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The Wardner family was of German origin, and was first represented in the United States in 1751. Two brothers settled in New Hampshire They served throughout the Revolution and in later life located in North- ern Vermont.
William Allen Wardner received his early education in the public schools of Brushton and St. Regis Falls, and following his graduation from high school in 1892 he attended Albany Business College. He then spent two years in the employ of J. and J. Rogers, paper and pulp manufacturers, of Au Sable Falls, N. Y. In 1896 he became a student at Albany Medical College, now a department of Union University, and after receiving his degree in 1899 he established a private practice at St. Regis Falls, to suc- ceed his father, who had died there four years earlier. Dr. Wardner
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successfully continued in practice at that place for a period of 25 years, and in 1925 located at Saranac Lake, where he specializes in obstetrics.
Dr. Wardner was married on Jan. 29, 1901, to Miss Lena Palmer, the daughter of Rollin and Mary (Bartlet) Palmer, of Troy, N. Y. They have a son, LeRoy Hamilton, born Jan. 19, 1910. He is a graduate of Cornell University, class of 1931, Bachelor of Arts degree, and is now a student in the Medical College at Cornell.
Dr. Wardner has always been a Republican. He is a member of the Episcopal Church and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Chamber of Commerce, and Saranac Lake Curling Club. He also holds membership in the Franklin County, New York State and American Medical associations.
Dr. Wardner and his family have a summer camp on Lake Placid. His home and office are located at 38 Church Street, Saranac Lake.
William Sands Ames, whose name is well and favorably known in business and civic circles at Saranac Lake, is a native of New York. He was born at North Elba, Essex County, July 5, 1872, the son of Edward N. and Mary (Cameron) Ames.
Edward N. Ames, who died in 1906, was interested in the lumber busi- ness for a number of years at Raybrook, N. Y. He was born at Wilming- ton, N. Y., June 14, 1840. He also spent some of his early life as a guide in the Adirondack mountains. He was married in about 1865 to Miss Mary Cameron, the daughter of Dougal Cameron, a native of Scotland, and for many years a resident of Canada. To Mr. and Mrs. Ames were born three children: 1. Daniel E., born in November, 1870, was associated in the lumber business with his father, now lives retired at Lake Placid. 2. William S., the subject of this sketch. 3. Blanche V., born April 24, 1878, married E. G. Balzer, musician, lives in New York City. Mary (Cameron) Ames died in 1929 and is buried at North Elba, N. Y.
William S. Ames attended the public schools of Raybrook and Saranac Lake, being graduated from high school in 1888. Until 1896 he was inter- ested in the lumber business with his father and in that year purchased the business, with his brother. Two years later William S. Ames became sole owner of the enterprise, with which he continued to be identified with until 1906. At that time Mr. Ames became financially interested in the plumbing and hardware firm of Walton & Tousley, at Saranac Lake, and at the present time is president of that concern.
In 1917 Mr. Ames acquired an interest in the Saranac Lake Troy Laun- dry, and under his capable management it has developed into one of the
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city's leading business enterprises. The plant has been enlarged con- siderably and furnishes employment to almost 50 people. It carries on a business within a radius of 20 miles of Saranac Lake.
On Nov. 16, 1898, Mr. Ames was united in marriage with Miss Agnes M. Smith, the daughter of Walter and Mary (Thacker) Smith. They are the parents of two children: 1. Stanley Edward, born July 18, 1902, attended Brown University and the Harvard School of Business Admini- stration. He now has a responsible position with the New York Tele- phone Company in New York City. 2. Ruth V., born Feb. 6, 1908, attended school in Washington, D. C., and is a graduate of the Vesper George School of Art. She lives at home.
In politics Mr. Ames is a Democrat and held the office of village trustee from 1910 until 1913. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, being a Knight Templar, and a member of the Mystic Shrine of Montreal. He also belongs to the Rotary Club.
Lionel Francis Miller is one of the highly successful and well liked business men of Saranac Lake, where he is proprietor of the Miller Phar- macy, located at 4 Broadway. He was born at Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 13, 1889, the son of Frank and Elizabeth (DuBrule) Miller.
Frank Miller was born in Essen, Germany, in 1859, and emigrated to this country in 1878, his parents having preceded him. He had served an enlistment in the German army. The family settled at Brunswick, Ga., where Frank Miller followed his trade as tinsmith. He removed to Ogdens- burg, N. Y., in 1894, and five years later was married to Miss Elizabeth DuBrule. They were the parents of the following children: 1. Lionel Francis, the subject of this sketch. 2. Emil M., born in 1892, engaged in the real estate and insurance business, at Rochester, N. Y. 3. George B., born in 1899, died at Saranac Lake, Oct. 2, 1928.
Lionel Francis Miller attended the public schools of Saranac Lake, being graduated from high school in 1906. He was employed for two years in a local drug store, after which he entered the New York College of Phar- macy in New York City. After his graduation from that institution Mr. Miller returned to Saranac Lake and was employed as a pharmacist in the Kendall pharmacy until Aug. 1, 1917, at which time he established his present business.
On Oct. 2, 1912, Mr. Miller was united in marriage with Miss Bertha Goldsmith, the daughter of Aaron Goldsmith, for many years the proprie- tor of a department store at 44 Main Street, Saranac Lake. He died in 1930. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller were born three children, one of whom
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died in infancy. Their sons are: Lionel Francis, Jr., born May 24, 1915; and Hubert G., born Feb. 24, 1918.
Mr. Miller is a Democrat, a member of St. Bernard's Catholic Church, and belongs to the Knights of Columbus and Elks Lodge.
The family lives at 7 Prospect Street.
William Jarvis Allen .- Among the prominent newspaper men of Jeffer- son County was William Jarvis Allen, who died Jan. 21, 1926. He was for many years owner and publisher of the Jefferson County Journal, at Adams. Mr. Allen was born at Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson County, Oct. 16, 1845, the son of Elihu and Almira (Andrus) Allen.
Elihu Allen was a native of Pierrepont Manor and was a blacksmith by trade. His wife was the daughter of George and Angelina (Betts) Andrus. George Andrus was born in 1789 and his wife was born in 1815. He was paymaster of a regiment of militia in Jefferson County in 1808 and again in 1812, and from 1810 until 1813 was a merchant at Ellisburg. During 1814-15 he was in charge of his father's interests at Little Sandy, from 1815 until 1820 he was magistrate at Ellisburg, and in the latter year became a merchant at Adams. In 1820 he was also appointed county clerk in Jefferson County by Gov. Dewitt Clinton, and two years later became a member of the General Assembly. He was appointed postmaster of Adams in 1822, during 1824-25 was a merchant at Ellisburg, and from 1826 until 1829 lived on a farm at North Adams. He later lived in Water- town and at the time of his death, June 8, 1846, was living at Adams, where he held the office of magistrate. His wife died Feb. 15, 1845.
George Andrus was the son of David Ira and Sally (Ranney) Andrus. David Ira Andrus was born in Connecticut in 1766 and enlisted in the army in 1781 at Southington, Conn. He served as a fifer in the Sixth Company, Fourth Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Zebulon Butler; was transferred later to Captain Robertson's company, Second Connecticut Regiment, commanded by Col. Herman Swift. He served as a private and his name appears on the rolls until May 26, 1783. In 1789 he went to Oneida County, N. Y., and in that year became a charter member of Roman Lodge of Free Masons, of which he served as treasurer in 1802. He became a resident of Ellisburg, Jefferson County, in 1805, and was agent for Col, Samuel Wardwell of Rhode Island. He built the first saw- mill at Mannsville and built the first dwelling and hotel at that place. In 1812 he built a hotel which was destroyed by fire in 1890. He also built saw mills, grist mills, distilleries, and blacksmith shops and employed many men. From 1810 until 1825 Mr. Andrus also engaged in the mer-
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cantile business with his son George. He built the army barracks at Sacket Harbor in 1812, and in 1817 built the Jefferson County Bank Build- ing at Adams, of which he was a director. He served as a member of the General Assembly from 1809 until 1812, and in the latter year was elected sheriff of Jefferson County, in which capacity he served until 1818.
Joseph Allen, the father of Elihu Allen, was born at Westport, Mass., Nov. 14, 1758. He was a descendant of George Allen, a native of England. Joseph Allen was a blacksmith by trade, and in the fall of 1804 settled at Ellisburg, N. Y., and purchased 320 acres of land at Bear Creek. He built the first house there, the place being a wilderness at that time. He was a Minute-Man two years and nine months during the Revolutionary War, attached to a piece artillery. Joseph Allen was married June 27, 1784, to Prudence Earl of Dartmouth, Mass.
William Jarvis Allen received his education in the district schools and also was a student in the parish school at Pierrepont Manor, which was conducted by Rev. William Paret. He was a student at Hungerford Collegiate Institute, and in 1864 became an apprentice printer in the offices of Dwight & Eddy at Adams. In 1865 the office was sold to George C. Bragdon and that same year the plant was destroyed by fire that swept the main part of the village. Mr. Allen entered the employ of the Re- former in Watertown in 1866 and later worked on the Observer in Utica, N. Y. Three years later he came to Adams with Pratt & DeLong, editors and publishers of the North Temperance Journal, and the following year Mr. Allen purchased the interests of Mr. Pratt, the firm becoming DeLong & Allen. In 1871 Mr. Hatch purchased Mr. DeLong's interests and the paper was thereafter known as the Jefferson County Journal. In 1879 Mr. Allen became sole owner and publisher of the publication, with which he was actively identified until the time of his death. In 1921 his daughter, Edna Frances Allen, became assistant editor.
In 1875 Mr. Allen married (first) Miss Alice Dee Kilby, the daughter of Capt. Austin and Rhoda (Warner) Kilby. She died in 1891. Their children were: 1. Dora Mary, deceased, was the wife of Melvin G. Dodge. 2. Edna Frances, lives at Adams. 3. Alice Mabel, married Henry M. Brown, lives at Utica.
On June 13, 1895, Mr. Allen married (second) Miss Clara Cooper, the daughter of I. S. Cooper, of Henderson, N. Y. She resides at Adams.
Mr. Allen took a prominent part in local politics and was a lifelong Republican. He was identified with the New York State Editorial Asso- ciation, Central New York Press Association, and Northern New York Press Association, of which he served as vice president.
Mr. Allen was a trustee of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the Citizens Club, Board of Trade, Rising Sun Lodge, F. and A. M. No. 234,
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Adams Chapter, R. A. M. No. 205, Cecelia Chapter, O. E. S. No. 156. For a number of years Mr. Allen had served as a trustee of Adams Collegiate Institute.
Samuel David Matthews, attorney, who has been engaged in success- ful practice of law at Saranac Lake for 15 years and prior to that in New York City, is a prominent citizen of the North Country. He was born in Latvia, in the Balkans, Jan. 12, 1884, the son of Joshua and Sarah Matthews.
Joshua Matthews emigrated to the United States with his family in 1890 and settled in Boston, where he engaged in business for a number of years. He now is retired, still living in Boston.
Samuel D. Matthews obtained his early education in the Boston public schools, being graduated from the English High School of Boston in 1902. He then studied law at Boston University, from which he was graduated in 1906, with the degree of LL. B.
Mr. Matthews began his professional work in New York City, where he was associated for a short time with Malcolm Sumner, then of 32 Nassua Street. Later he engaged in private practice, with his first offices at 34 Pine Street, New York City.
In 1915 Mr. Matthews came to Saranac Lake on account of his ill health, but continued to practice law here. He had been admitted to practice law in Massachusetts and New York State and the Supreme Court of the United States.
In politics Mr. Matthews is active in the Democratic party. In 1928 he was candidate for the office of member of Assembly and in 1931 he was a candidate for the office of district attorney in Franklin County, and while he was defeated for these offices they were by very narrow mar- gins, reducing a tremendous Republican majority to a matter of a few hundred in each case. Mr. Matthews is extremely popular in a com- munity which is largely Republican.
On March 2, 1909, Mr. Matthews married Miss Flora Wasserman, the daughter of Benoit Wasserman, of New York City. They have two sons: 1. Norman B., born July 27, 1910, a senior at Cornell University. 2. Emil Allen, born Oct. 28, 1913, a freshman at Cornell University.
Mr. Matthews and his family are prominent members of Temple Emanu-el at Saranac Lake, and he is affiliated with Adelphi Lodge, F. and A. M. No. 23, New York City ; Wannetta Chapter, R. A. M. No. 291; Tyrian Council, Plattsburg; and is honorary life member and Past Exalted Ruler of Saranac Lake Lodge No. 1508 B. P. O. Elks. He has also served as
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vice president and as trustee of the New York State Elks Association. He also belongs to Saranac Lake Fish and Game Club, Saranac Lake Boat and Waterways Club, and other local civic organizations. He is a mem- ber of the Franklin County, New York State and American Bar Associations.
Mr. Matthews has made numerous important investments in real estate in the region of Saranac Lake, and is now the owner of 150 acres of well improved land near Lower Saranac Lake. In 1920 he purchased the former Ampersand Hotel property and disposed of that investment in 1929.
Joseph Nelson Charland .- Identified with the city health department, Mr. Charland is one of the substantial and well known citizens of Saranac Lake. He was born at Keeseville, Essex County, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1873, the son of Edward and Louisa (Duffeny) Charland.
Edward Charland was born in Montreal, Canada, March 6, 1816, and in 1824 came to the United States with his parents, who settled at Cham- plain, N. Y. They were farmers in that section for many years and Edward Charland died in 1899. He was married twice and had 24 chil- dren. He was married (first) in 1833 to Miss Nalette, of Keeseville, who died in 1848. They were the parents of ten children. He was married (second) in 1849 to Miss Louisa Duffeny, and to them were born 14 chil- dren, of whom Joseph Nelson, the subject of this sketch, was the eleventh in order of birth. The mother died in 1889 as the result of a fire, and is buried at Keeseville.
Joseph Nelson Charland grew up at Keeseville and left school at the age of 12 years to seek employment on a farm adjacent to his home. He worked for a wage of four dollars a month on the farm of C. F. Tabor. In June, 1895, he came to Saranac Lake and entered the employ of Walton & Tousley, plumbing contractors, with whom he was identified for three years. He has been in the employ of the city since 1906, being in charge of the department of fumigation.
Mr. Charland was married (first) Jan. 1, 1892, to Miss Bridget Casey, of Union Falls, N. Y. Their daughter, Marie, who is deceased, was the wife of Daniel Burke, of Buffalo, N. Y. Bridget (Casey) Charland died Feb. 11, 1896, and is buried at Union Falls. Mr. Charland was married (second) on Feb. 22, 1902, to Miss Amy Young, the daughter of John Young. To them were born nine children: 1. Loris, born June 6, 1904. 2. Elizabeth, born May 29, 1905, married Henry Boley, lives at Saranac Lake. 3. Lillian, born June 30, 1906, is cashier in the offices of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company at Schenectady, N. Y. 4. Edward, born March 21,
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1908, lives at Lake Placid. 5. Mary, born May 6, 1909, lives in New York City. 6. Cecile, born May 25, 1910, lives at home. 7. Dorothea, born Sept. 4, 1911, employed in the offices of the Saranac Lake Telephone Com- pany. 8. Arthur, born March 18, 1916, attends Saranac Lake High School. 9. Louise, born March 12, 1919. Amy (Young) Charland died Aug. 7, 1930, and is buried at Saranac Lake.
Mr. Charland is a Democrat and holds membership in St. Bernard's Catholic Church.
Floyd Herman Greene .- Among Franklin County's highly successful business men perhaps none is better known than Floyd H. Greene, who is president of C. J. Ayres, Inc., of Saranac Lake. He was born at Lake Clear Junction, N. Y., May 12, 1891, the son of Ira H. and Mary J. (Otis) Greene. The former lives retired and the latter died in 1928.
Ira H. Greene was born at Harrietstown, N. Y., in 1858 and during the greater part of his life he was interested in building, his activities being confined largely to southern sections of Franklin County. He was mar- ried in 1884 to Miss Mary J. Otis, the daughter of Joseph and Josephine (LaBounty) Otis. The former is deceased and the latter lives at Lake Clear Junction. To Ira H. and Mary J. (Otis) Greene were born three children: 1. Ella W., born in 1885, lives at Saranac Lake. 2. Josephine, born in 1887, died in 1911. 3. Floyd Herman, the subject of this sketch.
Floyd Herman Greene attended the public schools of Lake Clear Junc- tion and Saranac Lake and after his graduation from high school in 1910 he taught school for two years in Franklin County. He then accepted a position with W. C. Leonard & Company as a salesman in their Saranac Lake Department Store, and was identified with that firm for four years. In 1915 he became associated with Clinton J. Ayres, who purchased a real estate and insurance agency which had been founded thirty years before. In 1920 the agency was incorporated as Clinton J. Ayres, Inc., and Mr. Greene became secretary and treasurer. Upon the death of Mr. Ayres in 1930 he was succeeded as president of the company by Mr. Greene. It was in 1927 that this company had taken over the interests of the Eddy Whitby Insurance Company, of Saranac Lake. The firm handles all types of insurance and is local agent for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, besides being representatives of 24 other important fire and casualty companies in the United States. They are leading brokers in this section of the state, being associated with numerous brokerage firms in New York City, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Cleveland, and Rochester. They have made a specialty of renting, selling and insuring summer residence
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properties in the Adirondack Mountain region and deal through these well known brokers in other cities.
On July 29, 1922, Mr. Greene was united in marriage with Miss Lena Walrath, the daughter of Mrs. Mary A. Walrath, of Little Falls, N. Y. Before her marriage Mrs. Green taught school for a number of years at Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, and in central New York. Mr. and Mrs. Greene have no children.
Politically, Mr. Greene is a Republican. He is an active member of the First Presbyterian Church, both he and his wife being teachers in the Sunday School Department. He is also affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and belongs to the Rotary Club, Cham- ber of Commerce, Saranac Lake Curling Club, and Saranac Lake Fish & Game Club.
Mr. Greene is one of the directors of the Saranac Lake Co-operative Savings & Loan Association, and served as its treasurer for a number of years.
John Greer, D. V. S., has had a wide experience in his profession and is a representative citizen of Saranac Lake. He was born in Ormstown, Quebec, April 9, 1874, the son of William and Anne Jane (McClintock) Greer.
William Greer, a native of Canada, was born in 1846, and spent his entire life as a farmer. He was married in 1872 to Miss Anne Jane Mc- Clintock, the daughter of John and Katherine Cairns McClintock, of Orms- town. To Mr. and Mrs. Greer were born six children: 1. John, the sub- ject of this sketch. 2. Frederick, born in 1875, died at the age of 14 years. 3. Annie Jane, born in 1877, married Drummond Mode, farmer, lives at VanKleek Hill, Ont. 4. William, born July 12, 1881, farmer, lives at Ormstown. 5. Sidney S., born July 17, 1885. He has been an account- ant in the employ of R. G. Dun & Co., Montreal, for the past 25 years. 6. James, born Jan. 17, 1887, a farmer of Ormstown, Quebec.
John Greer received his early education in the public schools of Orms- town, and at Huntington Academy. He received the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Surgery in 1896 at McGill University, in Montreal. Dr. Greer began his professional career at Colorado Springs, Colo., and for a time was identified with the Denver Veterinary Hospital. In 1901 he returned to Ormstown and during the same year established his practice at Fort Covington, N. Y. From 1903 until 1908 he was located at Malone, and for one year of that period was veterinary inspector in the Bureau of Animal Industry in Chicago. Dr. Greer came to Saranac Lake in 1908
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and is located at 12 Dorsey Street. He is also city meat and milk in- spector under supervision of the Saranac Lake Board of Health, and is a member of the New York State Veterinary Medical Society.
On June 14, 1915, Dr. Greer married Henrietta Murray Broad, of Black Stone, Mass. Politically, Dr. Greer is a Republican. He is a mem- ber of the First Presbyterian Church and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, being a Knight Templar and member of Oriental Temple at Troy, N. Y. He is a member of New York State Veterinary Medical Society and the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Leroy Upson Gardner, M. D .- As director of Saranac Lake Laboratory, Trudeau Sanatorium, Dr. Leroy Upson Gardner holds an outstanding posi- tion in professional circles, and one of broadest significance to the welfare and progress of the people. He was born at New Britain, Conn., Dec. 9, 1888, the son of Irving I. and Inez B. (Upson) Gardner.
Irving I. Gardner was born at Charlotte, Maine, Aug. 3, 1860. He has been interested in a real estate and insurance business at Meridian, Conn., for a number of years. Mr. Gardner was married in 1886 to Miss Inez B. Upson, the daughter of William and Sarah Upson, of New Britain, Conn. To Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were born eight children, two of whom died in infancy. The others are: 1. Leroy Upson, the subject of this sketch. 2. Maxwell S., born in 1890, connected with the general offices of the Travelers Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. 3. Alice, married John Crawford, who is editor of an engineering journal, at Boston, Mass. 4. Walter R., born in 1896, farmer, lives near Highland, Conn. 5. Law- rence T., advertising specialist, lives at Cincinnati, Ohio. 6. Elizabeth, married Shelton Sturgis, automobile dealer, lives at New Haven, Conn.
After his graduation from New Meriden High School in 1907, Leroy Upson Gardner entered Yale University from which he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1912. He completed the medical course at Yale University in 1914, after which he spent three years in graduate study in Pathology at Harvard University. He also was an instructor in Path- ology at the Harvard Medical School at that time. Dr. Gardner returned to Yale University for three months as assistant professor of Pathology, and during the summer of 1917 offered his services to the medical corps during the World War. He was commissioned first lieutenant and sent to Camp Devens, Mass., but was soon after confined to the hospital on account of pulmonary trouble. After his discharge in November, 1917, Dr. Gardner came to Saranac Lake as a patient in Trudeau Sanitorium,
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where he remained for one year. After his recovery he was appointed a Fellow in Pathology in the Trudeau Foundation and in the fall of 1918 became identified with laboratory work. He was appointed director of the laboratory in 1927. His entire professional career has been confined to research work in tuberculosis and related diseases.
On June 22, 1916, Dr. Gardner was united in marriage with Miss Cara- belle Mckenzie, the daughter of Thomas and Catherine (Collins) McKen- zie, of Meriden, Conn. They have two daughters, Margaret, born in 1917, and Dorothy, born in 1919.
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