-65 ; has followed his profession in Buffalo since 1866. . 266 W
PRATT, CHARLES R. ; resides in Elmira ; was born at Elmira January 24, 1847 ; graduated from Amherst College in 1869 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1872 ; married Jane E. Carrier of Elmira April 10, 1879 ; was a bank cashier, 1879- 82 ; was a member of the constitutional convention in 1894, and was elected county judge and surrogate of Chemung county in 1896; has practiced law at Elmira since 1875 with the exception of three years spent in banking .. 13 C
PRATT, PASCAL P .: resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo September 15, 1819 ; was educated at Hamilton ( N. Y. ) Acad- emy and at Amherst ( Mass. ) Academy ; married Phoebe Lorenz of Pittsburg September 1, 1845; was a Republican presidential elector in 1872, chairman of the Buffalo park commission from 1869 to 1879, and one of the three commissioners appointed by the Supreme Court in 1883 to appraise the value of the property taken by the state for the Reservation at Niagara
Falls ; has been president of the Manufac- turers' and Traders' Bank of Buffalo since 1885. 66 W
PRESTON, JEROME; resides in James- town : was born at Farinington, Penn., January 28, 1834 ; attended common and select schools and the Jamestown Acad- emy ; married Hannah Broadhead of Busti, N. Y., June 4, 1856 ; conducted a general store in Busti, 1854-59; was elected member of assembly from the 2d Chautauqua district in 1871 ; has been en- gagedi in mercantile and manufacturing pursuits (dry goods, oil refining, James- town Woolen Mills, etc. ) in Jamestown since 1859. 134 W PRICE, OSCAR F .; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Jamestown September 11, 1840; was educated in Jamestown schools and academies ; was a member of the board of trustees of Jamestown for several years, and served as president of the board, 1882-83 ; was member of the state assem- bly, 1883-84; was the first mayor of Jamestown, holding the office, 1886-94, and was elected again in 1896. . 381 W
PRIEST, GEORGE E .; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Auburn, N. Y., June 25, 1848 ; studied law, but did not apply for admission to the bar ; married Amelia E. Burritt of Ithaca October 22, 1865; was deputy county clerk of Tompkins county in 1870; served in the special agency of the treasury department at New York city, 1870-74 ; has been editor and part owner of the Ithaca Journal since 1877. 44 ℃
PROCTOR, WILLIAM L .; resided in Ogdensburg ; was born at East Washing- ton, N. H., March 26, 1837 ; was edu- cated in common schools and academies ; married Dolly Paulina Howard of Ogdens- burg February 12, 1861 ; was mayor of Ogdensburg, 1871-75 and 1884-86; was a member of the Republican state commit- tee from 1882, and a member of the board of managers of the St. Lawrence State Hospital from 1887 until his death : became connected with the lumber trade in 1857, and was vice president of the Skillings, Whitneys & Barnes Lumber Co. ; died at Lakewood, N. J., November 19, 1897.
PROUDFIT, WILLIAM H. ; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Milwaukee, Wis., December 15, 1841 ; was educated in the common schools and academy of James- town ; was employed as clerk and book- keeper in Jamestown, 1856-62 ; served in
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the Union army, 1862-65; married Ellen E. Hall of Jamestown October 2, 1866 ; has conducted a clothing house in James- town since 1866. 339 W
PUTNAM, EDGAR P. ; resides in James- town; was born at Stockton, Chautauqua county, N. Y., May 4, 1844; was edu- cated in common schools ; enlisted as a private in the 9th New York cavalry in September, 1861, and served until the close of the war ; was United States deputy surveyor in Minnesota, 1866-75 ; married Eppie Mace of Jamestown February 27, 1878; was clerk of Chautauqua county, 1889-91; has lived in Jamestown since 1875. 136 W
PUTNAM, JAMES O. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Attica, N. Y., July 4, 1818 ; studied at Hamilton and at Yale colleges ; was admitted to the bar in 1842, and be- gan the practice of law in Buffalo ; mar- ried Harriet Palmer of Buffalo January 5, 1842, and Kate F. Wright of Woodstock, Vt., March 15, 1855; was postmaster of Buffalo, 1851-53, and state senator, 1854-55; was United States consul at Havre, France, 1861-66, and United States minister to Belgium, 1880-81 : has been a member of the council of the University of Buffalo since its organization in 1846, was for many years its vice chancellor, and is now its chancellor. 224 W
RAMSDELL, T. T. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo March 15, 1854; graduated from the Buffalo Classical School in 1871 ; began business in 1873 as a clerk for O. P. Ramsdell & Co., wholesale dealers in boots, shoes, and rubbers ; became partner in this firm in 1877 ; organized the present firm of O. P. Ramsdell, Sweet & Co. in 1879 ; married Louise Miller of Sterling, Ill., November 10, 1881.
RANDALL, EDWARD C. : resides in Buf- falo; was born at Ripley, Chautauqua county, N. Y., July 19, 1860 ; was edu- cated at Ripley Academy and Allegheny College ; studied law at Fredonia and Dun- kirk, and was admitted to the bar at Rochester in 1883 ; married Maria Louise Howard, granddaughter of the late Rufus L. Howard of Buffalo, October 6, 1897 : has practiced law in Buffalo since 1884. 268 W
RAY, GEORGE W. ; resides in Norwich : was born at Otselic, N. Y., February 3, 1844 ; was educated at Norwich Academy ; served in the Union army, 1863-65; was admitted to the bar in 1867 ; married
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Mary Johnson of North Pitcher, N. Y., June 28, 1871 ; was member of congress, 1883-85, and has served in that body con- tinuously since 1891; has practiced law in Norwich since 1867. 59 C
REBADOW, ADOLPH ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo June 4, 1860; was educated in the public schools of the city ; studied law in the office of Marshall, Clin- ton & Wilson, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1881 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1881. 269 W
REID, WHITELAW; resides in New York city ; was born near Xenia, O., October 27, 1837; graduated from Miami (O.) University in 1856 ; taught school in 1857; was connected with the Xenia News, and the Cincinnati Gasette, 1857-68, serv- ing as war correspondent for the latter paper ; married Elizabeth Mills, daughter of D. O. Mills of New York city, April 26, 1881; was United States minister to France, 1889-92; has been regent of the University of the State of New York since 1878 ; has been connected with the New York Tribune since 1868, and has been its editor and chief owner since 1872. . 55 M
REINECKE, OTTOMAR; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Sondershausen, Germany, November 20, 1840 ; came to the United States in 1852; was educated in German schools and in Buffalo public schools ; worked for his father at the printer's trade, 1854-66 ; married Eva Engel of Buffalo September 25, 1866 ; has been a member of the firm of Reinecke & Zesch, job printers and proprietors of the Buffalo Freie Presse, since 1867 ; has been one of the park commissioners of Buffalo since 1896. 357 W
REYBURN, PERRY C .; resides in Buf- falo; was born at Buffalo September 10, 1859 : was educated in public schools there ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Rochester October 8, 1880; married Ida A. Schneider of Buffalo January 30, 1895 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1880. 358 W
RICE, EDWARD R .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Nashville, Ind., June 21, 1856 ; was educated in common schools, and graduated from the Batavia High School ; was a clerk in boot and shoe houses in Batavia and Rochester, 1871-81 ; con- ducted a whole-ale boot and shoe house in Dunkirk, N. Y., 1881-87 ; married Mary Langley Fullagar of Dunkirk October 18,
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1884; has conducted a wholesale rubber boot and shoe house in Buffalo since 1887. 225 W
RICHARDSON, JACKSON ; resided in Elmira ; was born at Utica, N. Y., April 27, 1829; was educated in common schools ; began business with his father at Almond, N. Y., in 1850 ; married Emma Hickman November 10, 1862; carried on a shoe manufactory at Elmira from 1861 until his death July 1, 1897. 27 C
RICHARDSON, WILLIAM; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Attleboro, Mass., January 5, 1820 ; was educated in common schools at DeWitt, N. Y. ; married Ann O'Day of Buffalo in November, 1852; en- gaged in canal repairing and in dredging, 1850-90; was a member of the common council of Buffalo, 1884-87 ; has lived in Buffalo since 1850. . 227 W
RICHMOND, JEWETT M .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Syracuse December 9, 1830; attended common schools; was a clerk in country stores, 1847-53; en- gaged in the manufacture and sale of salt, 1854-60; married Geraldine H. Rudde- row of New York city November 10, 1870; conducted a grain commission business in Buffalo, 1860-81; was president of the Buffalo & Jamestown railroad, 1872-75 ; since 1881 has been occupied with the care of his estate, and with his duties as an officer in various corporations. 444 W
RICHMOND, WILLIAM ; resides in Niag- ara Falls ; was born at Mitton, Worcester- shire, England, October 6, 1847; was educated at a private school in England ; came to the United States in 1863 ; mar- ried Mary McGill of Lockport, N. Y., October 12, 1870 ; was alderman in Lock- port, 1881-83 and 1889-91, mayor of Lockport, 1883-84, water commissioner, 1884-87, and trustee of the board of edu- cation, 1888-89 and 1890-95; has been collector of customs at Niagara Falls since March 4, 1895. 137 W
RILEY, JOHN B. ; resides in Plattsburgh ; was born at Schuyler Falls, N. Y., Septem- ber 9, 1852; attended Plattsburgh Acad- emy and Keeseville High School ; taught school, 1869-74 ; was school commissioner for Clinton county, 1875-81 ; was admit- ted to the bar in 1879, and began practice at Plattsburgh ; married Genevieve Des- mond of Plattsburgh September 25, 1882; was president of the village of Plattsburgh, 1884-85, superintendent of Indian schools,
1885-87, and chief examiner for the New York state civil-service commission, 1887- 93; was consul general for Canada, 1893- 97. 63 E
RINEWALT, ADAM L. ; resides in Wil- liamsville ; was born at Williamsville May 4, 1849 ; was educated in district schools and Williamsville Academy ; learned the printer's trade at Beloit, Wis., 1865-70 ; worked at his trade in Buffalo, 1870-79 ; married Sarah Filena Bloker of Williams- ville September 18, 1878; was postmaster at Williamsville, 1889-93 ; established the Amherst Bee at Williamsville in 1879, and has conducted the same since. . 297 W ROBERTS, JAMES A .; resides in Buffalo : was born at Waterboro, Me., March 8, 1847 ; fitted for college at Auburn, Me., and graduated from Bowdoin in 1870; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1875 ; married Minnie Pineo of Calais, Me., in 1871, and Martha Dresser of Auburn, Me., in 1884; was a member of the state assembly, 1879-80; was elected comp- troller of the state of New York in 1893, and was re-elected in 1895. 69 W
ROBERTS, JAMES H. ; resides in Bing- . hamton ; was born at Mt. Pleasant, Cal., June 24, 1860 ; entered Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in the class of 1886 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1887 ; married Jennie K. Rowland of Sherburne, N. Y., July 1, 1890 ; was attor- ney for the excise board of Binghamton, 1888-91 ; has practiced law at Bingham- ton since 1887; was elected recorder of the city in 1894. 14 C
ROBERTSON, ANDREW J .; resides in Buffalo; was born at Andes, Delaware county, N. Y., March 30, 1851 ; attended district schools and academies and Cornell University ; was admitted to the bar in 1876, and practiced in Delhi, N. Y., 1876- 77; married Martha Hayt Thompson of Elmira, N. Y., December 19, 1878 ; prac- ticed law in Elmira, 1877-93 ; has prac- ticed law in Buffalo since April, 1893. . 404 W ROBINSON, JOHN W. : resides in Buf- falo ; was born in Simcoe county, Ontario, October 14, 1848 ; married Matilda Ox- enham May 22, 1872; was connected with the lumber business in Detroit, 1873- 88 ; established a lumber business at North Tonawanda, N. Y., in 1888, and has lived in Buffalo since. . 172 W
ROCHE, WILLIAM J. ; resides in Troy : was born at Troy in 1853 ; was educated
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at St. Mary's Academy, Troy ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1874; married Mary L. Campion of New York city June 15, 1880 ; was city attorney of Troy, 1883-86, and city comptroller, 1886-90 ; was a delegate to the constitu- tional convention of 1894; was appointed corporation counsel of Troy in 1890 ; has practiced law in Troy since 1878.
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ROGERS, SHERMAN S .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Bath, N. Y., April 16, 1830 ; prepared for college, but entered a law office at the age of sixteen without further scholastic training ; married Chris- tina Cameron Davenport of Bath January 6, 1858 ; was appointed a member of the commission to revise the constitution of the state of New York in 1872; was elected state senator in 1875 ; was nomi- nated for lieutenant governor in 1876, on the ticket headed by E. D. Morgan ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1854. 70 W
ROGERS, WILLIAM F. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born in Forks township, Penn., March 1, 1820; published a paper at Honesdale, Penn., 1840-44; married Caroline M. Waldron of Honesdale June 20, 1842, and Phoebe Demony of Buffalo September 20, 1849; moved to Buffalo in 1846, and established the Buf- falo Republic in 1850; served in the Union army, 1861-63 ; was auditor of Buf- falo in 1864, comptroller in 1866, and mayor in 1868 ; was a member of the 48th congress, 1883-85 ; was superintendent of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home at Bath, N. Y., 1887-97. 28 C
ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; resides in New York city ; was born at New York city October 27, 1858; graduated from Harvard College in 1880; was a mem- ber of the New York assembly, 1882-84; was a delegate to the Republican national convention in 1884, and candidate for mayor of New York city in 1886 ; married Edith K. Carow of New York city De- cember 2, 1886; was United States civil-service commissioner, 1889-95 ; was president of the board of police commis- sioners of New York city, 1895-97; was appointed assistant secretary of the navy, 1897. . 30 M
ROOT, FRANCIS H. ; resided in Buffalo ; was born at New Berlin, N. Y., May 30, 1815; attended the district schools of New Berlin and of Lodi, N. Y., and studied for one term in the academy at Springville, N. Y. ; went to Buffalo in
January, 1835, and began business for him- self in 1836 as a manufacturer of stoves ; conducted the same business with S. S. Jewett, 1843-78 ; married Delia M. Spen- cer of Lodi in 1838; sold out his stove business in 1878, and engaged in the manufacture and sale of hemlock sole leather ; died at Buffalo September 6, 1892.
ROOT, FRANCIS S .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Port Byron, N. Y., November 4, 1869 ; graduated from the literary de- partment of the Port Byron Academy in 1889, and from the law department of Cornell University in 1893 ; was admitted to the bar in March, 1895, and has prac- ticed law since then in Buffalo. 380 W
ROSS, FRANK W .; resides in Elmira ; was born at Horseheads, N. Y., July 10, 1859 ; was educated in public schools and Elmira Free Academy ; received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of the City of New York in 1883; married Hattie A. Hart of Dorchester, Ga., a lineal descendant of Miles Standish ; has practiced medicine and surgery in Elmira since 1883. 61 C
ROTH, EDWARD C .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo . October 22, 1859; was educated in the public schools of the city ; was employed in a hardware store, 1873-78 ; was clerk in an insurance office, 1878-81 ; married Hattie Weller of Buf- falo September 29, 1891 : has conducted a general insurance business in Buffalo since 1881. 459 W
ROWE, CHARLES H .; resides in Dans- ville ; was born in the town of Spring- water, Livingston county, N. Y., May 17, 1856 ; was educated at the Dansville Semi- nary and at Cook Academy, Havana, N. Y .; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; married Adina Krein of Dans- ville August 29, 1883; was postmaster of Dansville, 1890-94, justice of the peace, 1883-96, trustee of the village in 1894, and corporation counsel in 1895 ; has been district attorney of Livingston county since January 1, 1897.
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