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Mr. Jakway's parents were Thomas and Mary (Raisy) Jakway. His grandfather, Jonathan Jakway, was the pioneer of the family in Wash- ington County, and owned a large tract of land in West Hartford, where he erected a homestead. The house was destroyed by fire, but subsequently rebuilt. and his sons, George and Thomas, lived there after his death. A descendant, Thomas Jakway, lives on the site of the old house today.
Mr. P. Jakway is the last survivor of a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters. and he was also the youngest of the family. His career as a lawyer, as a public man and as a magistrate, has been marked throughout by a high sense of justice and of right between man and man, and has been a grand exemplification of the golden rule. During his magistracy of over forty years and his career at the bar, extending over half a century, he commanded the highest respect and esteem of his fellow men. whether he argued for or against them at the bar. or dispensed even-handed justice to them in his own court.
Because of his sterling character and blameless life he always had hosts of friends, and because of his long, useful, and honorable career as a lawyer, his name shail ever retain an honored place in the annals of the bench and bar of Washington County.
[Mr. Jakway died since the above was written. ]
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M. F. Joy was born in Waterford County, Ireland. in 16:3, and mas educated in the schools of that place. He came to this country in IS86, and proceeded at once to the village of Fort Ann. where he was employed by the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Company and the Champlain Transportation Company, until some years ago, when he opened the Dewey Hotel in the village of Fort Ann, which house be is still successfully conducting.
Mr. Joy is a popular and well known boniface, and is a successful business man.
Mr. Joy's parents. James and Mary Jur. mere both born in the county of Waterford. Ireland, where they have always resided.
JAMES P. KING was born at Port Henry. N. V .. April se. 1866. and is a son of John and Katharine (Smith) King. He was educated in his native town, and was variously employed until April 27. 1Sgs. when he entered the employ of Manville & Skeels as a clerk. where he remained for three years, when he formed a copartnership with his employer, under the firm name of James M. Skeels & Company. This firm continued business until August 15. 1308, when it was succeeded by the present firm of King & Warner. They do a large and pros- perous business in clothing, boots and shoes, gent's furnishing. etc.
On October 6. 180 ;. Mr. King married Nellie A., daughter of Patrick H. and Delia (Murphy) Green. They have one child, namely . Mary Lorrine, born July ;. 1808. He is a member of the K. O. T. M . the C. M. B. A., and the Catholic Church.
E. C. KINNEY was born in the town of Hartford. Washington County. N. Y .. December 1, 1865, and was educated in the Hartford Academy, from which he graduated in :881. Immediately after leav- iag school he began the active business of life as a check, in which capacity he continued until issz. with [ ]. Reynold, of Hartford.
Mr. Kinney engaged in farming. in the year 18ss, and has since remained in that business.
On November 23. 1883. Ma Kianey married Lasy Dean, of Har :- ford. and they have a family of two children, namely: Mary and
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Minnie. Mr. Kinney's parents were Milton and Mary (Maynard)
Kinney. Milton Kinney was born in Clinton County, N. Y., in the year 1837. E. C. Kinney is one of a family of five children, the others being George, Edgar, Cornelia and Mary.
Mrs. Kinney is also one of a family of five children, her brothers and sisters being William, Horace, Minnie and Laura. Mrs. Kinney's parents were Willard and Mary (Hathaway) Dean.
REV. CHARLES D. KELLOGG, D. D .- This eloquent and scholarly divine was born at Ann Arbor, Michigan, July 3, 1842, and was edu- cated in the Peekskill Academy, the Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn, and Princeton College, graduating from the latter institution in the class of 1861, at the unusually early age of nineteen. He at once entered the Brooklyn Theological Seminary and began preparing himself for the ministry of the Presbyterian Church. During his theological course he connected himself with the Presbytery at the Scotch Presbyterian Church on Fourteenth Street near Sixth Avenue, New York City, and in April, 1863, he was licensed to preach by the Second New York Presbytery, which is known as the old school. Dr. Kellogg's first church was at Wilmington, Delaware, where he remained from June, 1863, until April, 1867, when he assumed the pastorate of two churches, one at Bacon Hill and the other at Fort Miller in this state. He officiated in these churches until September, 1872, when he took charge of the North Reformed Church at Passaic, N. J., and remained there until October, 1879, when he was called to Sandy Hill to take charge of the Presbyterian Church at that place and at Fort Edward. During the year 1880 he was regularly installed as pastor, and has since ministered unto these two churches with great acceptability and marked success. During his prosperous regime the old church in Sandy Hill, which was built in 1826, was torn down and a handsome stone edifice erected, which was completed and dedicated in 1895.
Dr. Kellogg's pastorate in Sandy Hill has been a labor of love, not to be separated from which, he has declined calls to take charge of churches in Boston, Wilmington and Philadelphia.
On October 28, 1863, Dr. Kellogg married Mary J. Baucus, daugh- ter of Hon. Joseph Baucus, ex-sheriff and ex-assemblyman of Sara-
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toga County, and a sister of Hon. A. B. Baucus, ex-sheriff and ex- senator of the same county. The children of Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Kellogg are Joseph Augustus, Florence Grace, Charles W., and Kate.
Joseph A. Kellogg is a prominent lawyer of Glens Falls, who has served a term as Third Assistant Attorney General of New York State, and is a prominent Democrat. Florence Grace is the wife of Preston Paris of the Union Bag & Paper Company at Sandy Hill. Charles W. Kellogg is a well known banker at Cawker City, Kansas.
Dr. Kellogg's parents were Daniel W. and Esther A. (Bull) Kellogg.
Dr. Kellogg is noted, not only for his scholarly attainments, but for his lofty character and charity for his fellow men. He is a descen- dant from Covenanter stock who held their religion dearer than aught else, in the old land of the heather.
The progenitors of this family came to America early in the seven- teenth century soon after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. The name was then Kolloch, which has become Americanized into the present spelling. Hon. Charles A. Kellogg, paternal grand- father of Dr. Kellogg, was a native of Connecticut, but settled in Cayuga County, N. Y., in the last century. He was a strong sup- porter of Henry Clay and served one term in Congress from the Cayuga district. He died at Ann Arbor, Michigan, at the age of seventy-five years. He had several sons, one of whom was Daniel W. Kellogg, father of Dr. Kellogg. Daniel W. Kellogg was born and reared in Galway, Saratoga County, N. Y. He carried on a whole- sale hardware business in Troy, N. Y., for some years under the firm name of Kellogg & Company, but in 1852 removed to New York City where he continued the same business until 1870, when Mr. Kellogg sold out and removed to Ann Arbor, Michigan, the following year. He remained in Ann Arbor for twelve years, when he returned to New York State and located at Sandy Hill, where he resided until his death in 1885, in the 73d year of his age. He was a successful business man and an ardent Episcopalian and Republican.
He married Esther A. Bull, daughter of Judge Archibald Bull of Troy in 1833. She died in August, 1842, when Dr. Charles D. Kellogg, her son, was only five weeks old. Her father, Judge Bull, was not only an eminent jurist, but an historian of great note. He served three terms as Judge of Rensselaer County and was one of the
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most distinguished Masons of the state of New York. He arose to the office of Grand Inspector General of the western hemisphere and in that capacity introduced the first organized Free-masonry in the Island of Hayti.
Owing to his mother's death when he was an infant, Dr. Kellogg was reared by his father's sister, Mrs. E. S. Abel, of Peekskill on the Hudson.
WILLIAM H. KEYWORTH Was born in North Argyle, October 18, 1867, and was educated in the common schools of Fort Ann and Argyle. He has followed the occupation of farming, first with his father and then with Wellington Durkee, in the years 1886 and 1887, and since that date on his own account. Mr. Keyworth takes an active interest in public affairs and was Commissioner of Highways for the village of Argyle in 1895 and 1896.
On February 28, 1880, Mr. Keyworth married Susan Anna, only child of Joseph Kee, and they have a family of three children, namely: Amy E., Harold W. and Ada May.
Mr. Keyworth's parents were Joseph D. and Eliza (Evans) Key- worth. Joseph Keyworth was a native of England. He was born in 1838 and came to this country in 1858. His wife, also, was born in England in the year 1848.
ROBERT A. LINENDOLL, M. D .- The subject of this sketch, who was one of the prominent men of Fort Edward, and an ornament to the medical profession of Washington County, was born at Fort Edward. September 15, 1845. His parents were John and Hannah (Caldwell) Linendoll. He received his literary education. in the Fort Edward Institute, from which he was graduated in the class of 1864. He then took up his medical studies with Dr. George W. Little, and subse- quently took two medical courses-one at the Albany Medical College and one at Ann Arbor, Michigan-graduating from both colleges, and so representing both of the great schools of medicine. Allopathy and Homœopathy. After receiving his degrees he began the active prac- tice of his profession in Fort Edward, where his superior skill and ability, together with a genial and kindly disposition, soon placed
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him in possession of a large clientele. His professional success, his fine attainments and strong personality, rendered him highly popular with all classes of citizens, and although he never sought public office (the demands of his large practice drawing heavily upon his time and energies) he was persuaded to allow himself to be placed in nomina- tion by the Democratic party for President of the village, in the spring of 1899, and although the village is decidedly Republican, he was elected by a large majority, and proved himself an able official up to the time of his untimely death, which occurred July 5, 1899.
Dr. Linendoll was a scholarly and progressive man, and took a deep interest in all literary and scientific subjects. He was a promi- nent Mason, a member of Fort Edward Lodge, F. & A. M., Fort Ed- ward Chapter, R. A. M., Washington Commandery No. 33. K. T., Saraoga Springs, and of the Oriental Temple, of Troy, N. Y. His funeral was conducted under the auspices of Washington Comman- . dery, the members of which turned out in full force to pay their last tribute of respect to him who had stood so high in their Council.
On July 10, 1884, Dr. Linendoll married Anna L. Nash, daughter of Hon. Melvin A. Nash, of Fort Edward, who, with her two daughters, Mildred and Edith, survive him.
Notwithstanding that his time was so largely occupied in the care of his many patients, in every one of whom he took a personal interest, he was pronouncedly domestic in his tastes and habits.
At his own fireside, and by the bedside of his patients, the warmth of his kind and sympathetic heart was always felt and appreciated. In these two spheres, the home and the sick room-and none are more important-the influence of his cultured mind and generous heart has left its lasting impress; and to all who knew him he is as Ben Adhem of old, whose name is ever remembered and honored, because he loved his fellow man.
WILLARD LAWTON .- Ex-Supervisor Willard Lawton was born in the town of Hoosick. Rensselaer County, N. Y., September 23, 1842. He was among the first to enlist in the Civil War on the Union side, join- ing Colonel Walter B. Phelps' 22d Regiment, Company D, which formed part of the Army of the Potomac. He was appointed Sergeant the same year, and fought in the following battles: Falmouth, Va. ; Rappahannock River, Va .; Sulphur Springs, Va .; Gainesville, Va .;
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Groveton, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Pollox Mills Creek and Chancellorsville. He was never wounded, although many times men were falling around him with terrible rapidity. He received his honorable discharge in June, 1863, and returned to Cambridge, where he worked in the milling business during the next five years, and since then he has been engaged in speculating and farming.
Mr. Lawton was Supervisor of the town of White Creek two terms, and Commissioner of Highways for ten years. He is a member of Cambridge Valley Lodge No. 481, F. & A. M., and also is now, and has been for nine years, Commander of Post John McKie No. 309, G. A. R. He has been a Mason for thirty-five years.
Mr. Lawton's parents died when he was five years of age, and being thus early left without his natural guardians, he has made his own way in the world, and is entirely a self-made man. When a boy he paid for his living by working before and after school hours and during vacations; indeed, he did not attend school after he was ten years old, but, being of a studious nature, became a better practical scholar than most young men.
In 1883 Willard Lawton married Elizabeth H. Crosby, of Cam- bridge, N. Y., daughter of Samuel W. Crosby, a well known county official, who was County Treasurer and Superintendent of the Poor. Mrs. Lawton is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution, Cam- bridge Chapter, being a descendant of Colonel Samuel Crosby, who was a surgeon in Colonel Ward's regiment in the Continental Army.
JOSEPH A. LAWTON, son of Isaac and Lydia (Crossman) Lawton, was born in the City of Troy, N. Y., February 23, 1863. When he was nine years of age, his parents came to Washington County, where he received his education and where he has since resided.
On September 14, 1885, Joseph A. Lawton married Nellie C., daughter of Peter and Mary (Shea) Shea, and they have one son, Joseph, born June 12, 1893.
Mr. Lawton traces his ancestors back to the landing of the " May- flower." His grandfather was Asaph Lawton, and his great grand-
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father was Joseph Lawton, who came from Rhode Island, to which state his ancestors had moved from Massachusetts.
Mr. Lawton is a representative farmer and a highly respected citi- zen of the town of Jackson.
MICHAEL W. LIDDLE was born in the town of Salem, Washington County, N. Y., April 30, 1859, and was educated at the Washington Academy.
Mr. Liddle has followed the occupation of farmer all his life. He began in Salem, and in 1896 moved to the town of Jackson and branched out into a stock raising business, in which he is very suc- cessful, and is building up for himself a high reputation.
Michael W. Liddle married Edna E. Hughes, born June 4, 1864, daughter of Robert and Frances (Dickinson) Hughes, and they have a family of three children, namely: Anna M., born September 17, 1897. Louise M., born October 3, 1898, and Mabelle E., born November 3, 1899.
Mr. Liddle's parents were Alexander and Mary A. (Cummings) Liddle. His grandfather, Thomas Liddle, came from Scotland and settled in the town of Salem.
On his mother's side the family is of Irish descent.
AMOS LOOMIS, son of Amos and Polly (Wilson) Loomis, was born in Washington County, N. Y., May 6, 1851, and has always been engaged in the occupation of farming.
In November, 1879, he married Mary E. Reed, daughter of James and Mary Reed. They have three children, Charles, Herbert and Harry.
Mr. Loomis' father died in April, 1873, in Whitehall. His great grandfather, on his mother's side, came from Ireland and settled in Whitehall. Mr. Loomis takes an intelligent interest in all public affairs, particularly the cause of education, and has held the office of school trustee of his district.
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HENRY HALL LOVEJOY, one of Cambridge's most enterprising and progressive citizens, is the owner of the Cambridge Foundry, located at the east end of the village.
Mr. Lovejoy was born in Cambridge, Washington County, N. Y., in 1850, and was educated at the Cambridge Washington Academy. He began business for himself in 1885, in company with Lewis P. Worth, where the present foundry now stands. Mr. Worth retired in 1886, and the business was carried on by Mr. Lovejoy as sole proprietor, until 1895, when he admitted his son, Levant Henry Lovejoy, into partnership, under the firm name of H. H. Lovejoy & Son, and the firm so constituted and known still exists.
H. H. Lovejoy & Son manufacture the celebrated Cambridge steel plow, the Walsh water wheel regulator and many other agricultural implements. Their manufacture of plows is very large, over two thousand being turned out of their foundry and sold yearly. They are also large jobbers in spring-tooth harrows and cultivators. They make sawmill supplies and fill large orders for castings, and are rep- resented on the road by four traveling salesmen.
The plant of this concern comprises eight buildings, besides a large storehouse close to the Delaware & Hudson Railroad track, and alto- gether covers ten acres of ground.
It is but just to say that since the admission of Levant Henry Lovejoy the business has doubled. He is the buyer, and has charge of the men. on the road, often taking a trip himself, greatly to the profit of the firm. He is a genial and enterprising young man, pos- sessed of unusually good judgment.
Solomon Warner established the foundry business in Cambridge in 1845. He admitted Hiram H. Lovejoy (the father of H. H. Lovejoy) into partnership in 1849. Mr. Warner died about 1868, and Hiram Lovejoy sold the business to Warner & Higgins, who continued it until 1875, when A. Walsh bought them out and continued the busi- ness until 1885, at which time it was purchased by Worth & Lovejoy.
The Cambridge foundry is one of the few industrial plants in Cam- bridge, being by far the largest and most important establishment. The business, which has all along been prosperous, is still rapidly increasing and reaching out into broader fields. Their great specialty is the Cambridge steel plow, which is being well advertised, and is a great favorite on the market.
The Lovejoy family have been well known manufacturers for three
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generations, and their uniformly high and honorable record as busi- ness men has given the name a great prestige, both far and near.
On November 20, 1872, H. H. Lovejoy married Emma, daughter of Abraham and Jane (Skellie) Decker, and they have one son, Levant H., who married Lena Rice, daughter of J. B. Rice.
ELMER D. LEMM, the senior member of the firm of Lemm Brothers, has lived in Fort Edward almost all his life, and was educated in the schools of Fort Edward. He worked in a paper mill for two years and for fourteen years was connected with the grocery trade in New York City. He is an honorary member of the Satterlee Hose Com- pany and is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.
On July 5, 1898, Elmer D. Lemm married Phoebe Jane Minerly. His parents were Solomon and Maria Catherine (Sommers) Lemm.
The firm of Lemm Brothers is composed of Elmer D. Lemm, Asel W. Lemm and Adrian V. Lemm, and they conduct both a grocery and meat business in Fort Edward. The business was established June 21, 1899, and such has been the business enterprise of these gen- tlemen, that today this house has not only attained a high reputation in business circles, but is one of the leaders in Fort Edward.
Adrian V. Lemm was married, November 30, 1900, to Ella, daughter of Charles T. and Mary (Martin) Mclellan.
ARTHUR K. LANSING .- Among the most popular young business men of Cambridge is Arthur K. Lansing. Mr. Lansing was born April 11, 1870, at Eagle Bridge, N. Y. He was educated at the Salem Washington Academy, the Cambridge Washington Academy, and at the Fort Edward Collegiate Institute.
In 1895 he formed a business copartnership with James P. Robert- son, under the firm name and style of Lansing & Robertson. The firm began business in the Crocker Building, Main street, Cam- bridge, and are retailers of hardware, groceries, paints, oils, and they buy and sell farm produce.
Mr. Lansing is politically a Republican. He is Town Clerk of the town of White Creek, and is serving his third year as Clerk of the
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Board of Education of Cambridge Village. He is treasurer of Vigilant Lodge No. 699, I. O. O. F., and is Secretary and Treasurer of the Cambridge Elgin Creamery Company.
On September 15, 1897, Mr. Lansing was united in marriage to Amy E. Mason of Palmyra, N. Y., daughter of Samuel R. Mason. They have two sons, Arthur C. and Samuel M.
Colonel William R. King, an uncle on his mother's side, was a graduate of West Point, and a brave defender of the stars and stripes in the sixties.
Mr. Lansing's father, Jacob C. Lansing, was well and favorably known throughout the country.
Jacob C. Lansing married Louise King, who is the mother of the subject of this sketch.
Arthur K. Lansing's great grandfather, Abram Lansing, was among the first settlers in the locality where now stands the city of Lansing- burgh, N. Y., the city taking its name from him.
Mr. Lansing, the subject of this biography, is a young man of enter- prise and much business ability. The stand that he has taken in vil- lage and town affairs has won the deserved praise of the citizens. He is a thorough and hard worker, accomplishing the several civil and social obligations resting upon him completely and correctly.
The store of Lansing & Robertson was used for a postoffice and store for about twenty-five years, and is the most centrally located place of business in Cambridge. The firm, by push and enterprise, good stock and square dealings, has built up a very prosperous trade, far exceeding many in Cambridge who have conducted stores for a quarter of a century.
EMELINE LIDDLE was born in North Argyle, Washington County, and is a daughter of William and Abigail Harris Clapp, which was her maiden name She was educated at the public schools and the Fort Edward Institute. In 1865 she married J. Eugene Fenton, who was a merchant and a prominent Mason. He was born April 13, 1833, and died August 11, 1868. On January 5, 1876, Mrs. Fenton married William James Liddle, who died May 23, 1890.
William Clapp, Mrs. Liddle's father, was born January 22, 1813, and died March 29, 1895. He was one of the best known men of his day
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in the town of Argyle, and held different public offices. He was Jus- tice of the Peace, was Coroner and County Superintendent, and also acted as guardian for many people, settled wills, administered estates, etc., and was popularly known as Squire Clapp. His parents were Benjamin J. and Asenath (Grover) Clapp. He had no sisters and his only brother, Eleazer, died at twenty-two years of age, unmarried. The family of William and Abigail Clapp were as follows: Benjamin D., Louise W., Emeline (the subject of this sketch) Lucy H., Abigail, Juliette Asenath. Benjamin D. Clapp, brother of Mrs. Liddle, was born January 12, 1838, and was for many years teller of the Fort Edward National Bank, and was subsequently Cashier of the Platts- burgh Bank, until his death.
NELSON D. LARAWAY was born on the farm which he now owns, in the town of Kingsbury, Washington County, N. Y., March 3, 1862, and is a son of Edgar W. and Sarah E. (Willis) Laraway. He was educated in the public schools of his native town, and has always pur- sued the occupation of farming. Mr. Laraway takes an active interest in public affairs, and has been a member of the Board of Election and has held the important office of School Trustee.
On April 17, 1885, Nelson D. Laraway married Jennie Davison, daughter of John and Jane (Hunter) Davison. They have had five children. two of whom are living, namely : Ruth, born June 21, 1893, and Ida M., born February 21, 1899.
On his mother's side, Mr. Laraway traces his ancestors to Porter Smalley and his wife, Hulda. Porter Smalley was born April 19, 1775, and Hulda, his wife, was born April 22, 1776. They had nine children, namely : William I, born May 3, 1800; Chauncey B., born May 7, 1805; Dezier, born July 3, 1810; Ormael C., born March 29, 1816; Joseph T., born January 28, 1798; Lydia, born May 22, 1802; Eliza Ann, born April 18, 1808; Rebecca, born May 22, 1813, and Lucy D., born May 17, 1819.
Mr. Laraway's father, Edgar W. Laraway, was born in the town of Kingsbury, February 4, 1839. His mother, Sarah E. (Willis) Lara- way, was born December 8, 1838. His grandfather, Ira Laraway, was born in Hadley, N. Y., November 11, 1807. His grandmother,
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