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Mr. Hendrick married Mabel, daughter of Johnson and Minerva (Starch) Osgood, in June, 1890, and they have one son, Harold, born in May, 1891.
Mr. Hendrick is a member of Whitehall Lodge No. 5, I. O. O. F., Whitehall Encampment No. 69, I. O. O. F., and also of the Canton,
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Whitehall. His parents were Morgan and Charlotte (Smith) Hen- drick. Mr. Hendrick is an active and thorough business man of agreeable manners and has many friends in Whitehall and vicinity.
SILAS S. HUBBELL, one of the representative men of the town of Fort Edward, and a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Vermont July 14, 1837, but has lived in Fort Edward since three years of age. He received his education in the public schools and was trained up in the livery business and also had extensive experience in lumbering. He worked in the woods as a measurer and marker, and was a clerk in the office of the collector for canals when the war broke out. He enlisted October 19, 1861, in Company F, 93d Regiment, New York State Volunteers, and was mustered into service November 14th of that year. He served three years and was with the Army of the Potomac. He participated in all the operations of his regiment and was engaged in as many battles as probably any living veteran of that war, as will be seen by perusal of the following list of engagements: Lee's Mill, April, 1862; Williamsburg, May 5, 1862; The Wilderness, May 5, 6, 7, 1864; Todd's Tavern, May 8, 1864; Po River, May 10 and II, 1864; Spottsylvania, May 12, 1864. New York River, May 18, 1864; Anderson's Farm, May 19, 1864; North Anne River, May 23 and 24, 1864; Tolopotamy Creek, May 31, 1864; Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864; Petersburg, June 16, 18 and 22, 1864; Deep Bottom, July 28, 1864; Petersburg, July 31, 1864; Deep Bottom, August 15 and 16, 1864; Poplar Grove Church, October 2, 1864; Boydton Plank Road, October 27, 1864.
Mr. Hubbell received his honorable discharge November 14, 1864, and returning home to Fort Edward opened up a market which he conducted for ten years, when he embarked in the livery business, which he has since conducted.
Mr. Hubbell married Mary F. Finn, who died leaving two children, Laura S. and Mary C. For his second wife he married Anna S. Brown of Chicago.
Mr Hubbell's parents were J. S. Hubbell and Eliza (Butler) Hub- bell. The family is an old American one and came to Vermont from Berkshire, Massachusetts. The original Hubbell family in America was in Connecticut.
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LANSING M. HOWLAND .- The subject of this sketch was one of the most prominent and successful business men and manufacturers of Washington County; was born in the village of Sandy Hill August 19, 1850.
He was educated in the public schools of his native town and the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute.
He was principally reared in Fort Edward, and since 1867 he has resided on upper Broadway, where he has erected a fine residence on the site formerly owned and occupied by his father. He is the eldest son of Enos and Susan (Murphy) Howland. His father was a brother of Amasa Howland, and both were natives of the town of Galway, Saratoga County.
In December, 1871, Lansing M. Howland married Harriet C., a daughter of David M. and Cornelia (Bristol) Odell, of Fort Edward. One daughter was born unto them, Cornelia, who died August 22, 1873, aged 10 months.
Lansing M. Howland is a lineal descendent of Henry Howland, who, with his brothers, Arthur and John, were Quaker immigrants, who became the progenitors and founders of the Howland family in America. They arrived from England in 1625 and joined the Ply- mouth Colony in Massachusetts. These brothers, Henry, Arthur and John, were of that immortal band of pilgrims who left their native land on account of religious and political intolerance. Stephen How- land, the grandfather of Lansing M. Howland, who was a native of Dutchess County, N. Y., removed to Saratoga County and became one of the first settlers in the town of Galway, a farmer until the year 1844, when he left Galway with his family and settled in Sandy Hill. Here he carried on the book-binding business for a few years.
About the year 1846 Stephen Howland, with his sons, Enos and Amasa, purchased a site and built the first paper mill at Baker's Falls, the first of the kind in the State, thus becoming the pioneers in the paper business at Sandy Hill.
In 1852 Stephen Howland, father of Enos and Amasa, retired from business, dying in 1862, at the residence of his son, Gardner, in the town of Moreau, Saratoga County. His sons, Enos and Amasa, have since conducted the paper mill business on Baker's Falls with the ex- ception of ten years at Fort Ann, where, in 1855, they built a paper mill, which they successfully operated until 1865, when they sold their Fort Ann mill and returned to Sandy Hill.
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Enos Howland, the father of Lansing M. Howland, retired from active business in 1872, dying at his home on upper Broadway, Fort Edward, in 1877, aged fifty-seven years.
In the year 1873 Lansing M. Howland became a partner with his uncle, Amasa, in the old Howland paper mill at Baker's Falls, the Miller & Howland Mill, and another mill purchased from N. W. Wait & Son. The firm name was Howland & Company, John H. Derby being added to the firm.
On December 1, 1893, this company was succeeded by the Howland Paper Company: Amasa Howland, President; J. E. Howland, Vice- President; John H. Derby, Secretary, and Lansing M. Howland, Treasurer. The stock of the company capitalized at a million dollars. These mills, including the bag factory, furnished employment for about three hundred operatives.
About the year 1897, the senior partner retiring from active busi- ness with the Howland Paper Company, Lansing M. Howland was chosen president of the firm until it sold out to the Union Bag and Paper Company, March 1, 1899.
Mr. Howland had not confined his attention entirely to manufactur- ing and financial affairs. All public improvements and the welfare of his locality have always had his prompt and hearty support, and he has found time to devote some of his energies to public affairs, his connection with which has always been characterized by honorable and unselfish motives, as well as marked ability. For the past twenty- five years he has been prominently identified with the business life of Fort Edward and Sandy Hill, and has always been identified with the great paper manufacturing interests, which are the most important enterprises of this part of the State.
Mr. Howland has served as a Republican county committeeman, a delegate to Republican County and State Conventions, was a delegate and elector for his Congressional District in 1896, when President Mckinley was elected.
He served the town of Fort Edward as its Supervisor for five terms, namely, in the years 1885, 1886 and 1887, and again for two years in 1896-7 and in 1898, and Chairman two terms. He was a member of Fort Edward Council, Royal Arcanum; member of the Business Men's Club of Fort Edward, was vice-president of the Glens Falls Trust Company, had been a director in the First National Bank of Fort Edward, and president of the Fort Edward Electric Light
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Company. Mr. Howland was a member of the Fort Edward Village Baptist Church, also a deacon and one of its trustees.
Mr. Howland was a man of high and noble purposes and of an ex- alted personal character. His private life was pure and distinguished. by acts of kindness and generosity.
His closest friends never knew the extent of his benevolence, and oftentimes the recipients of his bounty knew not the source from whence it came.
He was loyal and faithful to his friends, and for a friend's sake would endure sharp provocation. He loved all that was good and noble in life.
The world was better for his presence, and it will be the poorer for his absence.
Every movement for the public good found in him a ready friend and active helper. The high and low, the sick and poor, the old and young, all alike were counted in the circle of his friends.
The death of Lansing M. Howland occurred at his residence on up- per Broadway, Fort Edward, Tuesday afternoon, June 11, 1901, after more than a year of failing health. On Tuesday, June 4, he was un- able to leave his bed, and declined rapidly, dying a week later.
Lansing M. Howland was laid at rest on Friday afternoon, June 14, in the receiving vault of the Union Cemetery, between Fort Edward and Sandy Hill, with tributes of profound respect from his fellow citizens of Fort Edward, Sandy Hill, Glens Falls, and of the county.
The following organizations were represented at the funeral, which was attended from his late residence: Washington Council, Royal Arcanum, the Fort Edward Club, directors of the First National Bank of Fort Edward, directors of the Glens Falls Trust Company, and employees of the Union Bag and Paper Company, Baker's Falls, and by business men and citizens in large numbers. Business places were closed during the afternoon.
Rev. E. R. Sawyer, D. D., of Sandy Hill Baptist Church read ap- propriate Scripture selections, and spoke briefly in fitting eulogy of the deceased, whom he had known intimately, following his address with a prayer.
Rev. Irving C. Foote, Mr. Howland's pastor, paid a feeling tribute to the exalted character of one with whom he had been brought in close contact in both church and social relations. Mrs. A. P. Hill
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sang tenderly, "There's a Beautiful Land on High," and, with Miss Breese, rendered with thrilling pathos "Through the Gates of Gold."
The floral offerings wers too numerous to mention in detail, and were exceedingly chaste and beautiful. A touching memento was that laid by Mrs. Howland upon the coffin, made up of fifty white roses-one for each year of the life closed upon earth in its full prime and in the meridian of its usefulness.
The bearers were Hon. Addison B. Colvin and Daniel P. Delong of Glens Falls, Loren Allen and Charles T. Beach of Sandy Hill, Levi H. Wing and Robert O. Bascom of Fort Edward, Hon. William R. Hobbie of Greenwich, and Rev. John G. Smart of Cambridge.
Besides his wife, Mr. Howland is survived by his mother, two brothers, Clarence and Charles, and two sisters, Misses Anna and Mary, all of Akron, Ohio.
On Friday afternoon, July 26, the form of the late Lansing M. Howland was taken from the receiving vault and was placed in its last resting place in the Union Cemetery. In a beautiful plot near the soldier's monument he lies, with his infant daughter, in the security of a stone sepulchre. The burial service was pronounced by his pas- tor, Rev. Irving C. Foote.
WINFIELD A. HUPPUCH was born in the city of Buffalo, N. Y., Jan- uary 28, 1860, and was the son of John and Augusta Huppuch. He was educated in the public schools of Buffalo and Bryant & Stratton's Business College, and after leaving this institution was employed in the office of his father, who carried on a painting business. At the age of fifteen years Winfield A. Huppuch went to New York City and took a position with Joseph Hill, who was engaged in the wall paper business, and remained with him from 1876 until 1889, thus early in life becoming associated with the industry in which he is today one of the leaders in the country. In 1889 he accepted a position with Wil- liam Campbell & Company, and after two years' service was taken into the firm as a partner. In October, 1893, their factory was destroyed by fire, and in 1894 the firm dissolved. In the fall of the latter year Winfield A. Huppuch and Julius Jackson came to Sandy Hill and, associating other capitalists with them, formed the company
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known as the Standard Wall Paper Company, of which Mr. Huppuch is one of the general managers and vice-president.
During his residence in Sandy Hill Mr. Huppuch has not only shown himself to be a man of superior business ability, through his able man- agement of the large interests in his hands, but has also taken great interest in the welfare and advancement of the village at large, serv- ing as President of the Village for one term. He is vice-president of the Peoples National Bank, vice-president of the Spring Brook Water Company, first vice-president of the Empire Real Estate & Theatre Company, of Glens Falls, president of the Sandy Hill Bowling Company, and vice-president of the Masonic Temple Association at Sandy Hill. He is a member of Sandy Hill Lodge No. 372, F. & A. M., Sandy Hill Chapter No. 189, R. A. M., and Washington Com- mandery No. 33. K. T., Saratoga Springs.
In July, 1884, Mr. Huppuch married Miss Ella May Wannamaker, of New York, and they have two sons, namely: Milton Kipp and Frank Winfield.
The Standard Wall Paper Company has been of incalculable benefit to the village of Sandy Hill. This establishment employs an average of 260 people. Their weekly pay roll amounts to $2.400, and their output amounts to 14,000,000 rolls of wall paper yearly.
GEORGE L. HATCH was born in South Hartford, Washington County, N. Y., November 15, 1844, and was educated in the district school and South Hartford Academy. At the age of twenty-one he began the active business of life, farming for B. G. Sweet, with whom he worked until 1865, and in 1867 started in the tannery business for himself. This business he continued for ten years, or until 1877. He then engaged in farming until 1879, then bought the farm where he now lives.
On January 9, 1879, Mr. Hatch married Charlotte A. Norton of the town of Hartford. Mr. Hatch's parents were Levi and Olive (Town- send) Hatch. Levi Hatch was born in the town of Granville, Wash- ington County, in February, 1809, and his wife, Olive, was born at
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South Hartford in the year 1815. They had a family of nine child- ren. Mrs. Hatch's parents were John B. and Lola (Stearns) Norton, who had a family of ten children.
HILFINGER BROTHERS .- The firm of Hilfinger Brothers consists of A. Hilfinger, Alexander Hilfinger, Rupert Hilfinger and Fred Hil- finger. They established themselves in their present factory in October, 1892, where they carry on a large manufacturing trade and ship their goods all over the United States. In the summer of 1899 they made a large shipment to the Bermuda Islands.
All of the brothers are salesmen as well as manufacturers and thor- ongh business men, and they go on the road themselves to dispose of their wares. They manufacture stoneware and earthen ware of almost all kinds and patterns, as well as drain, tile and sewer pipe.
DUANE L. HALL was born at Fort Miller, Washington Connty, N. Y., September 27, 1863, and was educated at the Hartford High School. He was engaged in farming from 1881 to 1883, and in the mercantile business from 1885 to 1890, when he embarked in the hotel business, in which he built "The Oaks," at Lake Cossayuna, in the town of Argyle. Mr. Hall is an affable and genial gentleman, and his hotel is a favorite resort, not only on this account, but also because of its beautiful surroundings on this picturesque lake.
The hotel, and the cottages in connection with it, will accommodate fifty guests. The dining room is large and pleasant, and, like every room in the house, overlooks the lake. Wide, double balconies extend around two sides of the house, affording a most comfortable and charming place from which to view the rippling lake, in the hot, drowsy, summer days.
The lake abounds with fish and the woods with game. Fish are served fresh from the lake, and consist of bass, bull-heads and perch.
The stocking of Lake Cossayuna with bass from the State Hatchery and from Ohio has kept up the supply, so it is said by sportsmen that this lake offers the best bass fishing in the state. Those who are fond
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of brook trout fishing will be furnished with a guide to White Creek, Black Creek. Beaver Brook or Coy Brook, in each of which there is good angling.
The hunting season for woodcock and partridge opens August 15th, after which sportsmen will find first-class shooting in the vicinity of the lake. In the mountains on either side will be found grey squirrels in large numbers, while in the fall, after September 15th, wild duck shooting is excellent. Bait, fishing tackle, guns and ammunition can be obtained at the hotel.
There are many fine drives around Cossayuna Lake, and within a few miles of " The Oaks" are Barkleys, Carters, McDougalls and Sum- mit Lakes, each of which is well worth visiting.
Cossayuna Lake is fed by springs from the hillsides, which insures pure water; the air is clear and pure, there is absolutely no malaria in the climate, and these, with the elevation, make "The Oaks" an ideal health resort.
Families bringing their own horses and carriages will find good accommodations for them at the stables of "The Oaks," where a good livery is also kept as well as one of the best boat liveries in northern New York. Boatmen and guides are furnished at reasonable rates.
Families can be furnished with cottages, taking their meals at the hotel.
Parties are met at Fort Edward, Salem or Greenwich with convey- ances from " The Oaks," at reasonable rates, and requests for such can be sent by letter, telephone or telegraph. The hotel has a long dis- tance telephone.
Mr. Hall is a prominent member of both the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows, and in politics is a strong Republican.
On July 21, 1886, he married Jennie M. Sill of South Hartford and they have three children, namely : Harold D., Edward S. and Duane L., Jr. Mr. Hall's parents were Solomon B., and Mary M. (Harden) Hall. Solomon Hall was born in the town of Hartford in 1835. Mrs. Hall's parents were Dr. Joseph Sill and Laura A. (Brown) Sill. Mr. Hall's grandfather, Jonathan Hall, was born in 1802 and died in 1875.
Mr. Hall is a great lover of horses and always has from six to ten fine animals in his barn. His hotel, " The Oaks," is universally admitted to be the finest resort in Washington County, not only on account of its lake and mountain scenery, but also because of the splendid enter- tainment which Mr. Hall furnishes to his guests.
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DANIEL P. HURD was born at Belcher, in the town of Hebron, Washington County, N. Y., October 28, 1869. He was educated in the common schools of Belcher and West Hebron, and has followed the occupation of farmer all his life.
In politics Mr. Hurd is a Democrat, and has been nominated on that ticket several times, but, as is well known, the overwhelming majority of the Republican party in this town, and indeed all over Washington County, prevents the election of the best Democrat.
Daniel P. Hurd's parents were John P. and Nancy M. (Taylor) Hurd. His mother's two great uncles were soldiers in the Revolu- tionary War, and her grandfather, Major Taylor, was a Major in the War of 1812.
LOUIS HYATT was born in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, March 16, 1835, but his parents removed to Champlain, N. 1., when he was a child, and there he received his education in the public schools. In 1852 he came to Whitehall and went to work on the canal and continued in this business until 1888. During most of this time he was in the boat business on his own account, and was an expert in every way in the business with which he had been asso- ciated from 1848.
In 1888 Mr. Hyatt opened a grocery business in Whitehall in which he has since been successfully engaged. He is a thorough business man, whose honesty and enterprise have made him uniformly suc- cessful and highly popular.
In politics Mr. Hyatt is a Republican, and has held various town offices, among them that of Town Collector. He is also a prominent social organization man, high up both in the Odd Fellows and Masonic Fraternity. He is a member of Phoenix Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M., Champlain Chapter No. 25, Washington Commandery No. 33, K. T., Saratoga Springs, and of the Mystic Shrine at Troy. In the Odd Fellows he is a member of Whitehall Lodge No. 69, I. O. O. F., and Encampment No. 5, I. O. O. F.
On January 10, 1857, Mr. Hyatt married Mary J., daughter of Gabriel Blanchard, and they have four children, namely: John L.,
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who is a member of the New York City police force; George H., a partner in the firm of B. Havens & Co., lumber merchants. He was with the Chicago Lumber Company for a time and also with the Mis- souri Mining Company; William D., who is associated with his father and Julia F., who is the wife of J. H. Burdett.
CLIFTON L. INFIELD, M. D., is a native and life-long resident of Washington County, and occupies the position of one of the leading members of the medical profession in the county. He was born at Fort Edward, N. Y., September 28, 1859, and received his literary education in the schools of his native place and the high school at Sandy Hill. He then entered the New York Homoeopathic Medical College, from which, after a highly creditable course, he was graduated in the class of 1883. After graduating he practiced for six months at Fort Miller, Washington County, N. Y., finally establishing himself in Sandy Hill in 1884.
Dr. Infield is prominent not only in his profession, but also in social and political circles. He is a member of the Washington County Medical Society and of the Masonic Fraternity, in which he has attained a very high standing. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and Chapter at Sandy Hill, of Washington Commandery No. 33, K. T., Saratoga Springs, and of the Shrine and Oriental Temple at Troy, N. Y. He has held various positions in the order, including Master of the Blue Lodge and High Priest of the Chapter.
In politics Dr. Infield stands high in the councils of his party and held the office of Coroner for three years, viz. : 1889, 1890 and 1891. He has also been Health Officer and Village Treasurer.
In 1890 Dr. Infield married Carrie L. Heggeman. They have four children, viz: Clifton, Edward, Marion and Catherine.
Dr. Infield's parents were Edmund and Anna (Sweet) Infield. The Infield family is not only one of the oldest and most honorable in America, but has been identified with the history of Washington County for several generations.
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M. D. INGALSBE was born in the town of Hartford, Washington County, in the year 1848, and was educated in his native town and in Granville. He came to Fort Ann in 1871, where he clerked in a store for four years, and in 1875 embarked in business for himself, opening a general store, which he conducted until 1879, when he sold out and established a grocery business, which he conducted until 1888, when his place of business was destroyed by fire. In 1898 Mr. Ingalsbe opened a meat market, which he conducts at the present time.
In 1871 M. D. Ingalsbe married Mary S. Oakman. They have a family of four children, namely: Harvey D., Emily E., Julia E. and Densy A.
GEORGE P. JOHNSON, only son of Joseph B. and Eleanor (Parmer) Johnson, was born in Whitehall, Washington County, N. Y., April 6, 1856. He was educated in the district schools and in the Whitehall High School, and after leaving the latter institution took up the pro- fession of teaching, which he followed for a number of terms, being thus employed from 1875 to 1882. In the latter year he went to Com- stocks and took charge of Baker's store, remaining three years. He then went into farming, which occupation he has since pursued. On January 17, 1895, Mr. Johnson married Emily E., daughter of Samuel G. and Hannah (Belden) Skeels of Dresden. They have one child, Eleanor, born April 19, 1899.
Mr. Johnson is a member of the Baptist Church, is a broad-minded and intelligent gentleman, who takes an intelligent interest in all public affairs, but has held no public office and does not foster any ambition in that direction.
HON. PELATIAH JAKWAY, the subject of this sketch, is one of the oldest citizens of Washington County, and is the oldest living lawyer in the county. He was born in the town of Fort Ann, June 2, 1819, and was educated in the Granville Seminary and Union College, grad- uating from the latter institution in the class of 1842. He then studied law with Erastus Culver at Greenwich, and also with Peckham & Colt, and was admitted to the bar in 1845, at Utica, N. Y. In 1846 he began the practice of his profession at Fort Ann, where he has lived ever
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since, constantly engaged in the duties of his profession, or of public life. He was Town Clerk of the town of Fort Ann for several years; he was elected Superintendent of Schools, and held that position unin- terruptedly as long as the office existed. He was elected to the State Legislature in the fall of 1859. and sat in the House during the year 1860. He was Justice of the Peace in Fort Ann for the remarkably long tenure of forty years, and he also acted as clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Washington County for a year.
On September 12. 1867, Mr. Jakway married Edith Waldo, daughter of John and Clara (Collins) Waldo, then of Fort Ann, but formerly of Rutland. Vt., where Mrs. Jakway was born. The Waldos were an old American family, and counted among them the celebrated Daniel Waldo.
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