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Dr. Gardner is a Republican, and at the present time is serving as village trustee. He and his family are members of the First Presbyterian Church, and he belongs to Beta Theta Pi, and Nu Sigma Nu fraternities, and the American Legion.
The Gardner family home is located at 36 Old Military Road.
Euclid C. Pine .- As owner and manager of Riverside Inn, one of the popular hotels in the Adirondack region, Mr. Pine is prominent through- out the North Country. He was born at Au Sable Forks, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1867, the son of Napoleon B. and Celinda (Demerse) Pine.
Napoleon B. Pine was born in Canada in 1842. He was a blacksmith during his life and owned shops at Clintonville and Au Sable Forks. He was married in 1865 to Miss Celinda Demerse of Au Sable Forks. Mr. Pine died in 1912 and his wife died in 1898. They are buried at Au Sable Forks. To Mr. and Mrs. Pine were born four children: 1. Euclid C., the subject of this sketch. 2. Lillian, born in 1870, is the widow of Almeda Saure, lives at Brooklyn, N. Y. 3. Minnie A., born in 1875, the widow of Frank L. Kemp, who was secretary and general manager of J. and J. Rogers Company, paper and pulp manufacturers of Au Sable Forks. He died in August, 1931. 4. Frank J., born in 1877, died in 1930. He was also connected with J. & J. Rogers Company.
Euclid C. Pine left school at the age of 14 years and entered the offices of the Peru Steel & Iron Company, Clintonville, as an office boy. He re- signed after four years in their employ to become bookkeeper for Henry J. Gillespie, druggist, of Au Sable Forks, with whom he was associated for five years. In 1891 Mr. Pine became a bookkeeper and office manager of the hotel of Paul Smith. He subsequently was identified with hotels at Saranac Inn and Au Sable Chasm, and in 1899, in partnership with John Corbett purchased Riverside Inn at Saranac Lake. The firm of Pine & Corbett was incorporated in 1909 and so continues up to the
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present time. Mr. Corbett died in 1912. Five years later Mr. Pine pur- chased his former partner's interest, and has since been sole owner of the hotel.
Mr. Pine is a Republican in politics, and in early life was active in public affairs. He served as supervisor of Brighton from 1893 until 1898, and as supervisor of Harrietstown from 1902 until 1908.
Mr. Pine holds membership in Holy Name Catholic Church at Au Sable Forks. He is a director of the Adirondack National Bank and Trust Company at Saranac Lake.
James A. Fortune .- One of the dependable business men of Saranac Lake is James A. Fortune, funeral director. He was born in this city, June 17, 1891, the son of Antoine and Abbie (Ling) Fortune.
Antoine Fortune, a native of New York, was born at Black Brook in 1861. He located at Saranac Lake in 1889, and at that time purchased a small general store on Broadway. He added a furniture and undertaking business to the enterprise in 1901, the business thereafter being known as A. Fortune & Company. It continued as a partnership until 1909 when it was incorporated as A. Fortune & Company, Inc., with Mr. Fortune as its president. He died in 1916 and is buried in Saranac Lake Pine Ridge Cemetery. Mr. Fortune was married Dec. 25, 1888, to Miss Abbie Ling, the daughter of James Ling, a Civil War veteran. To Mr. and Mrs. For- tune were born three children: 1. Carrie M., born Nov. 15, 1889, was the widow of L. G. Allen, of Plattsburgh, N. Y. She died March 31, 1931, and is buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake. 2. James A., the subject of this sketch. 3. Robert H., born July 13, 1892, lives at Saranac Lake. He is married and has a son, Andrew James.
James A. Fortune was graduated from Saranac Lake High School in 1908 and from Albany Business College in 1910. He was associated with his father's business in this city and in 1915 became a licensed embalmer. In 1926 Mr. Fortune retired from the company to establish his own busi- ness, being located on Woodruff Street. This fine funeral home is modern in its appointments and has a chapel in connection, with a seating capacity of 150.
On June 19, 1914, Mr. Fortune was united in marriage with Miss Al- berta M. Allen, of Fulton, N. Y., the daughter of Charles Allen. He met with an accidental death in 1892.
Mr. Fortune is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, 32nd degree, and is a member of Oriental Temple, at Troy, N. Y. He also belongs to B. P. O. Elks, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and Saranac Lake Club.
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James Daniel McBride .- As engineer in the Village of Tupper Lake, James Daniel McBride is prominent in this community, where he was born Sept. 28, 1867. He is the son of George H. and Catherine (Keith) McBride.
George H. McBride was born at Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1829. Through- out his life he was interested in the lumber business and came to Franklin County in 1854. He was married in 1862 to Miss Catherine Keith, who was a native of Queenstown, Ireland. They were the parents of seven children, of whom James Daniel, the subject of this sketch, was the third in order of birth.
James Daniel McBride attended the public schools of Tupper Lake and Moira, N. Y. He began his engineering career with a large concern in New York and studied civil engineering at the same time through cor- respondence work. Since 1895 he has extended his professional work throughout a wide area in northern New York and Canada. For two years he was superintendent of a fire district under the New York State Conservation Commission, and in 1916 he accepted his present appoint- ment as village engineer at Tupper Lake.
Mr. McBride was married on Nov. 20, 1902, to Miss Emma Cuglar, the daughter of George and Catherine Cuglar, of Louisville, N. Y. They have no children of their own, but have an adopted daughter, Kathryn, who is the wife of George Edwin Trick, of Malone.
Mr. McBride is identified with the Republican party in politics, a mem- ber of the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge.
James Woods Price, M. D .- Since 1904 Dr. Price has been one of the prominent physicians of Saranac Lake, and he is a veteran of the World War, having served with the rank of major. He was born in Albemarle County, Va., Jan. 30, 1877, the son of Charles Harper and Sarah J. (Woods) Price.
Charles Harper Price was a native of Virginia born in 1830. Through- out his life he lived in Albemarle County, and was a successful farmer. He was married (first) in 1855 to Miss Alice Wood, and they were the par- ents of eight children. Several years following her death he married (second) in 1871 Miss Sarah J. Woods, the daughter of James T. Woods, who was a member of a prominent Virginia family. To Charles H. and Sarah J. (Woods) Price were born three children: 1. Robert, born in 1873, died in infancy. 2. Gertrude, born in 1875, lives in Albemarle County. 3. James Woods, the subject of this sketch.
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The early education of J. Woods Price was received through private tutoring and at the Episcopal High School at Alexandria, Va. He re- ceived the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the University of Virginia in 1901, after which he served as interne in the Philadelphia Polyclinic Hos- pital for almost three years. On account of ill health Dr. Price retired from his profession temporarily, and spent one year in travel abroad. Upon his return to the United States he located at Saranac Lake, and after nine months of complete rest he had sufficiently recovered his health to permit him serving part time as staff physician at Stony Wold Sani- tarium. In the fall of 1905 Dr. Price returned to Saranac Lake and dur- ing the following three years engaged in research work in Saranac Lake Laboratory. In 1908 he established his present private practice in this city, and he is widely known as a specialist in pulmonary tuberculosis. At the outbreak of the World War he offered his services to the government and was commissioned as an officer in the Medical Corps. His early duties consisted in the examination of recruits for tuberculous conditions, and he later became an instructor upon the subject of pulmonary tuberculosis and lectured at training camps throughout the country. He was dis- charged with the rank of major on May 10, 1919.
On Sept. 3, 1919, Dr. Price married Miss Sophia Mary Hoerner, of Montreal, the daughter of David and Mary (Cooper) Hoerner.
Dr. Price is a Democrat in politics and for two years served as trustee of Saranac Lake Village. He has always taken an active interest in civic affairs and is a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He is a charter member of the Saranac Club, and belongs to the Saranac Lake Golf Club, American Legion, Phi Delta Theta and Alpha Omega Alpha fraternities. He and his wife are prominent members of St. Luke's The Beloved Phy- sician Episcopal Church, of which he has been a warden for many years.
Dr. Price is a member of Franklin County, New York State and American Medical associations, and is a director of the National Tuber- culosis Association. He also holds membership in the American Climata- logical and Clinical Association, of which he has served as president.
William Frederick Roberts, retired, has been a substantial citizen of Saranac Lake for 40 years, and during his active career was interested in the real estate business. He was born at Lewis, Essex County, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1851, the son of Samuel and Sarah A. (Lee) Roberts.
Samuel Roberts was born at Westport, Essex County, in 1806. Throughout his life he was interested in general farming. He died in 1879 and is buried at Lewis. He was married (first) in 1829 to Miss
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Clarissa Lee, and to them were born four children: 1. Lucia Lorraine, born in 1832, died in 1903, was the wife of Richard Eggleston. 2. George, born in 1834, died in 1916. 3. Oscar F., born in 1836, died in 1929. 4. Duane, born in 1838, died in 1880. In 1838 Clarissa Lee Roberts died, and two years later Mr. Roberts married her sister, Sarah A. Lee. They were the daughters of Noah Lee who was a lineal descendant of John Lee from England and a man prominent in the early settlement of Connecticut in the seventeenth century. To Samuel and Sarah A. (Lee) Roberts were born five children: 1. Ralza R., born in 1843, was a Civil War veteran, and became a prominent physician of Westport and Lewis. He died in 1879. 2. James L., born in 1845, died July 2, 1929. 3. Austin, born in 1847, died at the age of 16 years. 4. Clarissa Armina, born in 1849, de- ceased, was the wife of David W. Dougam. 5. William F., the subject of this sketch. Sarah (Lee) Roberts died in 1857, and is buried at Lewis, N. Y.
William F. Roberts received his education in the district schools of Lewis and high school of Elizabethtown. He came to Saranac Lake in 1881 as manager of Saranac Lake House. He held that position for ten years and in 1887 was also appointed postmaster, in which capacity he served for five years. Mr. Roberts was interested in a real estate busi- ness in this city for about 30 years, and has lived retired since 1922.
In 1874 Mr. Roberts married Miss Rosamond P. Wakefield, the daugh- ter of Cyrle Wakefield, of North Hudson. They had no children. Mrs. Roberts died Feb. 23, 1929.
Mr. Roberts has always been a Republican, and for many years has been an elder of the First Presbyterian Church. He is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge and has been prominent in the work of the Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Roberts is a director of the Saranac Lake National Bank. He lives at 118 Main Street.
William Wilber McCarthy, who lives retired at Tupper Lake, is one of the highly esteemed and widely known men of Franklin County. He was born at Constable, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1872, the son of David and Margaret (Rafferty) McCarthy.
David McCarthy was born at Albany, N. Y., April 11, 1832, and through- out his life he was interested in general farming and stock raising. He died in 1908 and is buried at Constable. He was married in 1859 to Miss Margaret Rafferty, the daughter of Patrick Rafferty, of Trout River, N. Y., and a native of Ireland. Margaret (Rafferty) McCarthy died in.
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1894 and is buried at Constable, N. Y. To Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy were born the following children: 1. Dennis, born in 1861, retired farmer, lives at Tupper Lake. 2. Mary, born in 1863, died in 1880. 3. Patrick H., born in 1864, for many years engaged in the grocery and meat business at Tupper Lake, now lives retired. 4. David, born in 1865, died in 1912. 5. John B., born in 1870, also engaged in the grocery and meat business at Tupper Lake, now retired. 6. William Wilber, the subject of this sketch.
William Wilber McCarthy obtained his early schooling at Constable, N. Y., and is a graduate of Franklin Academy, Malone. At the age of 20 years he entered the employ of the Adirondack Supply Company as a bookkeeper. In 1896 Mr. McCarthy became interested in the grocery busi- ness at Tupper Lake in partnership with his brother, Patrick H., and this association continued until 1903, at which time John B., another brother, became associated in the business. They also had extensive lumber inter- ests in this section of the state in which they are still engaged.
On June 26, 1907, Mr. McCarthy was united in marriage with Mrs. Effie Sullivan, the daughter of John Quinelle, of Brasher Falls, N. Y. They have no children.
Mr. McCarthy has always been a Democrat and has been a member of the Democratic County Committee for 30 years. Many years ago he served as tax collector and town clerk of Tupper Lake, and in 1899 was a member of the board of supervisors of Franklin County.
Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy are members of the Catholic Church, and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus and Elks Lodge.
Allen Isaiah Vosburgh is a well known merchant of Lake Clear, where he has lived since 1906. He was born at Loon Lake, N. Y., July 19, 1870, the son of Isaiah and Alice (Miner) Vosburgh.
Isaiah Vosburgh was born in 1847 at Alburg, Vt. At the age of 21 he came to Saranac Lake where for 15 years he was employed as a stage driver between that place and Keeseville. In 1883 he bought a farm in Harriettstown which he operated for 17 years. In 1900 he returned to Saranac Lake and became active in politics. He was employed by the State Conservation Department as a game protector for 18 years, and for four years was a Division Chief Protector. In 1907 he was elected a mem- ber of the Village Board of Trustees and was in charge of the village streets. The first paving in the village was done under his direction. He was elected president of the village in 1908, reelected in 1909, 1911, and 1917-1918 and 1920. He was a member of the Board of Education for 18 years. He died April 10, 1924, and is buried at Saranac Lake. He was
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married in 1867 to Miss Alice Miner, a daughter of Abel and Ann (Mans- field) Miner, of West Georgia, Vt. They were the parents of two children: Allen I., the subject of this sketch; and Rogene Town, born in 1880, now the wife of Fred T. Tremble, automobile dealer, Saranac Lake.
Allen I. Vosburgh received his early education in the district schools of West Harriettstown, and graduated from Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, in 1891. He then. assisted his father on the farm and also in the store and post office. In 1894 he came to Saranac Lake and pur- chased the Adirondack "Enterprise," which he edited and published until 1903. In 1897 he purchased The Tupper Lake Herald, at Tupper Lake. In 1898 he bought the "Mountain Mirror" at Lake Placid, changing the name to the Adirondack "Press." He published these papers until 1903. From 1904 to 1906 he managed the Iroquois Hotel at Tupper Lake, N. Y. In 1906 he sold his newspaper interests and came to Lake Clear, where for two years he was employed in the store of M. W. Otis. In 1908 he became a patrolman for the Fish and Game Commission, and continued in that capacity for three years. In 1911 he was made confidential agent for the New York Fish and Game Department. From 1913 until 1919 he served as District Forest Ranger. In the latter year he resigned this position and bought the business of M. W. Otis at Lake Clear, which he still operates.
Mr. Vosburgh was justice of the peace at Harriettstown for 20 years. He was elected supervisor of Harristown in 1921 and retired in 1930, dur- ing which time he was chairman of the board for four years.
On Nov. 14, 1894, Mr. Vosburgh was united in marriage with Miss Etta M. Otis, the daughter of Edwin and Ellen (Whitman) Otis, of Saranac Lake. They were the parents of three children, one of whom died in in- fancy. The others: 1. Maurice Allen, born Feb. 8, 1896. He attended Saranac Lake High School, Saranac Lake, and Dean Academy, Franklin, Mass. After leaving college, because of ill health, he spent one winter in Denver, returning east in the spring of 1916. He managed and operated a supply boat on upper Saranac Lake for his uncle, M. W. Otis. The following winter he was employed as a messenger by the Highland Bank of Detroit, Mich. He enlisted for service in the World War in the spring of 1917 and was sent to France that fall. He served as ordnance sergeant of the 46th Coast Artillery until his discharge in the spring of 1919. He is a 32nd degree Mason, belonging to Syracuse Consistory; and Mystic Shrine, of Troy, N. Y. He is now associated with his father in business at Lake Clear. He was married in 1924 to Gloria Thompson, and they have two children, Gloria, six years old, and Rogene, three years old. 2. Alice Marie Vosburgh, born June 30, 1904. She was graduated from Saranac High School in 1925; attended Simmons College in Boston for
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two years; and finished at Miss Conklin's Secretarial School in New York City. She now holds a position as department head in the Macy Store, New York City.
Mrs. Etta M. (Otis) Vosburgh was educated in the Saranac Lake schools and later attended Plattsburgh Normal College. She was a teacher in the district schools of Harriettstown before her marriage. She is a member of the D. A. R., Adirondack Chapter, of Malone, N. Y., tracing her lineage from General Otis of Revolutionary fame.
Mr. Vosburgh is a Republican, a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he has been an elder for 18 years. Mrs. Vosburgh is superin- tendent of the Sunday School. He is a 32nd degree Mason, Syracuse Con- sistory; a member of Media Temple of Mystic Shrine at Watertown; Knights of Pythias of Tupper Lake; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Malone; the Order of Foresters; the Fish and Game Club; and the Cham- ber of Commerce both at Malone and Saranac Lake.
Glenwood M. DeLisser, M. D., has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession for more than 30 years and is numbered among the leading physicians of Franklin County. He is established in practice at Tupper Lake.
Dr. DeLisser was born at Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1873, the son of Richard L. and Elizabeth Mary (Puffer) DeLisser.
Richard L. DeLisser was born in Jamaica, West Indies, in 1819, of English and French descent. He came to the United States in 1849 and settled in Brooklyn, where he founded a chemical laboratory. He was the inventor of the centrifugal filter from which developed the cream separator, now in use in every dairy in the world. Mr. DeLisser died in 1888 and is buried in Brooklyn. He was married in 1849 to Miss Eliza- beth Mary Puffer, the daughter of George S. Puffer, who was president of the Atlantic State Bank of Brooklyn. Her mother was the daughter of Major John Stagg, who was private secretary to Gen. George Washing- ton during the final days of the Revolutionary War. To Richard L. and Elizabeth Mary (Puffer) DeLisser the following children were born: 1. Samuel, deceased. 2. Mary Francis, married Dr. Frank L. Keith, of Brooklyn. 3. George William. 4. Cornelia, deceased. 5. Richard Lionel, deceased. 6. Gertrude, deceased, was the wife of William Conover, of Red Bank, N. J. 7. Ella, married Johann J. Broes van Heckeren. 8. Shelton. 9. Edward. 10. Glenwood M., the subject of this sketch.
Glenwood M. DeLisser attended the Brooklyn public schools and in 1892 was graduated from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. He attended
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Washington University at St. Louis, Mo., from which he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1897. After serving as interne in the St Louis City Hospital, Dr. DeLisser established a private practice at Flat River, Mo., where he remained for three years. He returned east in 1902, spent seven years in practice at Bridgeport, Conn., and was located in New York City for a period of 14 years. Dr. DeLisser established his present practice at Tupper Lake in 1923. Besides his extensive private practice he is surgeon for the St. Regis Paper Company.
Dr. DeLisser was married in December, 1897, to Miss May Benjamin, the daughter of Lieut. Edward Benjamin, U. S. A. Their son, Austin M., was born in 1899 at Flat River, Mo. He was educated in the public schools of Brooklyn and is a graduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic Instiute. He is connected with Cheney Brothers, silk importers and manufacturers, of New York, as an adjuster. May (Benjamin) DeLisser died in 1904 and is buried at Stratford, Conn. Dr. DeLisser was married (second) in 1913 to Lillian Claire D'Acosta, who died in 1927. She is buried in the Catholic Cemetery, at Tupper Lake.
Dr. DeLisser is identified with the Franklin County, New York State and American Medical associations. He has always been a Republican and is president of the Rod and Gun Club of Tupper Lake, also holding membership in the Tupper Lake Sports Association. Since 1913 he has been a member of the Catholic Church.
Paul Ernest Martin, who is associated with the firm of Martin Brothers, grocers, is one of the dependable merchants of Tupper Lake, where he also holds the office of mayor. He was born in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 8, 1888, the son of John B. and Cordelia (Sicott) Martin.
John B. Martin was born at St. Michael, Quebec, Canada, July 3, 1854. He came to the United States with his family in 1889 and settled at Tupper Lake. In Canada he was interested in farming and after locating at Tupper Lake he successfully engaged in the grain and feed business for ten years. He also held the office of local overseer of the poor. Mr. Martin was married in 1881 to Miss Cordelia Sicott, the daughter of Toussaint Sicott. They were the parents of 13 children, three of whom died in infancy.
Paul Ernest Martin was educated in Canada and completed his school- ing at Beauharnois College in Quebec, after attending Tupper Lake High School. He also attended a business college in Ottawa in 1905. Upon his return to Tupper Lake Mr. Martin was employed for five years in the grocery store of Patrick McCarthy. He went west in 1911, and for nine
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years was identified with the Portland Lumber Company, in their various coast offices. He returned to New York in 1919 and in that year was active in the organization of Martin Brothers, in association with his brothers, Henry and Irenee. They purchased the business of Patrick McCarthy, the store being located on Park Street.
In March, 1927, Mr. Martin was elected mayor of Tupper Lake, and is now serving his third term in office. He is a Republican.
Mr. Martin was married Oct. 31, 1924, to Miss Earnestine Bisson, the daughter of Alderick and Eugenie (LaMote) Bisson. They have two daughters: Mary Ellen, born July 25, 1925; and Louise, born March 27, 1928.
Mr. Martin and his family are members of the Catholic Church, and he belongs to the Knights of Columbus, B. P. O. Elks, St. John's Society, Tupper Lake Fish and Game Club, and Tupper Lake Boat and Waterways Club. He is also a member of the Rotary Club and Chamber of Commerce.
William Daniel Wilson, active and progressive business man of Tupper Lake, is a native of New York. He was born at Nicholville, June 15, 1873, the son of Darwin and Marian (Leary) Wilson.
Darwin Wilson was born at Nicholville, N. Y., in 1848, and spent many years in business as a buyer and shipper of cattle. He died at Nicholville in 1881. Mr. Wilson was married in 1870 to Miss Marian Leary, the daughter of Jeremiah Leary, and to them were born four children: 1. Gertrude E., born in 1871, lives at Clinton, Mass. 2. William Daniel, the subject of this sketch. 3. Darwin James, born in 1879, plumber, lives at Malone. Two died in infancy.
The boyhood of William Daniel Wilson was spent at Nicholville, where he was educated. He worked on a farm for three years, after which he learned telegraphy in the employ of the New York Central Railroad at Tupper Lake. He subsequently became station agent at Brandon, N. Y., and remained there for four years, then being transferred to Tupper Lake, where he served in the same capacity for 16 years. In 1911 Mr. Wilson engaged in business here, as a dealer in grain, hay, coal, wood, ice and building materials. He has a well established business and is thoroughly dependable.
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