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In 1917 Rev. Campbell married Miss Josephine Lapham, the daughter of Frank B. and Nellie (Bailey) Lapham, natives of New York. Mr. Lapham, a retired farmer, lives at Pavilion, N. Y. His wife died in 1922.
Rev. Campbell is a Republican. He is chaplain of Hammond Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 861, and belongs to Theta Chi fraternity.
Capt. Paul H. Von Zierolshofen, M. D .- A prominent physician and surgeon of Lewis County for 45 years, Dr. Von Zierolshofen, who is a veteran of the World War, has held numerous public offices. He served as coroner of Lewis County for 36 years, and has been health officer for 44 years. Dr. Von Zierolshofen was born at Basil, Switzerland, Jan. 31, 1863, the son of William Henry and Rose (Von Tschirchnitz) Von Zierol- shofen.
William Henry Von Zierolshofen was a native of Leipsic, Germany, and died in 1879. His wife, who was born in London, died in 1866. Both are buried in Leipsic. Mr. Von Zierolshofen was a graduate of Leipsic University and during the War of 1850 fled to Switzerland from Germany. He was a scientist and spent his entire life in research work. The only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Von Zierolshofen was Paul H., the subject of this sketch.
As a young man Paul H. Von Zierolshofen attended the gymnasium and schools in Germany. He spent two years at Leipsic University, and in 1887 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from New York Univer- sity. He had emigrated to the United States in 1880, and after receiving his degree he was associated in practice at New Bremen, N. Y., with Dr. W. W. Jamison. Dr. Von Zierolshofen came to Croghan in 1892 where he has since successfully engaged in practice. He enlisted in May, 1917, for service in the World War and served as assistant surgeon at Fort Hamil- ton, N. Y., and post surgeon at Fort Tilden, N. Y. He was discharged with the rank of captain on Jan. 31, 1919. Dr. Von Zierolshofen is identified with the American Public Health Association, Military Surgeons of the U. S. Army, New York State Health Officers Association, and is a member
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of the staff of Ogdensburg State Hospital, and member of the Lewis County Hospital staff.
On Nov. 9, 1893, Dr. Von Zierolshofen married Miss Minnie C. Albrecht, of Lowville, N. Y., the daughter of Claude and Amy (Kirch) Albrecht, natives of Alsace-Lorraine. The former died in 1910 and the latter in 1892. They are buried at Lowville. Doctor and Mrs. Von Zierolshofen have a son, William Henry, who is engaged in the real estate busienss at Cohoes, N. Y. He was a World War veteran.
Dr. Von Zierolshofen is a Republican and has served as village trustee. He was chief of the Croghan Fire Department for 33 years. He is affili- ated with the Masonic Lodge, American Legion, and Croghan Fish & Game Club. His wife holds membership in St. Stephen's Catholic Church. He is a captain in the Medical Reserve Corps of the United States Army, and a member of the Lewis County Medical and New York State Medical so- cieties and of the American Medical Association. He holds a certificate in Public Health from New York University. He was chairman of the C. M. T. C. for a number of years, resigning in 1931. He is vice president of the Croghan National Bank.
The Neal-O'Brien Lumber Company, Inc., of Oswego, is one of the oldest building supply houses in Northern New York. The business was organized 80 years ago and was originally known as Jessmore & Pullen. Later, it became Jessmore & Neal, then M. P. Neal & Company, and was subsequently incorporated as the Neal-O'Brien Lumber Company.
The company's business has increased to such an extent that branch yards have been established at Mexico, known as the Mexico Lumber & Coal Company, and at Lacona, known as the Sancona Lumber Corporation. They are wholesale and retail dealers in lumber, lime, cement and building materials, and are manufacturers of inside trim. Offices are maintained at 75 West Second Street, with lumber yards at West 2nd and Seneca streets, West 2nd and Schuyler streets, Front and VanBuren streets. A cement warehouse is located at Water and Schuyler streets, and a planing mill at 119-21 West 1st Street.
The Neal-O'Brien Lumber Company, Inc., holds membership in the Na- tional Builders Supply Association, and the Associated Leaders of Lumber Dealers of America.
Officers are: W. G. O'Brien, president; and M. P. Neal, secretary and treasurer. Mr. O'Brien is also a director of the Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Water Service Commission, which has charge of the hydro-electric power rights of the City of Oswego.
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Mr. Neal, former mayor of Oswego, is now treasurer of Oswego County, having held that office since 1926. He was been closely identified with the civic life of Oswego and has been president of the Chamber of Commerce. He is also vice president of the Oswego Savings Bank.
Both Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Neal are affiliated with K. of C. and the Masonic Lodges, Elks Lodge, Knights of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, and Fortnightly Club.
C. Adelbert Stone, who is Welfare Commissioner of Oswego County, has served as superintendent of the County Home since 1908, and is among the prominent public officials of the community. He was born in the old Stone homestead at Scriba, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1859, the son of Herbert. E. and Emily C. (Himes) Stone.
Thomas Congdon, great-great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, served throughout the Revolutionary War and is buried in Butterfly Ceme- tery, near Mexico, N. Y. The great-grandfather, Major Hial Stone, was a major in the War of 1812, and his five sons also served in the same war. He had settled in Scriba in 1803. The homestead there, which was built by Orrin Stone in 1815, is still standing and is owned by C. Adelbert Stone. He also owns two other sections of the original tract, which was taken up in 1803.
Herbert E. Stone was born at Scriba in 1829 and died Dec. 17, 1903. He is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Scriba. His wife was born at Oswego, April 23, 1838, and died March 8, 1921. He engaged in the general mer- cantile business at Scriba for a number of years, having established a store there before the Civil War. He also conducted the post office and managed the farm which was inherited by him. Mr. Stone was a Repub- lican and served as overseer of the poor for 25 years. He was a life long member of the Baptist Church. To Herbert E. and Emily C. (Himes) Stone were born three children: 1. C. Adelbert, the subject of this sketch. 2. Adelia, who died at Scriba, June 1, 1927. 3. Grant R., who died at Scriba, March 30, 1915.
C. Adelbert Stone was reared and educated at Scriba and also attended Mexico Academy. Although still legally a resident of Scriba, he has resided for the past 23 years at the Oswego County Home in Mexico, of which he is superintendent.
On April 23, 1884, Mr. Stone married Miss Harriet Whittemore, of Scriba. Their daughter, Shirley A., was born April 16, 1897. She is a graduate of Mexico High School, attended Syracuse University for two years, and married George M. Penney. They have a son, Charles Adelbert.
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Politically Mr. Stone has always been a Republican. He held his first public office in 1886 as village collector of Scriba. He was elected highway superintendent in 1893 and served in that capacity for five years. He was then clerk of the New York State Assembly under Assemblyman Thomas Costello and F. G. Whitney, from 1901 until 1907. He has served many times as a member of the Republican County Committee and as chairman of the committee for eleven years.
Mr. Stone is a member of the First Baptist Church and belongs to Aeonian Lodge, F. and A. M., Oswego; Mexico Chapter; B. P. O. Elks; Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ontario Lodge; and Scriba Grange. His wife holds membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution and Order of the Eastern Star.
Hugh F. Carey, who has served as superintendent of the Oswego City Home for the past 20 years, has a wide acquaintance in the community and is highly esteemed. He was born at Oswego, November 1, 1876, the son of Dennis and Ellen (Gillen) Carey.
Dennis Carey was born at Cohoes, N. Y., and his wife was a native of Burlington, Vt. As a young man he came to Oswego with his wife and followed the trade of brass moulder here for many years. He died in 1909 and his wife died in 1926. Both are buried at Oswego. He was a Demo- crat and held membership in St. Paul's Catholic Church. To Mr. and Mrs. Carey were born eight children: 1. Daniel, lives at Oswego. 2. Sarah Hickey, who died in 1921. 3. Eddie, who met with an accidental death in 1893. 4. Frank, who died in 1918. 5. James M., lives at Oswego. 6. Hugh F., the subject of this sketch. 7. Joseph, lives at Oswego. 8. Fred, lives at the family homestead, 98 East Seneca Street, Oswego.
Hugh F. Carey received his education in the parochial schools of Os- wego. As a boy he learned telegraphy and was an operator in the Oswego office for years, and in 1904 received the appointment as inspector in the department of public welfare for the city. He served in that capacity until 1911, at which time he became superintendent of the Oswego City Home. The institution occupies a fine farm of 140 acres just three miles from the city of Oswego. It accommodates about 70 people, who are busily occupied in the operation of the home. A splendid dairy, extensive truck gardens, and well stocked poultry houses are evidence of the in- terest taken in the home by its workers.
In 1905 Mr. Carey was united in marriage with Miss Jane B. Handley, a graduate of Oswego Normal School. She is a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Collier) Handley, of Oswego. Mr. Handley, now 84 years of age, lives in this city. His wife died in 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Carey have
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a son, William E., born in 1910. He is a graduate of Oswego High School and a member of the 1932 class of Oswego State Normal School.
Mr. Carey is a Democrat. He is treasurer of the State Superintendents of Public Welfare in the State of New York. He and his family are mem- bers of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and he belongs to B. P. O. Elks and Knights of Columbus, being past treasurer of the latter organization.
William J. Peach .- Prominent in the business life of Pulaski is William J. Peach, who is president of The Peoples National Bank. He was born in the village of Pulaski January 20, 1859, the son of William and Mary (Willett) Peach.
William Peach was a native of England, born in 1833. At the age of 20 years he came to the United States and soon settled at Pulaski, where he followed his trade as a tanner in the employ of George Peckham. He later became a mason contractor and erected numerous buildings in the village including the old Pulaski High School. Mr. Peach died in 1922 at the age of 89 years. He was a Republican and served as village trustee and school commissioner. He held membership in the Baptist Church. Mary (Willett) Peach was born at Watertown and died in 1873. Both are buried at Pulaski. Their children were: 1. William J., the subject of this sketch. 2. Frank, who died in 1911. 3. Margaret L. West, who died in 1929. William Peach married for his second wife Frances Lee, of Pulaski, and their children were: 1. John C., who died in 1931. 2. Harold L., jeweler, lives at Canastota, N. Y.
William J. Peach obtained his education in the Pulaski public schools. He has always been interested in the manufacture of cheese and was employed in factories throughout New York State until 1902, when he re- turned to Pulaski and became associated with Brayton Salisbury. They became the owners of five cheese factories, and Mr. Peach later operated factories alone at Fulton, Pulaski, Baldwinsville, Ouaquage and Onativia, N. Y. He later took his son into partnership and they operated under the firm name of W. J. Peach & Son until 1928 when they merged their busi- ness with the Kraft-Phenix Cheese Corporation and the organization is now known as the Miller-Richardson Co., Inc., with headquarters at Low- ville.
In association with other business leaders of Oswego County, Mr. Peach was active in the organization of the Peoples National Bank in 1915 and at that time was elected chairman of the Board of Directors. H. A. Moody served as president until his death in 1926 and at that time was succeeded by Mr. Peach.
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Mr. Peach was married first to Jeannette Besanson of West Monroe, N. Y. Their children were: 1. Mattie E., born in 1878, died in 1902, buried at Parish, N. Y. She married W. Jay Hubbs of Pulaski and their daughter Mattie E. is now the wife of Irwin Stuart and they live in Brook- line, Mass. 2. Arthur F., born in 1883, associated in business with his father in Pulaski. He married Miss Lou Graham and their daughter, Katherine J., married George S. Peck and they live in Pulaski. Mr. Peach's second marriage was to Miss Ellen B. Richardson, of Mapleview, N. Y., in 1892. She died in 1918 and is buried at Pulaski. To William J. and Ellen B. (Richardson) Peach were born two daughters: 1. Emily, who died in infancy. 2. Mildred R., born in 1904. She was graduated from Pulaski High School, Cazenovia Seminary and Syracuse University. She married George M. Berry. They live in Syracuse where Mr. Berry is a teacher of English in Central High School.
Mr. Peach is a Republican. He served as village trustee for 15 years and as school director for ten years. He is affiliated with Pulaski Lodge, F. & A. M .; Pulaski Chapter, R. A. M .; Lake Ontario Commandery ; Media Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., of Watertown, and 32nd degree Masons of Syra- cuse and B. P. O Elks 271, Oswego.
Mr. Peach is the donor of a handsome monument in the village park, which is dedicated to the World War veterans of the town of Richland. It is inscribed with the names of the 163 men who served from this town. A public drinking fountain was also a gift to the village from Mr. Peach.
Willard H. DeLong .- Identified with the Phoenix Cemetery Memorial Company, Mr. DeLong is numbered among the representative citizens and substantial business men of Phoenix. He was born at Hammond, St. Lawrence County, March 8, 1886, the son of William H. and Mary (Ham- mond) DeLong.
William H. DeLong was a native of Hammond, N. Y., and was a grad- uate of Hammond Academy. He spent many years at Morristown, N. Y., and had the government contract to transport mail to Canadian boats. He retired in 1914 and died Jan. 25, 1927. His widow resides at Morristown and is 83 years of age. Her uncle was the founder of Hammond, which was named in memory of him. To Mr. and Mrs. DeLong were born two children: 1. Mrs. W. S. Miller, lives at Oneida, N. Y. 2. Willard H., the subject of this sketch. Mr. DeLong was a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church, and belonged to the Grange.
Willard H. DeLong grew up on a farm at Hammond, N. Y., and attended the district schools. He spent three years with S. H. Kresge Company at
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Corning, N. Y., and later became a traveling representative of the Gouv- erneur Marble & Granite Company. At the outbreak of the World War in 1914 he went to Canada and became superintendent of the National Shell & Shrapnel Company, munitions manufacturers. Upon his return to the United States in 1918 he located at Oneida, N. Y., where he had charge of the installation of the perpetual inventory system there, used by the National Shell & Shrapnel Company. He later became a repre- sentative of R. Y. Allen, of Phoenix, and in 1925 purchased Mr. Allen's business in partnership with a Mr. Mercurio, of Syracuse, and they re- named the business the Phoenix Cemetery Memorial Company, and at that time added a fine line of Italian marbles to the company's stock. They have a well established business and are dependable in their transactions with the public. It was Mr. DeLong who completely improved the old Phoenix Cemetery recently by resetting stones and landscaping. Mr. Mercurio died Jan. 23, 1932.
On Dec. 9, 1913, Mr. DeLong was united in marriage with Miss Mabel Bromling, of Morristown, the daughter of A. G. and Mary (Sandborn) Bromling, of Morristown. Their children are: 1. William Allen, born Oct. 14, 1914, attends Phoenix High School. 2. Mary G., born Jan. 9, 1917, attends Phoenix High School.
Politically, Mr. DeLong is a Republican. He is serving his second term as president of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce. He and his family are active members of the Congregational Church.
Hon. Clayton I. Miller .- A brilliant record of achievement and attain- ments is contained in the biography of Judge Miller, who is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. He was born at Mexico, N. Y., June 16, 1868, the son of William J. and Lydia (Burlingham) Miller.
William J. Miller was a native of Port Leyden, N. Y. He attended the public schools and Mexico Academy. During his early life he engaged in . farming on the Miller homestead near Mexico. He later taught school and after several years settled on a farm near Mexico. He died at Pulaski, N. Y., April 2, 1922. His wife was born at New Haven, N. Y., and died March 7, 1925. Both are buried in Mexico. Mr. Miller was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church. There were three children in the Miller family: 1. Loren H., lives at Clinton, N. Y. 2. Clayton I., the sub- ject of this sketch. 3. Mollie B. Utley, lives at Pulaski.
The boyhood of Clayton I. Miller was spent at Mexico and in 1889 he was graduated from Mexico Academy. He then attended the law school of Cornell University, from which he received the degree of LL. B. in
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1893. After his admission to the bar in that year he returned to Mexico and successfully engaged in the practice of his profession there for 18 years. It was in 1912 that Mr. Miller located in Pulaski and engaged in practice with William K. Bentley as a member of the firm of Miller & Bentley. The partnership continued until Jan. 1, 1927, at which time Mr. Miller assumed the duties of justice of the supreme court. He had been special surrogate of Oswego County from 1902 until 1906, and surrogate from 1906 until 1926.
On April 18, 1900, Judge Miller married Miss Alice M. Bard, of Mexico, the daughter of James and Diana (Wilder) Bard. Both were born at Mexico and are deceased. Mrs. Bard married (second) Dr. John W. Huntington, who successfully practiced medicine for many years at Mexico. There are no children in the Miller family. Mrs. Miller is a graduate of Mexico Academy and was a teacher before her marriage. She is a member of the local Board of Education, a member of the Oswego County Child Welfare Association and a member of the Board of the Oswego County Orphan Asylum.
Judge Miller is a Republican, attends the Congregational Church, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge, Black River Club, Fort Schuyler Club, Grenedes Fishing Club, and Rapshaw Fishing Club. He also belongs to the Rainbow Shores Golf Club.
Elmer N. Harris .- For more than 35 years Mr. Harris has successfully engaged in the implement and hardware business at Williamstown, and is numbered among the progressive and dependable merchants of Oswego County. He was born in the town of Amboy, four miles north of Amboy Center, Oswego County, July 1, 1874, the son of Nathaniel C. and Amelia J. (Onderdonk) Harris.
Nathaniel C. Harris engaged in farming throughout his life, all of which was spent in Town of Amboy, N. Y. He died there in December, 1895, and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, Williamstown. His wife, also a native of Amboy, died in 1923. Mr. Harris was a Republican, and served as district school trustee for many years. He held membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their children were: 1. Ada E. Clark, lives at Lawrence, Kansas. 2. Albert D., lives at Williamstown. 3. Jesse J., lives at Cleveland, Ohio. 4. Elmer N., the subject of this sketch.
Elmer N. Harris attended the public schools of Town of Amboy and is a graduate of Williamstown High School. He learned the trade of ma- chinist at Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to Williamstown in 1891. At that time he became associated in business with his brother, Albert, as
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proprietors of a blacksmith and wagon shop. On Jan. 1, 1896, they became dealers in farm implements and machinery, as well as hardware, and the business was thereafter known as Harris Brothers. In 1898 they became local representatives of the Deering line, later known as the McCormick- Deering line, of farm implements, added the Oliver plow in 1912, and the Wiard plow in 1922. In 1918 Mr. Harris purchased his brother's inter- est and the business has since been conducted as the Elmer N. Harris Company. The company also handles hardware, paints, roofing materials, and automobile accessories.
In December, 1896, Mr. Harris married Miss Mary Emma Look, the daughter of Miles Luzern and Mary Ester (LaRue) Look. Mr. Look was born in the Town of Amboy and died there in 1899. His wife was a native of Canada and died in Iowa in 1911. Both are buried in Williamstown. Mr. and Mrs. Harris have no children.
Mr. Harris is a Republican, elder and trustee of the Presbyterian Church, and belongs to the Oswego County Farm Bureau. He is a charter member of Williamstown Grange, No. 899, of which he has served as secretary for 16 years.
For many years Mr. Harris was a member of the Williamstown School Board and served as treasurer under the former township plan.
Starr Clarence Hollis, M. D .- One of the foremost physicians and sur- geons of Jefferson County is Doctor Hollis, of Adams, who is a veteran of the World War and a member of one of the prominent pioneer families of the North Country. He was born at Sandy Creek, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1878, the son of Lieut. John J. and Annette (Howlette) Hollis.
Lieut. John J. Hollis, retired, is a veteran of the Civil War. He was born at Orwell, Oswego County, in January, 1841, and his wife was a native of Sandy Creek. She died in 1919. He is a resident of Lacona, N. Y., where he has served as justice of the peace for the past 40 years. He also held the office of postmaster at that place for 14 years. Until his retirement in 1898 Mr. Hollis was interested in general farming and stock raising. He is a Republican, a member of the Methodist Church and Grand Army of the Republic. He served during the Civil War as a mem- ber of Company C, 110th New York Volunteer Infantry, and held the rank of lieutenant. Later, he was transferred to the Second Florida Cavalry. To John J. and Annette (Howlette) Hollis were born three sons: 1. Dr. Leroy F., of Lacona, who is superintendent of the Oswego County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, at Richland. 2. DeForrest J., lives on the old homestead at Lacona, Oswego County. 3. Starr Clarence, the subject of this sketch.
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John J. Hollis is the son of John Adams and Anne (Tuttle) Hollis, who were natives of Oswego County. They are buried at Sandy Creek. John Adams Hollis was the son of Joshua and Betsey (Adams) Hollis, natives of Plymouth and Colerain, Mass., respectively. The latter two settled in Oswego County in 1805, and were among the very first settlers of Orwell, moving to Sandy Creek in 1875. Joshua Hollis was the son of Samuel Hollis, who was a soldier during the Revolutionary War, having served with distinction.
Starr Clarence Hollis, the subject of this sketch, attended the Sandy Creek public schools and after his graduation from high school in 1895 he taught in the district schools. He then took up the study of medicine and in 1900 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Syracuse Uni- versity. He immediately established a private practice at Bellville, suc- ceeding Dr. E. A. Chapman. On April 1, 1918, Doctor Hollis came to Adams, where he has met with unusual success in his profession. He has served as coroner for nine years, and has been local health officer for 25 years. He is identified with the Jefferson County, New York State, and American Medical Associations, and is a member of the New York State Sanitary Officers Association.
During the World War Doctor Hollis enlisted for service and received the commission of captain in the U. S. Medical Corps, being stationed at Camp Greenleaf, Georgia, where he was attached to Evacuation Hospital No. 48. He is past commander of Don Round Post No. 586, American Legion, and since 1925 has been U. S. Medical Examiner for the Veterans Bureau.
On Sept. 26, 1900, Doctor Hollis married Miss Ora D. Zufelt, of Ellis- burg, N. Y., the daughter of James and Elizabeth (Thompson) Zufelt. Mr. Zufelt was a soldier in the Civil War. He was a native of Canada and his wife was born in New York, at Ellisburg. To Doctor and Mrs. Hollis two children were born: 1. Frances Elizabeth, born April 21, 1907. She is a graduate of Adams High School, class of 1924, and in the same year completed a course of study in the music department of Union Academy. In 1928 she was graduated from the University of Syracuse. She was married on Sept. 5, 1929, to Marshall E. Higgins, and they live at Syra- cuse. 2. John Adams, born April 14, 1908. He is a graduate of Adams High School, class of 1924, and the Medical School of Syracuse University in 1930.
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