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STOWIT'S, GEORGE H. ; resides in Buffalo : was born at Fort Plain, N. Y., November
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10, 1822 ; was educated at cominon schools and academies ; married Adaline Stowits of Starkville, N. Y., October 26, 1845 ; served in the Union army, 1x62-65; has taught school since 1843, with the excep- tion of the years spent in the army, and since 1867 has been continuously em- ployed as principal of various public schools in Buffalo. . 14 W
STRASMER, WILLIAM F. ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo ; attended the public schools of Buffalo and Roches- ter University, whence he graduated in 1881 ; taught at Whitney's Point ( N. Y. ) Academy, 1881-83 ; was admitted to the bar in 1885 ; has practiced law in Buffalo and engaged in various business enter- prises since 1887; has been a civil-ser- vice commissioner of Buffalo since April, 1896. 418 W
STRAUSS, MATHIAS; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Remich, Germany, April 15, 1836 ; married Elizabeth Brosart of Buf- falo November 15, 1859; was elected councilman of the city of Buffalo for the year 1892, and again for the years 1893-95 ; went to Buffalo in 1850, and has been en- gaged there since in the manufacture of leather and wool. 79 W
STRONG, WILLIAM L. ; resides in New York city ; was born at Loudenville, O., March 22, 1827 ; was a clerk in dry-goods houses in Ohio and New York city, 1842- 62 ; married Mary Aborn of New York city April 25, 1866 ; was a member of the fırın of Sutton, Smith & Co., 1863-69, and has been head of the dry-goods house of W. L. Strong & Co. since January 1, 1870 ; was elected mayor of New York city for the term 1895-97.
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STROOTMAN, JOHN; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo April 2, 1851; was educated in public and private schools ; learned the shoemaker's business, and worked for his father in the same, 1865- 72; has been a director of the Union Bank, Buffalo, since 1892 ; has carried on a shoe manufactory in Buffalo since 1873. 31x W
SWEET, CHARLES A. : resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Hancock, Mass., I.ebru- ary 16, 1×36; was educated in country schools; went to Buffalo and engaged in the transportation business in 1×62; was a member of the board of general manager, for New York state at the World's Fair, 1893; has been president of the Third National Bank of Buffalo since 15$1.
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SWETT, ALBERT L .; resides in Medina ; was born at Ridgeway, Orleans county, N. Y., April 27, 1850 ; was educated in public schools and Medina Academy ; was in the employ of the Bignall Mfg. Co. at Medina, 1866-73; married Lucinda M. Fuller of Shelby, N. Y., September 18, 1872 ; has been engaged in the manu- facture of iron hardware specialties at Medina since 1873.
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TABOR, CHARLES F. ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at White Pigeon, St. Jo- seph county. Mich., June 28, 1841; was admitted to the bar in 1863; married Phebe S. Andrews of Pembroke, N. Y., December 24, 1863; was member of assembly, 1876-77, deputy attorney-gen- eral for New York state, 1886-87, and attorney-general, 1888-91 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1865. 174 W
TAGGART, ISAAC H. ; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Sparta, Livingston county, N. Y., September 9, 1842; was educated in the public schools of Erie, Penn. ; was in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, 1858- 74; married Frances C. Tuthill of Buffalo July 1, 1865 ; engaged in the hotel busi- ness and in real-estate operations at Buf- falo, 1874-94; was appointed sheriff of Erie county May 29, 1894; died at Buffalo May 8, 1895.
TAYLOR, RODNEY M .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Dryden, Tompkins county, N. Y., September 19, 1820 ; was educated in common schools ; was a clerk in stores in New York city and Buffalo, 1847-48; carried on a grocery business in Buffalo, 1848-54; married Elizabeth Beers of Jerusalem, N. Y., September 4, 1844, her sister Mary Beers June 21, 1851, and Sarah J. Dash of Angola, N. Y., Feb- ruary 5, 1857 ; was a commissioned officer in the volunteer army of the United States, 1862-65, and in the regular army, 1866- 84; has been engaged since 1884 in the care and development of his extensive property. 408 W
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TELLER, JOHN D .; resides in Auburn ; was born near Sandy Hill, N. Y., May 11, 1845 ; graduated from Williams Col- lege, Williamstown, Mass., in 1867; stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1870 ; was clerk of the village of Sandy Hill and justice of the peace, 1868-72; was police justice of Auburn, 1877-80, and surrogate of Cayuga county, 1884-89 ; has practiced law at Auburn since 1872. 37 G
TENNANT, WILLIS H .; resides in May- ville ; was born at Chautauqua, N. Y., April 20, 1854; was educated in district schools and the Mayville Union School ; was admitted to the bar in 1880; married DeEmma Van Valkenburgh of Mayville December 24, 1884 ; has practiced law in Mayville since 1880 ; was elected president of the village of Mayville in March, 1896, and supervisor in February, 1897. 367 W
THAYER, LEWIS V. ; resides in Water- vliet ; was born at Glens Falls, N. Y., April 28, 1863; was educated in Troy public schools and business college ; mar- ried Elizabeth A. Humphrey of West Troy, N. Y., April 30, 1884 ; was in the employ of the National Express Co. in various capacities, 1870-87 ; has carried on a livery business in Troy since 1890; was elected sheriff of Albany county in No- vember, 1894, for the term 1895-97. . 44 E
THOMAS, ORLANDO F .; resides in Lyons ; was born at Brooklyn November 12, 1856 ; was educated at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Hines's Military Academy ; was employed in various Brook- lyn offices, 1871-80 ; married Emma Van Cleaf of Brooklyn June 25, 1880; became connected with the Manhattan Silver Plate Co., now of Lyons, in 1880, and has been its president since 1890; has been presi- dent of the Bank of Wayne at Lyons since its organization in 1895, and is largely in- terested in a number of business enter- prises. 15 G
THOMPSON, A. PORTER ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Black Rock, N. Y., February 14, 1825; was educated in pri- vate schools and academies ; married Ma- tilda Cass Jones of Detroit, Mich., June 9, 1853; was a member of the firm of Thompson & Co., Buffalo, manufacturers of white lead, 1846-60; engaged in iron manufacture in Buffalo, 1860-66; was a member of the Cornell Lead Co. from 1867 until it became the Buffalo branch of the National Lead Co., and has been its manager since.
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THORNTON, GEORGE H .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Watertown, N. Y., April 28, 1851 ; attended Jefferson County Institute, the Watertown High School, and Rochester University, whence he graduated in 1872 ; married - Della L. Cragin of Troy, N. Y., May 30, 1874: was assistant stenographer of the Supreme Court, Buffalo, 1872-82 : was admitted to the bar in 1882 ; was elected president of
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the New York State Stenographers' Asso- ciation in 1882, and again in 1896, and of the International Stenographers' Associa- tion in 1884 ; has been official stenographer of the Supreme Court, Buffalo, since 1882. 350 W
THORNTON, THOMAS; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at London, England, Feb- ruary 11, 1812 ; took the degree of Doctor of Medicine in London in 1830 ; practiced medicine in Buffalo, 1833-45 ; married Mary Bailey of Newbury, Vt., January 1, 1845; engaged in the flour-milling busi- ness in Buffalo from 1845 until his death February 22, 1896. .
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THURBER, F. B .; resides in New York city ; was born at Delhi, Delaware county, N. Y., November 13, 1842 ; attended the common schools, Delaware Academy at Delhi, and Union Hall Academy, Jamaica, L. I .; went into business in 1859 with the interrelated concerns known as T. M. Wheeler & Co. and Robert & Williams, in the warehousing, lighterage, and im- porting business, New York city ; joined his brother, H. K. Thurber, in the firm of H. K. Thurber & Co., wholesale gro- cers, in 1865 ; continued in that business, under various styles, until 1893; since then has been president of the American Grocer Publishing Co., publishing the trade paper known as the American Grocer.
THURSTONE, WILLIAM ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at London, England, Feb- ruary 21, 1826 ; was educated in a private school ; was apprenticed as printer, 1840- 47 ; married Mary Anne Dillon of Here- ford, England, June 1, 1848 ; came to the United States in 1854, and settled in Buf- falo in 1855 ; occupied various positions there on the Express, Courier, and Com- mercial Advertiser, 1855-85; has been secretary of the Board of Trade since 1863, and of the Merchants' Exchange since 1882. 232 W
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TIERNEY, EDWARD M .; resides in Bing- hamton ; was born at Susquehanna, Penn., November 11, 1858 ; was educated in the public schools ; married Nellie E. Hogan of Susquehanna December 30, 1879; en- gaged in the grocery business in Susque- hanna, 1879-85; has been one of the owners and proprietors of the Arlington hotel, Binghamton, since 1887. . 30 C
TIFFANY, CHARLES L .; resides in New York city ; was born at Danielsonville,
Conn., February 15, 1812; was educated in comnion schools; was a clerk in his father's country store, 1827-37; began business in New York city in 1837 ; mar- ried Harriet Olivia Avery Young of Kil- lingly, Conn., November 30, 1841; has been the head of what is now the house of Tiffany & Co. since the business was established in 1837, and president and treasurer since its incorporation in 1868.
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TIFFANY, NELSON O .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Lancaster, N. Y., February 1, 1842 : worked on a farm and in a lum- ber camp, 1860-61; engaged in the fur- niture business as manager and designer, 1864-67 ; married Julia Charlotte Chase of Buffalo January 28, 1868 ; traveled for the Howe Sewing Machine Co. as manager and superintendent of agencies, 1867-77 ; conducted the sewing-machine business in Buffalo on his own account, 1877-82; was manager of the New York office of the Household Sewing Machine Co. in 1882; has been secretary and general agent in Buffalo of the Masonic Life Association of Western New York since 1884. 351 W
TILDEN, J. H .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Franklin, Conn., April 30, 1828 ; moved to Buffalo in 1837, and attended public and private schools there ; studied medicine in Cincinnati, and took the de- gree of M. D. in 1850; married Caro- line Elizabeth Hedge of Buffalo October 3, 1855; practiced medicine in Buffalo, 1851-59 ; has conducted a building busi- ness in Buffalo since 1859. 277 W
TILFORD, FRANK; resides in New York city ; was born at New York city July 22, 1852; was educated in New York schools and Mount Washington Collegiate Insti- tute, New York city; entered the em- ploy of Park & Tilford in 1871 ; married Julia Greer of New York November 16, 1881 ; was vice president of the Bank of New Amsterdam, 1889-96, and has been its president since ; has been vice president of the corporation of Park & Tilford since 1891.
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TILLINGHAST, JAMES; resides in Buf- falo; was born at Cooperstown, N. Y., May 8, 1822; was educated in the public schools ; engaged in business, 1837-42, and in lake traffic, 1843-46 and 1862-64; was assistant superintendent of the Rome & Watertown railroad, 1852-56, superin- tendent of inotive power of the Northern Railway of Canada, 1856-62, division and
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general superintendent of the Central- Hudson railroad, 1865-81, and assistant to the president of that road in 1881; was president of the Wagner Sleeping Car Co., 1884-85 ; married Mary Williams of Limerick, N. Y., October 2, 1843, and Mrs. Susan Williams of Buffalo July 25, 1882. 81 W
TILLINGHAST, JAMES W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Brownville, N. Y., November 5, 1844 ; was educated at Rome Academy and Fort Edward Collegiate Institute ; commenced business as clerk in the office of the Northern Railway of Canada at Toronto, in 1858 ; entered the service of the Western Union Telegraph Co. at Pittsburg, Penn., in 1861 : married Sara A. Dannals of Pittsburg October 6, 1863, Mrs. Anna Kelley of Lockport, N. Y., February 1, 1868, and Anna Bergmann of Erie, Penn., August 26, 1896; has been manager of the Western Union telegraph office at Buffalo since 1870. 233 W
TINDLE, THOMAS; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Broomfleet, Yorkshire, Eng- land, April 7, 1836; was educated in common schools in England ; came to the United States in 1855, and engaged in farming in St. Lawrence county, N. Y .; was agent for canal forwarders in Buffalo, 1866-80 ; married Harriet Braithwaite of Ogdensburg, N. Y., April 5, 1856; has carried on a jobbing and manufacturing business in cooperage stock at Buffalo since 1880. 175 W
TITUS, ROBERT C .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Eden, N. Y., October 24, 1839 ; attended Oberlin College ; married Arvilla R. Clark of Gowanda, N. Y., Aug- ust 22, 1867 ; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1865; was district attorney of Erie county, 1878-80; was state senator for Erie county, 1882-85; was elected judge of the Superior Court of Buffalo in the fall of 1885 ; was chief judge of that court at the time of its absorption into the Supreme Court January 1, 1896, when he became a member of the bench of the Su- preme Court ; was a candidate for judge of the Court of Appeals in 1896. 82 W
TODD, LEROY G .; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Newfield, N. Y., September 17, 1850 ; was educated in the district schools and at Ithaca Academy ; was clerk and telegraph operator at Pond Eddy, N. Y .. 1869-72; went to Ithaca in 1873, and acted as salesman in a dry-goods store until 1883 ; was village trustee of Ithaca,
1886-87, member of the board of super- visors, 1893-95, and was elected mayor in March, 1895 ; has conducted a dry-goods store at Ithaca since 1883. 45 C
TOWNSEND, MARTIN 1 .; resides in Troy ; was boin at Hancock, Mass., February 6, 1810; graduated from Williams College in 1833; married Louisa B. Kellogg of Williamstown, Mass., May 10, 1836 ; was district attorney of Rensselaer county, 1842-45, member of congress, 1875-79, and United States attorney for the north- ern district of New York, 1879-87 ; has been a regent of the University of the State of New York since 1873 ; has prac- ticed law in Troy since 1836.
TOZIER, LEMUEL L .; resides in Batavia ; was born at York, Livingston county, N. Y., March 16, 1839 ; received an aca- demic education, and taught school, 1857- 62 ; graduated from Bellevue Medical Col- lege, New York city, in March, 1864: married Emily A. Putnam of Batavia May 31, 1864; served in the United States army hospital at New York, 1864-65; was coroner of Genesee county, 1869-84; has practiced medicine at Batavia since July, 1865.
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TRACY, BENJAMIN F .; resides in New York city ; was born at Owego, N. Y., April 26, 1830 ; was admitted to the bar in May, 1851 ; married Delinda E. Catlin of Owego in January, 1851 ; was district attorney of Tioga county, 1854-59: was elected to the state assembly in 1861 ; served in the Union army, 1862-64; was United States district attorney in eastern New York, 1866-73 ; was associate justice of the state Court of Appeals, 1881-83 ; was secretary of the navy, 1889-93 ; has practiced law in New York city and Brook- lyn, with some interruptions, since 1865 ; was Republican candidate for mayor of Greater New York in the fall of 1897. 39 M
TREFTS, JOHN; resides in Buffalo ; passed his youth in Pittsburg ; was in the employ of the Buffalo Steam Engine Works and their successors, 1845-64 ; en- gaged in oil production, 1859-64; has conducted a foundry and general iron works at Buffalo since 1864. 330 W
TRIPP, AUGUSTUS F .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at New Haven, Vt., September 30, 1822; went West in 1840 - first to Painesville, O., and thence to Cleveland ; went to Buffalo in 1847, and entered the
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employ of John D. Shepard & Co .; en- gaged in business with his brothers-in-law in Ohio, 1850-52 ; married Mary M. Steele of Painesville, O., August 17, 1847, and Caroline M. Brown of Chelsea, Mass., January 22, 1868 ; entered the service of Sidney Shepard & Co. of Buffalo in 1852, and has been a member of the firm since 1857.
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URBAN, GEORGE, JR .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo July 12, 1850; was educated in the public schools; entered the firm of Urban & Co., millers, in 1870 ; married Ada E. Winspear of Buffalo in October, 1875 ; was chairman of the Re- publican county committee, 1892-95.
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VAN DUSEN, ALMON A .; resides in May- ville ; was born at Jamestown, N. Y., Jan- uary 3, 1843; was educated in public schools and in Randolph Academy ; was admitted to the bar in 1866; married Jettie E. Merchant of Brocton, N. Y., January 30, 1871 ; was appointed judge of the County Court of Chautauqua county January 2, 1890, and was subsequently elected to succeed himself ; was nominated for judge of the Supreme Court in 1895 ; has practiced law in Mayville since 1871. 140 W
VAN ETTEN, JOHN E .; resides in Kings- ton ; was born at Vaudale, Ulster county, N. Y., April 2, 1830; was educated at the Albany Normal College ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1856; married Adelaide Green of Kingston April 28, 1858 ; has practiced law at Kingston since 1856.
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VAN GORDER, GREENLEAF S .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at York, Livingston county, N. Y., June 2, 1855 ; received a common-school and an academic educa- tion ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar June 15, 1877 ; moved to Pike, N. Y., August 7, 1877 ; married Eva E. Lyon of Pike August 29, 1878 ; was super- visor of Pike, 1883-88, member of assem- bly, 1888-89, and state senator, 1890-93 ; practiced law at Pike, 1877-96 ; has been president of the State Bank of Pike since January, 1894 ; has practiced law at Buf- falo since June 1, 1896. 234 W
VAN HORN, BURT; resided in Lockport ; was born at Newfane, N. Y., October 28, 1823; attended common schools, Yates Academy, and Madison ( now Colgate ) University ; was elected to the state as- sembly in 1857, 1858, and 1859; was elected to the 37th, the 39th, and the 40th
congresses ( 1861-63, 1865-67, 1867-69): was collector of internal revenue for the 28th New York district, 1877-82 ; married Charlotte T. Goodell of Hartland, N. Y., July 9, 1851, and Alicine Schuyler of Lock- port, N. Y .. June 16, 1870 ; died at Lock- port April 1, 1896. . 30 1)
VAN VLEET, DE FOREST; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Fenton, N. Y., Aug- ust 10, 1857 ; graduated from Cornell University in 1877 ; was admitted to the bar in 1880 ; married Ada Belle Lacey of Dryden, N. Y., October 19, 1881 ; was city attorney of Ithaca, 1882-85 and 1890-91, and recorder of the city, 1888- 89 ; was a state civil-service commissioner, 1893-95; has practiced law in Ithaca since 1881.
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VEDDER, C. P .; resides in Ellicottville ; was born at Ellicottville February 23, 1838 ; was educated at Springville ( N. Y. ) Academy ; served in the Union army, 1862-65, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel ; was admitted to the bar in 1866; was register in bankruptcy, 1867-75; was United States assessor of internal revenue, 1869-71 ; was member of the as- sembly, 1872-75, and state senator, 1876- 77 and 18841-91 ; was state assessor, 1880-83; married Bettie E. Squires of Springville, N. Y., September 2, 1862, and Mrs. Genevieve A. Wheeler of Chicago July 12, 1892. 141 W
VEDDER, HARRISON N .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo September 11, 1858 ; was educated in the public schools ; was clerk in an insurance office, 1872-80 ; married Ida Elizabeth Loveridge of Buf- falo September 13, 1881; has been a member of the insurance firm of North & Vedder since 1881. . 235 W
VOGT, FREDERICK A .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo March 24, 1860; was educated in the Buffalo public schools, graduating from the high school in 1881; was appointed principal of Public School No. 9 in September, 1881, principal of school No. 26 in 1883, and professor of English history and literature in the Buffalo High School in March, 1892; has been principal of the high school since January, 1893. 278 W
VREELAND, EDWARD B .; resides in Salamanca; was born at Cuba, N. Y., December 7, 1x57 ; was educated in com- mon schools and Friendship Academy ; was principal of the Salamanca public
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schools, 1877-82; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1881 ; married Myra S. Price of Friendship, N. Y., July 27, 1881 ; established an insurance agency in Salamanca in 1882; was postmaster of Salamanca, 1889-93 ; has been supervisor of the town of Salamanca since 1893 ; has been president of the Salamanca National Bank since 1891. 341 W
VREELAND, OLIVER S .; resided in Sala- manca ; was born at Cuba, N. Y., Sep- tember 28, 1842 ; attended various schools and academies, and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1869; marricd Anna M. Guilford of Cuba September 15, 1869; was admitted to the bar in 1872, and began practice at Salamanca ; was president of the village of Salamanca, 1879-82, and supervisor, 1882-86; was county judge of Cattaraugus county from January 1, 1888, until his death May 20, 1897. 300 W
WADE, ARTHUR C .; resides in James- town ; was born at Charlotte, N. Y., December 12, 1852; was educated at Ellington (N. Y. ) Academy, and Cham- berlain Institute, Randolph, N. Y .; gradu- ated from the Albany Law School in 1877, and was at once admitted to the bar ; mar- ried M. Franc Briggs of Ellington August 22, 1877 ; practiced law at Ellington, 1877-82; was Republican candidate for comptroller of the state of New York in 1891; has practiced law in Jamestown since 1883. 384 W
WADSWORTH, GEORGE ; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Litchfield, Conn., March 10, 1830; attended common schools and academies at Litchfield and Danbury (Conn.) ; was admitted to the bar of Connecticut and of New York in 1851; married Emily O. Marshall of Utica, N. Y., in June, 1858 ; was city attorney of Buf- falo, 1860-61 ; has practiced law in Buf- falo since 1852. 86 W
WAITE, RICHARD A .; residcs in Buf- falo ; was born at Camberwell, county of Surrey, England, May 14, 1848; came to the United States and settled in Buffalo in 1856 ; married Sarah E. Holloway of Buf- falo September 22, 1869 ; has pursued the profession of architecture in Buffalo since 1871. 87 W
WALES, THERON A .; resides in Elmira ; was born at South Weymouth, Mass., July 15, 1842; was educated in preparatory
schools, Dartmouth College, and the Uni- versity of Michigan ; graduated in medi- cine from the University of Pennsylvania in 1873 ; married Zippie Brooks of Elmira September 26, 1872 ; has practiced medi- cine in Elmira since 1873 ; organized the Newtown Battle Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, at Elmira Novem- ber 10, 1897, and became its first presi- dent. 31 C
WALKER, JAMES E .; resides in Hornells- ville ; was born at Nunda, N. Y., May 21, 1854 : was educated in common schools and Geneseo Normal School; graduated from the Cincinnati Medical College in 1876 ; practiced incdicine in Arkport, Steuben county, N. Y., 1876-92; traveled and studied in various European cities, 1893-94 ; has been superintendent and part owner of the Steuben Sanitarium at Hornellsville since November, 1894. 32 C
WALKER, JOHN BRISBEN; resides in New York city ; was born in Pennsylvania September 10, 1847 ; attended George- town College, and West Point Military Academy ; was in the Chinese military service, 1868-70 ; engaged in manufac- turing in West Virginia, 1870-73; mar- ried Emily Strother of Berkelcy Springs, W. Va., in 1871 ; was employed on vari- ous newspapers, as writer and editor, 1873- 79 ; carried on an extensive alfalfa farm in Colorado, 1879-89 ; has been the owner and publisher of the Cosmopolitan magazine since 1889. 59 M
WALKER, WILLIAM D .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at New York city June 29, 1839 ; graduated from Columbia College in 1859, and from the General Thcological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in 1862; was vicar of Calvary Chapel, New York city, 1862-83; was bishop of the missionary district of North Dakota, 1883-96; was elected bishop of the diocese of Western New York October 7,1896. 409 W
WALKER, WILLIAM H .; resides in Buf- falo; was born at Utica, N. Y., August 20, 1826; was educated at the Buffalo Academy ; entered the wholesale shoe house of O. P. Ramsdell in 1844, and was associated in partnership with him, 1856- 76 ; married Edith Kimberly of Buffalo October 21, 1869; was nominated for presidential elector in 1888 ; has conduc- ted the wholesale boot and shoe business of Win. H. Walker & Co. since 1876. .
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WALLENMEIER, JOHN G., JR .; resides in Tonawanda ; was born at Buffalo Octo- ber 10, 1862 ; was educated in the public schools of Tonawanda ; married Hattie May Koch of Tonawanda November 14, 1883; conducted a grocery and meat market at Tonawanda, 1883-94 ; was president of the Niagara Savings and Loan Association, 1895-96; has been police justice of Tonawanda since 1894. 388 W
WARD, FRANCIS G .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Jordan, N. Y., March 8, 1856 ; was educated in the United States and France ; was in the employ of the Laffin & Rand Powder Co., at New York and Buffalo, 1873-76, and of the New York Central & Hudson River railroad, 1877-85 ; was employed by the Cie Uni- verselle Canal Panama, at Aspinwall and elsewhere, 1885-89; married Christine Meday at Rutherford, N. J., November 3, 1886 ; was appointed superintendent of the bureau of water of Buffalo in May, 1896. 236 W
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