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WARD, WALDEN M .; resides in North Collins ; was born at Perrysburg, Cattarau- gus county, N. Y., January 11, 1859 ; attended district schools and Angola Academy ; married Jennie Waters of Ver- sailles, N. Y., January 1, 1883 ; graduated from the University of Buffalo in February, 1885; has practiced medicine at North Collins since May, 1885. . 301 W
WARDWELL, GEORGE S .; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Providence, R. I., August 22, 1829 ; graduated from Har- vard College in 1853, and from the Dane Law School, Cambridge, in 1855; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1856, and began practice there in 1858; married Mary E. Townsend of Buffalo June 9, 1863 ; was city attorney, 1866-67, city clerk, 1869-70, and judge of the Muni- cipal Court, 1880-92; died at Buffalo October 18, 1895. 45 D
WARNER, THOMAS E .; resides in North Tonawanda ; was born at Orleans, N. Y., March 23, 1844; was educated in com- mon schools; learned the printer's trade and worked at the same in various citics, 1860-77 ; married Florence Elizabeth Hanaford of Jersey City, N. J., September 18, 1876 ; was warden of the Jersey City Charity Hospital, 1877-80; was one of the publishers of the Tonawanda Herald, 1880-97; has been clerk of the village
and city of North Tonawanda since 1886 ; established the 'Tonawanda Argus in Octo- ber, 1897. 460 W
WATERS, IRVING E .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Little Falls, N. Y., August 13, 1846 ; was educated at Little Falls Acad- emy ; was employed in various capacities in Little Falls, 1863-73 ; married Eliza 1. Waterman of Little Falls February 4, 1875; was teller of the Bank of Com- merce, Buffalo, 1873-76 ; engaged in busi- ness in Little Falls, 1876-80 ; was book- keeper of the Herkimer County National Bank of Little Falls, 1880-90 ; has been cashier of the Citizens' Bank, Buffalo, since 1890. 461 W
WEBB, WM. SEWARD; resides in New York city ; was born at New York city January 31, 1851; attended Columbia College ; studied medicine abroad and in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and received his degree in 1875; practiced his profession in New York, 1875-78; married Eliza Osgood Vanderbilt of New York December 20, 1881 ; engaged in the stock-brokerage business, 1878-83; has been president of the Wagner Palace Car Co. since 1883. 75 M
WEBER, JOHN B .; resides in West Seneca ; was born at Buffalo September 21, 1842 ; was educated in the public schools and the Central High School of Buffalo ; en- listed as a volunteer soldier in the Union army in August, 1861, and served three years ; married Elizabeth J. Farthing of Buffalo January 7, 1864; was assistant postmaster at Buffalo, 1871-73, sheriff of Erie county, 1874-76, representative in congress, 1885-89, and commissioner of immigration at the port of New York, 1890-93 ; was cashier of American Ex- change Bank of Buffalo, 1894-97. 89 W
WEBSTER, ELLIS; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Eden, N. Y., August 27, 1823; was educated in district schools ; engaged in the grocery and produce busi- ness in Buffalo, 1847-68 ; married Char- lotte W. Whitney of Kenosha, Wis., September 11, 1850 ; was alderman of the old 2d ward, Buffalo, 1873-74; has car- ried on a coal and ice business in Buffalo since 1868. 279 W
WEBSTER, GEORGE B .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo March 8, 1859; was educated in public and private schools in Buffalo ; was admitted to the bar in 1880 ;
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married Agnes Jeanette Ovens of Buffalo June 27, 1883 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1886. 360 W
WEILL, HENRY; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Muttersholtz, Alsace, France, December 17, 1847 ; graduated from the collège de Schlestadt, Academie de Stras- bourg, in 1863; emigrated to the United States in 1867 ; married Fannie Shire of Buffalo October 16, 1870; carried on a wholesale jewelry business in Buffalo, 1868-92 ; has been president of the Metio- politan Bank of Buffalo since 1893. 238 W
WELLINGTON, Q. W .; resides in Corn- ing ; was born at Moriah, N. Y., Decem- ber 27, 1832 ; was educated in the district schools ; engaged in mercantile business, 1849-54; married Matilda B. Wickham of Tioga, Penn., May 13, 1857; was employed in the Geo. Washington Bank of Corning, 1859-62 ; organized the bank- ing house of Q. W. Wellington & Co. at Corning in 1862, and has been president thereof since. 46 C
WELLMAN, A. MINER ; resides in Friend- . ship; was born at Friendship November 13, 1866 ; prepared for college at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn., and graduated from Yale in 1888 ; became a clerk in the First National Bank of Friendship in 1888, a director in 1889, and has been cashier of the same bank since 1890 ; married Hattie Prior Baldwin of Saxtons River, Vt., June 28, 1893. . 186 W
WELLS, EDWIN M .; resides in Syracuse ; was born at South New Berlin, Chenango county, N. Y., August 2, 1857 ; gradu- ated from Syracuse University in 1882 : studied law, and was admitted to the bar at Utica in September, 1884; married Nellie S. Morgan of Syracuse January 23, 1893 ; was supervisor of Syracuse, 1882- 84 and 1893-95; was member of assem- bly, 1896-97 ; has practiced law in Syra- cuse since 1884. 78 E
WELLS, J. STEWART ; resides in Bing- hamton ; was born near Binghamton June 30, 1822; was educated in common and select schools ; married Hannah Barnes of Staten Island, N. Y., October 12, 1848; was a builder and contractor in Bingham- ton, 1848-70 ; was elected mayor of Bing- hamton in 1883 ; has carried on the manu- facture of brick at Binghamton since 1856, and has been half owner of the Bingham- ton Iron Works since 1870. 64 C
WENDE, ERNEST; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Mill Grove, N. Y., July 23, 1853 ; graduated from the Buffalo High School in 1874, from the medical depart- ment of the University of Buffalo in 1878, and from the University of Pennsylvania in 1884; studied in the medical depart- ment of Columbia College, 1881-82, and in the universities of Berlin and Vienna, 1885-86 ; married Frances Harriet Cutler of Omaha, Neb., August 25, 1881; has practiced his profession at Buffalo since November, 1886 ; has been health com- missioner of Buffalo since January, 1892. 288 W WENDELL, JOHN D .; resides in Fort Plain ; was born at Sprout Brook, N. Y., September 13, 1840; was educated in common schools ; graduated from the Albany Law School in 1862; married Lucmma King of Fort Plain June 15, 1862; was district attorney of Mont- gomery county, 1872-74 ; has been county judge of Montgomery county since Jani- ary 1, 1889 ; has practiced law at Fort Plain since 1862. 102 E
WENDT, HENRY W .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Buffalo June 19, 1863; was educated in Buffalo public schools ; learned the machinist's trade with the Buffalo Forge Co., and has been a member of the corporation since 1886. 448 W
WENDT, WILLIAM F .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo July 2, 1858 ; was educated in the public schools ; mar- ried Mary Gies of Buffalo November 8, 1882 ; bought an interest in the Buffalo Forge Co. in 1878, and has been at the head of the business since 1883. . 419 W
WENTWORTH, ALEXANDER ; resides in Randolph ; was born at East Aurora, Erie county, N. Y., July 26, 1837 ; was edu- cated in common schools and at Randolph Academy ; was admitted to the bar at Buffalo in 1859 ; married Ellen C. Crow- ley of Randolphi October 10, 1859; has practiced law in Randolph since 1859, forming in December, 1896, with his son, the firm of Wentworth & Wentworth. 142 W
WEYAND, CHRISTIAN; resides in Buf- falo ; was born in Lorraine, France, May 11, 1826; came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Buffalo; worked at the shoemaker's trade, 1847-66 ; married Magdalena Mayer of Buffalo May 9, 1852 ; has carried on a brewery in Buffalo since 1866. 420 W
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WHEELER, CHARLES B .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Poplar Ridge, Cayuga county, N. Y., December 27, 1851 ; grad- uated from Williams College with the class of 1873 ; was admitted to the bar in 1876; married Frances Munro Rochester of Buffalo June 28, 1883 ; was appointed member of the Buffalo civil-service com- mission March 11, 1889, and was elected chairman of the board February 3, 1892; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1876. 91 W
WHEELER, GEORGE W .: resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Niagara Falls, N. Y., September 1, 1856; was educated at De Veaux College ; was admitted to the bar October 10, 1879 ; married Jennie F. Farrar of Buffalo October 17, 1882; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1880. 239 W
WHITE, TRUMAN C .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Perrysburg, N. Y., April 30, 1840 ; attended country schools and Spring- ville (N. Y.) Academy; enlisted in the 10th New York cavalry in 1861, and served throughout the war, being discharged in July, 1865, as 1st lieutenant ; was admitted to the bar in Buffalo in Novem- ber, 1867 ; married Emma Kate Haskins of Buffalo February 10, 1869 ; was elected judge of the Superior Court of Buffalo in the fall of 1891, serving until January 1, 1896, when, on the abolishment of the Superior Court, he took his seat on the bench of the Supreme Court. . 92 W
WICKS, CHARLES H .; resides in Lake- wood ; was born at Ellery, N. Y., October 15, 1849 ; graduated from Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Institute in 1869 ; married Florence R. Robbins of Spartansburg, Penn., November 6, 1873; taught school, 1870-78 ; served as school commissioner in the first district of Chau- tauqua county, 1879-90; has been a member of the school board of Lake- wood since 1891, and of the board of trustees of the village since 1893; has lived at Lakewood since 1891, engaged in real-estate business there and in James- town. 302 W
WICKS, JOHN G .; resides in Jamestown ; was born in the town of Carroll, Chautau- qua county, N. Y., January 10, 1855; was educated in country schools and the Jamestown High School ; graduated from the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1876 ; married Emma L. Russell in December, 1876 : was an alder- man of the city of Jamestown, 1886-90,
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and city attorney, 1891-95 ; has practiced law in Jamestown since 1876. 389 W
WILCOX, ANSLEY ; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Summerville, Ga., January 27, 1856 ; prepared for college at Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, Conn., and graduated from Yale College in 1874; studied at University College, Oxford, England, 1875-76 : was admitted to the bar in 1878; married Cornelia C. Rum- scy of Buffalo January 17, 1878, and her sister, Mary Grace Rumsey, November 20, 1883 ; has practiced law in Buffalo since 1878. 176 W
WILCOX, DAVID J .; resides in Spring- ville ; was born at Leon, N. Y., October 27, 1847 ; was educated at preparatory schools and Cornell University ; graduated from the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1878; married Happie H. Stowell of East Ashford, N. Y., August 22, 1878; was clerk of the Cattaraugus- county board of supervisors in 1873, member of assembly, 1883-84, and finan- cial clerk of the assembly, 1890-91 ; has practiced law in Springville since 1878, with the exception of two years spent in Walla Walla, Wash., as receiver of the United States land office. . 342 W
WILCOX, DE WITT G .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Akron, O., January 15, 1858; was educated in the Akron public schools and Buchtel (O.) College ; gradu- ated from the Cleveland Homeopathie Hospital Medical College in 1880 ; mar- ried Jennie Irene Green of Alfred Centre, N. Y., September 5, 1883; practiced medicine in Akron, 1880-88, with the exception of a year spent in surgical study abroad ; has practiced in Buffalo since 1888, devoting himself especially to surgi- cal and hospital work. 320 W
WILKESON, JOHN; resided in Buffalo ; was born at Poland, O., October 28, 1806 ; went to Buffalo with his father in 1814; was educated in private schools ; married Maria Louisa Wilkes of Portsmouth, Eng- land, at byme, O., in 1832 ; was secretary to his father at Washington, D. C., 1840- 42, and United States consul at Turk's Island, W. I., 1842-43 ; began the manu- facture of iron in Ohio in 1846, and the grain-elevating business in Buffalo in 1858 ; died at Buffalo April 4, 1894. 31 D
WILLARD, ERNEST R .; resides in Rochester ; was born at Jamestown, N. Y., March 11, 1854; was educated at the
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Jamestown Collegiate Institute ; was local editor of the Jamestown Journal, 1873- 75, and a reporter for the Buffalo Express, 1875-76; has been on the staff of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle since 1876, and has been editor in chief since 1890. 38 G
WILLARD, FRANCIS A .; resides in New- burgh ; was born at Midway, Ky., August 23, 1856 ; was educated at Boonville (N. Y. ) Academy and Whitestown Semi- nary ; was clerk of the village of Boon- ville, 1878-79 ; married Caroline I. Mul- ler of Boonville February 27, 1880; was
connected with the Watertown Morning Dispatch and the Utica Daily Press, 1880- 82 ; was one of the editors of the Boon- ville Herald, 1882-91 ; was a member of the Oneida-county' board of supervisors, 1884-85, and postmaster of Boonville, 1886-91 ; has been editor and senior pro- prietor of the Newburgh Daily Register since 1891. 93 E
WILLIAMS, CHARLES E .; resides in Buf- falo ; was born at Buffalo February 21, 1852 ; was educated in the public schools and the Heathcote School of Buffalo, and the Polytechnic Institute, Stuttgart, Ger- many ; has carried on the business of a paving and general contractor at Buffalo since 1876. 240 W
WILLIAMS, GIBSON T .; resided in Buf- falo ; was born at Charlestown, N. H., January 15, 1813 ; was educated in com- mon schools and St. Albans (Vt. ) Acad- emy ; was a clerk in a country store, 1830- 33; moved to Buffalo in 1833; married Harrict C. Howard of Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1844; engaged in the ship- chandlery business in Buffalo, 1837-50, and in the manufacture of white lead, 1851-61 ; was connected with the Western Insurance Co. of Buffalo, as vice president and president, 1862-71 ; helped to organ- ize the Erie County Savings Bank in 1854, and was its president at the time of his death ; died at Asheville, N. C., April 14, 1891. . 13 D
WILLIAMS, ROGER B .; resides in Ithaca ; was born at Ithaca May 8, 1848 ; grad- uated from Yale College in 1868; was cashier of the Merchants' and Farmers' National Bank, Ithaca, 1868-72; married Carrie 1. Romer of Brooklyn, N. Y., December 17, 1874: has carried on the manufacture of machinery and agricultural implements in Ithaca since 1872 : has
been president of the Ithaca Savings Bank since 1886. 48 (*
WINSLOW, BRADLEY ; resides in Water- town ; was boin at Watertown August 1, 1831 ; was educated in district schools and private seminaries : studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1855 ; married Geraldine M. Cooper of Adams, N. Y., November 15, 1855 ; was district attorney of Jefferson county, 1860-61 and 1866- 68, mayor of Watertown in 1874, and state senator, 1881-82; has practiced law at Watertown since 1856, with the exception of four years spent in the Union army. . 103 E WISE, JAMES B .; resides in Watertown : was born at Branford, Conn., December 27, 1858 ; was educated in common schools and a business college ; was a news agent, 1872-77 ; engaged in the manufacture of hardware with his father, at Watertown, in 1877 ; married Hattie C. Willard of Watertown September 8, 1881; was an alderman of Watertown, 1889-90, and bas been mayor of the city since January 1, 1895, having been elected the fourth time in November, 1897, for a term of two years ; is now engaged in various manu- facturing enterprises in Watertown. . . 79 E
WOODBURY, EGBURT E .; resides in Jamestown ; was born at Cherry Creek, Chautauqua county, N. Y., March 29, 1861 ; attended district schools and Cham - berlain Institute, Randolph, N. Y .; mar- ried Florence E. Holbrook of Randolph December 25, 1880 ; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1884; was justice of the peace, 1886-89, member of the Chautauqua-county Republican committee, 1889-91, and member of assembly, 1891- 93; has been surrogate of Chautauqua county since January 1, 1895 ; has prac- ticed law in Jamestown since 1884. . 343 W
WOODWARD, JOHN; resides in James- town ; was born at Charlotte, Chautauqua county, N. Y., August 19, 1859 ; received a common-school education, and graduated from the Fredonia Normal School in 1878 ; graduated from the law school of the Uni- versity of the City of New York in 1881, and was admitted to the bar the same year ; practiced law in Fredonia, N. Y., 1881- 83; married Mary E. Barker of Fredonia May 26, 1886 ; was city attorney of James- town, 1886-88, member of the board of supervisors of Chautauqua county, 1887- 92, and district attorney of Chautauqua county, 1892-95; was appointed a justice
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of the Supreme Court of the state of New York in January, 1896, and elected for a full term in November, 1896 ; was ap- pointed to the appellate division in De- cember, 1897. 188 W
WRAY, ALBERT A .; resides in Brooklyn ; was born at Cape Girardeau, Mo., Septem- ber 6, 1858; was educated in public schools in Missouri ; taught school, 1876- 78 ; studied law in New York city, and was admitted to the bar in 1885; was member of assembly, 1894-95 ; was elec- ted to the state senate in the fall of 1895 : has practiced law in New York city since 1885.
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WRIGHT, ALBERT J .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Oswego, N. Y., Angust 24, 1858; was educated in Buffalo schools and Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn .; married Gertrude Bent of Middle- town September 25, 1878 ; engaged in the grain commission business in Buffalo, 1878-90; was president of the Merchants' Exchange and the Board of Trade of Buf- falo in 1884 ; has carried on a banking and brokerage business in Buffalo since 1890. 463 W
WRIGHT, HORTON D .; resides in Glov- ersville ; was born at Brunswick, N. Y., December 7, 1862 : was educated at the Hoosick Falls High School and Cornell University ; studied law, and was admit- ted to the bar in 1886 ; married Gertrude A. Carnrick of Arietta, N. Y., May 27, 1885 : was district attorney of Fulton county, 1893-95 ; has practiced law at Gloversville since 1886. 94 E
WRIGHT, MAURICE L .; resides in Os- wego ; was born at Scriba, N. Y., Novem- ber 27, 1845; was educated at Mexico (N. Y.) Academy and Falley Seminary ; served in the Union navy, 1864-65 ; stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1870; married Mary Grace Skinner of Mexico November 3, 1869 ; was president of the village of Mexico, 1879-81; was county judge of Oswego county, 1884-91 ;
has been justice of the New York state Supreme Court since January 1, 1892. 95 E YATES, HENRY J .; resided in Jamestown ; was born at Jamestown September 23, 1842 ; was educated in common schools ; was clerk in a grocery, 1859-61; served in the Union army, 1861-64; married Julia Harper Blinn (adopted daughter of Colonel Henry Baker ) of Jamestown June 20, 1867 ; was postmaster of Jamestown, 1869-73; was justice of the peace for the town of Ellicott, 1873-86, and police jus- tice of Jamestown from 1886 until his death January 18, 1897. 14 1)
YOUMANS, EDWARD B .; resides in El- mira ; was born at Otego, N. Y., May 15, 1836 ; was educated at Delaware Literary Institute ; taught school and studied law, and was admitted to the bar May 11, 1865 ; married Louise Towner of Elmira February 25, 1868 ; practiced law at Delhi and Ot- ego, N. Y., 1865-71; was chief clerk of the treasury department at Washington, D. C., 1885-90 ; has practiced law at El- mira since January 1, 1872.
ZELLER, G. FREDERICK; resides in Buffalo ; was born in Württemberg, Ger- many, February 8, 1836 ; was educated in German and American schools ; married Barbara Mochel of Buffalo May 17, 1859 ; was in the employ of J. F. Schoellkopf, 1855-65 ; was an alderman of Buffalo, 1874-75, and a member of the board of fire commissioners, 1884-96 ; has con- ducted a tannery in Buffalo since 1865. 15 W
ZITTEL, WADSWORTH J .; resides in Buffalo ; was born at Detroit, Mich., No- vember 24, 1855 ; was educated in public schools and Bryant & Stratton's Business College ; was clerk in a wholesale drug and grocery house at Akron, O., 1870-73 ; was in the employ of Philip Becker & Co., Buffalo, 1873-88 ; married Sarah Goetz of Buffalo May 13, 1880 ; has been a proprie- tor of the Buffalo Candy Co. since 1891 ; was elected treasurer of Erie county in November, 1897.
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