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On Jan. 17, 1912, Mr. Wagner married Miss Paula F. Moedder, the daughter of Jacob and Frieda Moedder, of Munich, Germany. The former is deceased and the latter lives in Munich. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner have no children.
Politically Mr. Wagner is a Democrat. His wife holds membership in the Congregational Church of Malone.
George Herbert Hale .- One of Malone's representative business men is George Herbert Hale, who enjoys the distinction of having success- fully engaged in the insurance business for a longer continuous period than any insurance agent in Franklin County. On March 1, 1932, he will complete 41 years of active business, representing many widely known fire insurance companies. He was born at Malone, Nov. 17, 1867, the son of George W. and Charlotte (Spear) Hale.
George W. Hale was born at Stowe, Vt., Dec. 9, 1827. His early life was spent there and he was educated in the public schools. As a young man he went to Boston, Mass., where he was interested for a short time in the commission business. He then removed to Northern New York and settled at Malone in 1846, where for a time he was engaged in the buying and shipping of farm produce and poultry to the Boston market. Later he became interested in the manufacture of potato starch, and at one time owned and operated seven factories in Franklin County. This starch was used as sizing for print cloth, and Mr. Hale found a ready market in the textile factories of New England. Corn starch and other starches later replaced the demand for potato starch and the business gradually declined until Mr. Hale disposed of his interests and went to
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California. He located in San Diego in 1887 and became interested in raising citrus fruits. He died Dec. 1, 1910, and is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Malone. Mr. Hale was married (first) on Jan. 14, 1846, to Miss Charlotte Spear, the daughter of Charles Spear, of Parishville, N. Y. Mrs. Hale died Aug. 4, 1890. Their children were: George Her- bert, the subject of this sketch; and Frances, born June 17, 1869. She is a graduate of Franklin Academy, and is the wife of Clifford C. Fay, who is private secretary to Henry W. Cannon, formerly president, now retired, of the Chase National Bank, New York City. They have a son, George Fay, who is an official of the Chase National Bank.
George W. Hale was married (second) in 1895 to Josephine (Bowen) Merchant, the widow of A. N. Merchant, and daughter of Oscar Bowen, of Moira, N. Y. She died Aug. 20, 1923, and is buried in Morningside Cemetery, Malone.
George Herbert Hale is a graduate of Franklin Academy, class of 1887. He spent a year in California with his parents and upon his re- turn to Malone in 1889 he became a member of the staff of Hadley & Hadley, a firm which was then prominent in the local fire insurance field. The firm name later was changed to Hadley, Channell & Hadley, F. S. Channel, now retired, coming into the firm as an active partner. On March 1, 1891, Mr. Hale formed a partnership with the late Fred O'Neil, who was later to serve as Malone's postmaster for a number of years. This partnership continued until the time of Mr. O'Neil's death in October, 1915. Mr. Hale then became sole owner of the agency, but retained the firm name, O'Neil & Hale, which title the agency still bears.
Besides devoting his energy to the insurance business, Mr. Hale has formed other business connections. He was for a long period a member of the board of directors of the Farmers National Bank of Malone, and was elected president of the institution in January, 1924, a position which he now holds. He has also been connected with the Lawrence-Webster Company for several years.
On Nov. 27, 1894, Mr. Hale married Miss Gertrude F. French, the daughter of Hiram T. and Hannah (Wells) French. Mr. French was for a number of years cashier of the Peoples National Bank of Malone. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hale: Robert F., born Dec. 24, 1898, a graduate of Franklin Academy, now associated in the insurance busi- ness with his father; and Dorothy H., born Dec. 1, 1903, a graduate of Franklin Academy and LaSalle Seminary, of Auburndale, Mass., now lives at home.
Mr. Hale has always been a Republican. He is a member of the Con- gregational Church and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, being a Knight Templar and member of Karnak Temple of the Mystic Shrine
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at Montreal since 1908. He also belongs to the Elks Lodge, Malone Golf Club and Chamber of Commerce. He is president of the Board of Di- rectors of the Farrar Home, a member of the general board of trustees of Alice Hyde Hospital, of which he was president for many years, and a member of the board of directors of the Northern New York Institute for Deaf Mutes at Malone. He is a member of the Malone Board of Education.
Mr. Hale holds membership in the St. Bernard Fish & Game Club, and is the owner of a fine hunting and fishing lodge on Lake Titus.
Robert Henry Parks, who is a veteran of the World War, is numbered among the representative young business men of Malone. He was born at Manchester, N. H., Sept. 4, 1895, the son of William H. and Lillas (Bellows) Parks.
William H. Parks was born at Burke, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1868. For 20 years he was employed by the Boston and Maine Railroad and lived at Manchester, N. H. He now lives retired in Malone. Mr. Parks was mar- ried May 24, 1889, to Miss Lillas Bellows, the daughter of Henry and Orpha (Kent) Bellows, of Burke, N. Y. To them were born five children: 1. Alice, married Roy P. Jones, lives at Fay, N. Y. 2. Robert Henry, the subject of this sketch. 3. Orpha, married Frank Bradt, lives at Schenec- tady, N. Y. 4. William George, lives at Schenectady. 5. Clifford Eugene, born July 14, 1906, lives at Albany. Lillas (Bellows) Parks died in 1914 and is buried in Ridgeway Cemetery, at Burke. Her mother, Orpha (Kent) Bellows was the owner of the first creamery in Franklin County, which was known as the Ketcham Butter Factory. She later operated a plant at Constable, the latter now being in the possession of Armstrong & Parks. This fact establishes Robert Henry Parks as being descended from the pioneer buttermaker of Franklin County.
Robert Henry Parks was educated in the public schools of Manchester and is a graduate of St. Lawrence University, class of 1914, where he specialized in the study of dairying. He spent two years in the employ of the Heath Creamery at Potsdam and operated the Star Creamery at West Hill, N. Y., for one year. He was then identified with the Burke branch of the Mutual McDermott Milk Company of New York City. On April 1, 1918, Mr. Parks enlisted for service in the World War and went to France in June as a member of the 78th Division. He saw active service at St. Mihiel, Verdun, Aaras, and during the Argonne offensive, being severely gassed and wounded. After two months in foreign hos- pitals he returned to the United States, June 7, 1919.
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Mr. Parks then spent five years in the employ of W. H. Costlow, of Malone, and for one year was identified with the State Farm Bureau in the supervision of testing dairy cattle. In 1927 he formed a partnership with Floyd Armstrong as proprietors of a dairy and creamery business at Constable, and they are also proprietors of the City Farm Creamery and Grocery at Malone. They operate two food stores, at 25 Harrison Place and at Malone Junction.
Mr. Parks was married on Sept. 2, 1920, to Miss Lillian Edna Kay, the daughter of John Kay, of Belmont, N. Y. They have a daughter, Shirley Kay, born Nov. 24, 1926.
Mr. Parks is a Republican, a member of the Congregational Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Order of the Eastern Star, American Legion, and Malone Grange.
Raymond George Perkins, M. D .- Throughout his professional career, Dr. Perkins, of Malone, has held high rank among the leading surgeons of Northern New York. He was born at Highland, Ulster County, April 29, 1884, the son of George Alverson and Catherine (Wood) Perkins.
George Alverson Perkins was born at Highland, April 23, 1857. For a number of years he has been a successful fruit grower at Valatie, N. Y. He was married in 1882 to Miss Catherine Wood, the daughter of George Wood, of Milton, N. Y. Their children are: 1. Raymond George, the subject of this sketch. 2. James Harris, born in 1891, is a graduate of the State Agricultural College at Morristown, N. Y., now associated with his father. 3. Flora, born in 1886, unmarried, lives at home.
Raymond George Perkins obtained his early education in the public schools of Highland and in 1902 was graduated from Poughkeepsie High School. He received the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy at Syracuse University in 1907, and the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the same institution in 1911. Dr. Perkins served as interne for one year at St. Luke's Hospital, Utica, after which he engaged in private practice at Rochester, Minn. For a time he was also associated with Dr. Charles T. Granger. Dr. Perkins then took graduate work in London, England, where he specialized in the study of tropical diseases, preparatory to be- coming a Medical Missionary in Java. He went to the Orient via the Suez Canal in 1915, and returned to the United States four years later. After several months spent in graduate work at Syracuse University, Dr. Perkins practiced for a time at Ogdensburg. Soon, however, he re- turned to Java, where he remained for three and one-half years. Upon his return to this country in 1924, he established his present practice at
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Malone, which is confined exclusively to surgery. Dr. Perkins is a mem- ber of the Franklin County, New York State, and American Medical associations, and is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
On June 26, 1913, Dr. Perkins was united in marriage with Miss Pearl McLean, the daughter of John W. and Deborah (Cowdy) McLean, of Harrowsmith, Ont. The former is deceased.
Dr. Perkins is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Alpha Omega Alpha frater- nity, Kiwanis Club, and Malone Golf Club. Both he and his wife are members of the Elm City Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Floyd Capron Tarbell .- Numbered among the substantial citizens of Franklin County, Floyd C. Tarbell is well known in Malone, where he is interested in the dairy business as a member of the firm of Aldrich & Tarbell, 29 Morton Street. He was born at North Bangor, N. Y., Aug. 19, 1885, the son of Edwin N. and Ida (Barnum) Bidwell Tarbell.
Edwin N. Tarbell was a native of North Bangor, born Oct. 22, 1849, the son of Ezekiel Tarbell, who came to New York from Brandon, Vt., about 1830. On April 16, 1876, Edwin N. Tarbell married Miss Ida Bid- well, the daughter of Watts Barnum, of North Bangor. Their children were: 1. Willa, who died in infancy. 2. Ralph, born in 1878, rural mail carrier, lives at North Bangor. 3. Madora, married James Hildreth, lives at Malone. 4. Rupert, born in March, 1882, is principal of the high school at North Bangor. 5. Floyd C., the subject of this sketch. 6. Elwin A., born in June, 1892, farmer, lives on the Tarbell homestead. 7. Gladys, married Gardiner Stewart, farmer, lives at Chateaugay, N. Y.
Floyd C. Tarbell has always lived in Franklin County. After com- pleting his schooling he engaged in general farming with his father, and when 27 years of age purchased a farm near North Bangor. Mr. Tarbell specialized in the breeding of pure bred Jersey cattle and became widely known as a dairy farmer. Since January, 1926, he has been associated in business with Frank M. Aldrich, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this history. They are the owners of 125 head of Jersey cattle and have a well established dairy business at Malone. They are distributors of whole grade A milk exclusively.
On April 16, 1913, Mr. Tarbell married Miss Ellen L. French, the daughter of Levi and Fannie (Allen) French, of North Bangor. A son died in infancy.
Politically Mr. Tarbell is a Republican. He attends the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Brushton, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge. He is also a charter member of the North Bangor Grange.
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John Chillian Van Houten, Jr .- Identified with one of the important educational institutions of Franklin County, the Adirondack Commercial School, of Malone, Mr. Van Houten is widely known throughout North- ern New York. He was born in Greenwich Village, New York City, the only child of John Chillian and Nellie (Wheeler) Van Houten.
On the paternal side the grandparents of John C. Van Houten, Jr., were Jacob Henry and Matilda (Terhune) Van Houten, descendants from the early seventeenth century Dutch and Huguenot settlers of New York and New Jersey. His maternal grandparents were John Madison and Janet (More) Wheeler, of English and Scotch Colonial ancestry.
John Chillian Van Houten was born at the family homestead in Saddle River, N. J., July 23, 1863, and his wife was born in Greenwich Village, April 30, 1867. At the time of his death in 1923, the elder Van Houten was engaged in the shipbuilding business in and about New York City and New Jersey. He was an astute student of social conditions, a Rooseveltian in thought and action, and wrote numerous articles on economic topics.
The subject of this sketch was educated in the public and private schools of New York. In his early years he attended the Judson School and Miss Benson's School, both in Greenwich Village. He was graduated at Dwight School, a preparatory institution on Park Avenue, and then attended New York Law School, subsequently studying at the Chicago School of Law. He holds the degrees of LL. B. and L. M. He is also a graduate and post graduate of the Pierce School, one of the leading busi- ness colleges of the East, and holds a number of special teacher's certifi- cates in various subjects. He is author of the text "Practical Account- ing," recently published, and has also written and had published many poems and several popular songs.
Mr. Van Houten held various office positions, being for a time with the old Astor Trust Company, of New York City, and for five years taught and was department head of commercial studies at one of the large New York City business colleges, where he became known as an authority on the subject of shorthand. Prior to his locating in Malone in 1923, he was connected with the New York law firm of Steele, Earl & Bell.
For the past eight years Mr. Van Houten has owned and conducted the Adirondack Commercial School, which he organized at Malone and which is now one of the leading business colleges of Northern New York, draw- ing from a vast territory extending from Lake Champlain and into Ver- mont on the East to the St. Lawrence on the West, and from Canada on the North into the Adirondack region of Lake Placid, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake.
Mr. Van Houten is liberal in his political beliefs and is a member of the First Congregational Church of Malone, of which he is president of the
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board of trustees and is chairman of the Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of America. He is unmarried.
Mr. Van Houten is a descendant of a long line of Colonial forebears, among the family connections being John Paulding, one of the captors of Major André ; President Franklin Pierce ; General "Fightin' " Joe Wheeler, C. S. A .; Col. Gillian Van Houten, G. A. R .; George Washington Clarke, prominent educator; among others. A contemporary relation is Joseph Dana Miller, one of America's leading poets, at one time a gubernatorial candidate, editor of Land and Freedom, and since the death of Henry George, the leading exponent of the single tax movement.
Lawrence J. McCarthy, journalist and inventor, of Ogdensburg, was born in that city Nov. 28, 1894, son of John Timothy McCarthy and Cath- erine Teresa Donavin. His father was born Oct. 22, 1855, in Florence, Oneida County, and his mother Aug. 18, 1860, in Charlestown, Ontario, Canada.
John T. McCarthy attended a country school and worked on his father's farm before becoming a laborer in Carthage in 1872 on the Utica & Black River Railroad. He was married Sept. 27, 1875. The following year he was promoted to foreman in Philadelphia and soon afterwards was made foreman of the Carthage section. He was transferred to Ogdensburg in 1879 and as a work train foreman helped to build the rail- road between Carthage and Ogdensburg. After working as foreman of the section between Ogdensburg and Morristown he was appointed acting road master.
In 1906 he was made extra gang foreman and had more than 100 men under him in connection with erection of a new depot and round house in New York Central yards in Ogdensburg. Under his direction the big dike under the railroad bridge just south of Ogdensburg was built and the course of the river changed.
Some years later he was placed in charge of both the New York Cen- tral yards in Ogdensburg and the section between that city and Morris- town. He was appointed member of the safety committee of the St. Lawrence division. When he retired on pension Oct. 31, 1925, after a railroad service of 53 years, 6 months and 14 days, he was in charge of Ogdensburg yards. The only vacation he took during his career was when he attended the World's fair in Chicago in 1893.
Mr. McCarthy is acquainted with many officials of the New York Central Railroad system. In his earlier years he was a fellow employe
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with Patrick E. Crowley, former president of the system, and they have been lifelong personal friends.
Mr. McCarthy's wife's brother, the late P. J. Donavin, contractor, erected many buildings in Northern New York, including a group at St. Lawrence State Hospital, Ogdensburg Elks Clubhouse and the first unit of A. Barton Hepburn Hospital. Another of her brothers, J. M. Donavin, was for more than 35 years a leading actor.
Lawrence J. McCarthy attended the public grade schools in Ogdens- burg and in his spare time was a newsboy. He received his high school course in St. Mary's Academy. While attending that institution he learned the case in The Mirror printing plant and afterward served as a part-time reporter for the Ogdensburg Daily News. In 1912 he was graduated from St. Mary's Academy and was one of the speakers at the class exercises and the alumni banquet.
Employed by Nathan Frank's Sons Department Store, he was placed in charge of advertising and departmental statistics. A year or more later he became stenographer and assistant bookkeeper in the office of FitzGibbons Boiler Company. Intricate steel work and welding of every description was executed at the factory, including repairs to lake vessels and locomotives and construction of paper mill machinery. In the shop and the drafting department Mr. McCarthy became familiar with me- chanics and designing. For some time he served as office manager.
His penchant for literary work reasserting itself, he studied journal- ism and fiction writing under Thornton West, head of the National Press Association, Indianapolis, Ind. His work was accepted by the Frank A. Munsey Company of New York. Among his published short stories were "The Man Who Would Not Fight," "Cardigan the Goat," and "The Return."
He next worked as a salesman in Syracuse and Detroit. It was while residing in the latter city that he became deeply interested in the de- velopment of aviation and began a study of aerodynamics. Subsequently he returned to Ogdensburg and after being employed by the New York Central Railroad for an interval was appointed local editor of Ogdens- burg Weekly Advance by the late George F. Darrow, publisher. He inaugurated the column "Under the Microscope," which still is a feature of that publication.
A year later he joined the reportorial staff of Ogdensburg Daily News. After serving for some time in that capacity he entered business for him- self, establishing a cigar and confectionery store and restaurant.
He resumed newspaper activity as telegraph editor of the Daily News. He was promoted to city editor and finally made editor-in-chief. For years he was the author of a special column in the Daily News which was signed "Buttinsky." He was associated with the late Captain Henry
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Holland, owner of the newspaper, in a number of the most exciting polit- ical battles in the history of St. Lawrence County. During that period he was elected to the Democratic City Committee and has held member- ship since.
Mr. McCarthy joined the editorial staff of Ogdensburg Republican- Journal in 1924 when A. E. Sansoucy was publisher. In 1925 he was nominated Democratic candidate for alderman from second ward and in a Republican landslide lost by three votes. Some time after the Gannet interests took control of the Republican-Journal he relinquished his posi- tion because of temporary ill health and devoted his time to free lance newspaper work. He was an official and publicist for the International Theatre Institute and publicity writer for the Schine theatrical syndicate. He represented the Retail Credit Company of Albany and the Commercial Service Company of New York in Ogdensburg territory.
He has been news representative and feature story writer in Ogdens- burg and adjacent territory for the Syracuse Post-Standard since 1915. He has been correspondent at various times for the Associated Press, International News Service, United Press, Universal Service, New York World, New York Times, New York Herald-Tribune, Boston Globe, Water- town Standard and other newspapers. He has covered all major news events in his territory for many years and frequently contributed to magazines. He has always been a strong advocate of the proposed St. Lawrence seaway, development of the river's power resources and im- provement of Ogdensburg harbor.
In 1930 Mr. McCarthy was appointed secretary of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's St. Lawrence River Bridge Commission. While functioning the commission was an official department of the state. Mr. McCarthy had charge of accounting, publicity and arrangements for hearings and movements of the commission which negotiated with the highest author- ities in Canada and the United States.
Mr. McCarthy presented to the State Legislature in Albany in Jan- uary, 1931, the report of the commission which designated Chimney Point at Ogdensburg as the most feasible site for location of the first of a series of three international bridges. He was one of the signers of the report.
In the same year the United States and Canadian governments granted him patents on a safety aircraft which represents a radical departure from the conventional type of airplane. He was invited to exhibit a model at the International Patent Exposition in Convention Hall, Phila- delphia, Pa.
He has held membership in the Elks, Knights of Columbus and Eagles and is a communicant of St. Mary's Cathedral parish in Ogdensburg. As an official of Ogdensburg Press Club he was director of Old Home
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Week celebration in Ogdensburg in 1923. He is an honorary member of St. Lawrence County Police Protective Association, member of Chartered Institute of American Inventors and other organizations. In his news- paper and official career he has met persons in all walks of life and enjoys a wide acquaintance.
Mr. McCarthy has five sisters, Helen, Mary and Elizabeth McCarthy, and Mrs. Catherine Hubbard, of Ogdensburg; Mrs. Cornelius Donavan, of Rome, N. Y. Miss Elizabeth McCarthy, graduate of Plattsburgh Nor- mal School, is a teacher. Mrs. Donovan is the wife of an inspector in the state agricultural department who was formerly vice-president of the Hygienic Dairy Company in Watertown. Miss Mary Mccarthy is in charge of the office of Ontario Biscuit Company in Ogdensburg.
Mr. McCarthy was married Oct. 28, 1924, in Most Holy Rosary Church in Syracuse, to Miss Veronica H. May, daughter of the late Louis May and Mary Jane O'Connor May. She was born in Syracuse, Aug. 27, 1900. Her father died Feb. 4, 1905, and is buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Syra- cuse. Her mother was born in County Clare, Ireland, May 9, 1871. Their children are Mrs. P. H. Dower, Mrs. John Sagert, George May, Thomas May, of Syracuse; Mrs. Lawrence J. McCarthy, 512 Main Street, Ogdens- burg.
Children of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. McCarthy are Shirley Marie McCarthy and Veronica May McCarthy.
Frank Marvin Aldrich .- One of the progressive dairymen of Franklin County is Frank M. Aldrich, of Malone, who is identified with the firm of Aldrich & Tarbell. He was born at North Bangor, N. Y., July 12, 1882, the son of Levi Christopher and Charlotte (Ross) Aldrich.
Levi Christopher Aldrich was a farmer during his entire life. He was born at North Bangor in 1835 and died in 1905. He was married about 1850 to Miss Charlotte Ross, the daughter of Marius Ross, of Dickinson, N. Y. She died in 1928 and with her husband is buried at Brushton, N. Y. To Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich the following children were born: 1. Lola, who died in infancy. 2. Sarah, deceased, was the wife of Eli Saw- yer, of Bangor. 3. Herbert, born in August, 1876, retired farmer, lives at Bangor. 4. Pearl, married Irving G. Caswell, farmer, lives near Troy, N. Y. 5. Frank M., the subject of this sketch. 6. Mina, who died in 1920, was the wife of Elwin Tarbell.
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