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Wallace E. Lamb.
The Lake Champlain and
Lake George Valleys
BY
WALLACE E. LAMB
VOLUME III
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL COMPANY, INC. NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL COMPANY, INC.
1940
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FRANCIS B. TRUDEAU, M. D .- During his active professional career, which covers approximately a quarter of a century, Dr. Francis B. Trudeau has continued the distinguished tradition associated with the family name in American medicine. Like his father he has specialized in tuberculosis and diseases of the chest and has been closely connected with the Trudeau Sanatorium and its related institutions at Saranac Lake.
Dr. Trudeau was born at Saranac Lake on January 2, 1887, son of Dr. Edward Livingston and Charlotte C. (Beare) Trudeau. His father, who was born in New York on October 5, 1848, and died on November 15, 1915, was one of the most celebrated figures of the era of modern medicine. Founder of the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, later the Trudeau Sanatorium, for the treatment of incipient tuberculosis in working men and women, and of the Saranac Laboratory for the study of tuberculosis, he converted the accident of illness which first brought him to the Adirondacks into a movement of incalculable value to those similarly afflicted. Both these institutions were the first of their kind in America and from the fruitful consequences of Dr. Trudeau's example arose in large part the effective treatment of tuberculosis in this country. He remained as active head and guiding spirit of the organi- zations he created until his death.
Dr. Francis B. Trudeau was educated at St. Paul's School, at Concord, New Hampshire, and at Yale University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1909. Subsequently he entered Johns Hopkins Medical School, where he took the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1913, and after serving one year as interne in Bellevue Hospital, New York City, he returned to Saranac Lake to take up the private practice of medicine. He has since devoted himself to his professional responsibilities as a specialist in diseases of the chest, particularly tuberculosis, and is well known in his field. Dr. Trudeau's offices are situated at 105 Main Street, Saranac Lake. In addition to his own practice, he is associated with the Trudeau Sanatorium, which he serves as vice-president and chairman of the medical board, and is a member of the staff of Saranac Lake General Hospital and of Reception Hospital. He is active in many professional societies, including the Saranac Lake and Franklin County Medical societies, of both of which he is past president ; the New York State Medical Society ; the American Medical Asso-
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ciation ; the National Tuberculosis Association, of which he has been a direc- tor ; and the American Clinical and Climatological Society, which he has served as recorder since 1930. During the World War, he was commissioned in the United States Army Medical Corps, holding the rank of captain, and was assigned to duty as an examiner and instructor at Camp Devens and later at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Dr. Trudeau is not only one of Franklin County's most distinguished physicians, but he has been active in many civic interests in his community. He is past president of the Rotary Club of Saranac Lake and has been influ- ential in the development of other valuable institutions and movements of the town. A vestryman of the Episcopal Church, he has charge of St. John's Episcopal Church in the Wilderness and has served the interests of the parish devotedly. Dr. Trudeau is also a member of the Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity at Yale and of the Phithotomy Club of Johns Hopkins University. His favorite recreations are hunting and fishing, and he is a past president of the local Fish and Game Club.
In 1914 Dr. Trudeau married Helen Garretson, who was born in Morris- town, New Jersey. They are the parents of two children : I. Edward Living- ston, 2d, now a student in the Peabody Conservatory of Music. 2. Francis Garretson, a recent graduate of St. Paul's School, is now attending Yale University.
CHARLES CARROLL WARD, Ph. D .- A distinguished educator, Dr. Charles Carroll Ward has been for the past five years principal of the New York State Normal School here at Plattsburg. Born at historic Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 1891, he is the son of John Lester and Gretta (Kinney) Ward. He attended the public schools of his native community and, to finance his pursuit of higher education, taught in the rural schools of Mckean County, Pennsylvania, from the time he was eighteen years of age until he was twenty-three years old, when he became instructor, through the 1914 school year, at the Port Allegany High School, of which he was a graduate. The Pennsylvania State Normal School at Mansfield then called Mr. Ward to be instructor and principal of its model school, a post which he occupied through the year 1916. He completed his course at Buck- nell University with the class of 1918, taking his Bachelor of Science degree. Already married, he moved out of his native State for the first time, settling at New Paltz, New York, where he was head of the history department of the New York State Normal School for the two school years ending in the sum- mer of 1920. While resident here, Mr. Ward was twice honored by being elected mayor of New Paltz, and was director of training at the Normal School from 1920 until 1932. Meanwhile, in 1932, he had received his Master
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of Arts degree from Teachers College of Columbia University. During the same year of 1932, Mr. Ward was engaged, as director of teacher training, by the State of New York and since then has been principal of the New York State Normal School at Plattsburg. He received his Doctor of Philosophy degree from New York University in 1934. A writer for the various educa- tional journals, Dr. Ward is a member of the National Education Associa- tion, the New York State Teachers' Association, Delta Sigma Fraternity, and the Rotary Club, of which he was president in 1935. In politics, he is a Republican.
Dr. Ward married (first), June 26, 1915, Ann Louise Buckley, a native of Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, who died in 1930. By this marriage one child was born: Janet Louise. Dr. Ward married (second), July 16, 1932, Eleanor L. Miller, of Hudson, New York, and they have one daughter, Nan Gaylord.
PATRICK MOYNEHAN-For many years one of the foremost figures in the New York State lumber industry, Patrick Moynehan was a leading worker for the betterment of conditions in Glens Falls. He accom- plished much for the advancement of this city, not alone in that one great industry, but also through his different mercantile and hotel connections and the influence that he exerted for good in every circle in which he was known. A native of Ireland, he brought to the New World many of the enterprising qualities that have distinguished the Irish race, and his geniality, friendliness and manifest sincerity of purpose were traits that endeared him to all who knew him.
Mr. Moynehan, whose son, Dennis B. Moynehan, today carries on the activities that he, Patrick Moynehan, started, was born March 17, 1847, in County Cork, Ireland. Perhaps his sturdy Irish traits were the more empha- sized for his being born on St. Patrick's Day. Patrick Moynehan's father, also named Dennis Moynehan, came from Ireland when Patrick was only nine years of age, settling in North Creek, New York.
It was at North Creek that Patrick Moynehan received his early education, attending the common schools there and at an early age going into the woods and becoming acquainted with the lumber trade. Afterward he worked on the home farm, then was a section hand on a railroad, then returned to the woods to engage in lumber operations. From the position of ordinary lumberjack he gradually advanced in the industry until he learned all the many details con- nected with it and served as superintendent for the late Darwin W. Sherman. Later he started operations on his own account. In his years of active work in the lumber trade Mr. Moynehan was asssociated with George F. Underwood, of the International Paper Company, and John Anderson, of Newcomb, as
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France in 1917 as a member of the American Field Service, being made an ammunition truck driver attached to the French Army until October, 1917, when, with many of the members of his outfit, he enlisted in the United States Army, to be loaned again to the French Army's ammunition supply service, where he continued, gaining celebrity under the name of "Reserve Mallet," until he was discharged with the rank of a sergeant in June, 1919.
Always keenly interested in the welfare of his native city, Mr. Pruyn has given freely of his time to various enterprises and activities, serving, in par- ticular as president of the Glens Falls Chamber of Commerce, as a director of the Glens Falls Young Men's Christian Association and as a member of the board of governors of the Glens Falls Country Club, of which he was presi- dent for two years. His business claiming his interest in its national aspects, Mr. Pruyn has been a vice-president of the Groundwood Pulp Paper Manu- facturers' Association of the United States, as well as being a member of the advisory committee of the Newsprint Manufacturers' Association of the United States. Preserving his war-time memories by membership in the Glens Falls Post of the American Legion, Mr. Pruyn is also a prominent Mason, belonging to Senate Lodge, No. 456, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and the other bodies of the York Rite of the fraternity, including Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. In addition, he belongs to Glens Falls Lodge, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and serves the First Presbyterian Church of Glens Falls, which he attends, as a trustee. Mr. Pruyn finds recreation from his responsibilities in playing golf and in the game of bridge.
Samuel Pruyn married in 1922, Elizabeth Howard, who is a native of Framingham, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Pruyn are the parents of three children : 1. Samuel, Jr. 2. Howard Knickerbocker. 3. Peter Frederick.
STEWART J. FRAZIER-One of the outstanding members of the Masonic Fraternity in Northern New York State, Stewart J. Frazier, of Plattsburg, is also a leading real estate and insurance broker of the Lake Champlain district, having devoted nearly thirty years now to this field of activity, following his interest in the grocery business during the earlier years of his business career.
Stewart J. Frazier was born at Plattsburg, January 24, 1873, son of Joseph and Ellen (McNanna) Frazier. Joseph Frazier, who was born in Plattsburg, learned the trade of a patternmaker as a boy and followed the calling all his life, being active until the time of his death. Ellen (McNanna) Frazier, his wife, who is also deceased, was a native of Saranac, Clinton County.
After passing through the grammar schools of Plattsburg and graduating from the Plattsburg High School, Stewart J. Frazier found his first employ.
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ment with the Williams Manufacturing Company of Plattsburg, producers of sewing machines. After some six years with the Williams Company, Mr. Frazier established himself in the retail grocery business in Plattsburg and remained in the retail field for another six years until he became associated with A. W. Emery in the wholesale tea and spice business. By 1911, however, Mr. Frazier became interested in the real estate and insurance business and, that year, entered into association with the real estate and insurance firm of Parkhurst and Taylor, a business which he purchased outright in 1932. This agency, which Mr. Frazier has continued ever since under the same name, with his son, Harry E. Frazier, as a partner, was founded in the later 1880's by John B. Haggerty and Andrew M. Platt. Thus one of the oldest enterprises of its kind in Clinton County, it is also one of the largest and most progressive, being, at the present time, the agent of eighteen fire insurance companies, three casualty companies and one bonding company, all being stock corporations. Mr. Frazier is keenly interested in fraternal organizations and has devoted himself in particular to Masonry, becoming one of the leading members of the fraternity in the northern counties of New York State. Basing his interest upon membership in Plattsburg Lodge, No. 828, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, an organization of which he is Past Master, Mr. Frazier is also Past High Priest of Plattsburg Chapter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons; Past Illus- trious Master of Tyrian Council, No. 43, Royal and Select Masters; Past Commander of De Soto Commandery, Knights Templar; Past District Deputy of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York; president of the Plattsburg Hall and Relief Association and Past Grand Representative to the Grand Chapter of the State of New York. In the Order of the Eastern Star, Mr. Frazier is Past Patron of Cumberland Bay Chapter, No. 477, and Past Assistant Grand Lecturer of Clinton and E'ssex counties while, in the Order of the Amaranth he is Past Patron of the Loyal Court and Past Assistant Grand Lecturer for Clinton and Essex counties. Mr. Frazier is also a mem- ber of the Plattsburg Methodist Episcopal Church, an institution which he serves as steward.
Stewart J. Frazier married, in 1893, Flora Barber, who is a native of Bangor, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Frazier are the parents of five children : I. Arthur W. (q. v.). 2. Harry E., a partner in the firm of Parkhurst and Taylor, real estate and insurance brokers, of Plattsburg. 3. Frances P., a graduate of Plattsburg State Normal School, and now Mrs. Raymond C. La Plant, of Flushing, Long Island. 4. Raymond S., a member of the class of 1920 of West Point Military Academy and now vice-principal of the high school at Kenmore, New York. 5. Gertrude M., a graduate of Plattsburg State Normal School and now the wife of Dr. H. G. Krouse of Riverhead, Long Island.
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JUDGE CHARLES CLARK VAN KIRK-Listed among the most distinguished and eminent members of the New York bar and bench is the name of Charles Clark Van Kirk, who for close to half a century manifested his legal tact and knowledge, both as a practicing attorney and later as a member of the State judiciary.
Judge Van Kirk was born in Greenwich, New York, September 21, 1862, the son of Norman and Kate (Conant) Van Kirk, both deceased. Norman Van Kirk, a native of White Creek, Washington County, was engaged for many years in the mercantile business. Kate (Conant) Van Kirk was born in Vermont, but lived practically her entire life in Greenwich.
Judge Van Kirk was educated in the public schools at Greenwich, and upon completing his high school studies, he matriculated at Colgate College, graduating there in 1884 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He won that degree with scholastic honors and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Beta Theta Pi fraternities, and in 1926 Colgate University honored him by con- ferring upon him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. From 1884 to 1886 he taught school in the Troy Boys' Academy and then he returned to Greenwich to study law in the firm of Lourie and Gibson. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1888, and became associated with E. H. Gibson in the firm of Gibson and Van Kirk. Eight years later he became a member of the firm of Rowe and Van Kirk in Port Henry, and the following year he joined the firm of Patterson, Bulkley and Van Kirk in Albany, where he maintained a general law practice until January 1, 1906, when he was elevated to the bench, being elected to the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial District, which comprises eleven counties in Northeastern New York. At the con- clusion of his fourteen-year term he was reelected and on January 1, 1920 was appointed to the Appellate Division of the Third Department by Governor Nathan Miller, and in 1928 he was named by Governor Alfred E. Smith as Presiding Justice of the Third Department, comprising the Third, Fourth and Sixth Judicial districts, and he served most capably in this high post until his retirement on December 31, 1932, due to the legal age limitation requirement. He then was appointed official referee, and served in this capacity until his last illness. He died April 18, 1937. In addition to his legal work, Judge Van Kirk served as a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank at Greenwich, and as chairman of the board of trustees of the Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge, New York.
He was a member of the board of trustees of the Baptist Church, an ardent Republican, and a member of the Washington County, New York State and American Bar associations. He was also affiliated with Ashler Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, in Greenwich, Washington Knights Templar at Saratoga, Oriental Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the
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Mystic Shrine, at Troy; Union Village Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Glens Falls Lodge, No. 81, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He also held membership in the Battenkill Country Club, of Greenwich ; Fort Orange Club, of Albany ; Mohawk Club, of Schenectady; and the Pon- tiac Game Club, of Canada.
He was united in marriage at Greenwich, on October 28, 1903, to Nancy Coulter Thompson, daughter of James H. and Cornelia (Coulter) Thompson, an old Greenwich family. She is a graduate of Greenwich High School and Bradford Academy at Bradford, Massachusetts.
FRANCIS B. CANTWELL-Since 1913 Francis Barry Cantwell has been engaged in the practice of law at Saranac Lake. He resides in the town of St. Armand, Essex County, New York. He continues the tradition of prominence in the legal profession associated with the family name for three generations and has an active part in all aspects of Adirondack activities and development, both in Essex and Franklin counties. He is a Republican and has steadfastly adhered to the principles of this party since reaching his majority.
Mr. Cantwell was born in Malone, New York, on December 4, 1882, eldest son of Thomas and Rebecca (Barry) Cantwell. He is a grandson of William P. Cantwell, Sr., who was born in the Province of Quebec of American par- entage and settled at Malone about 1853, after receiving his education in Canadian and American schools, entering the University of Vermont about 1847, receiving a Master of Arts degree and studying for the bar in Montreal and New York State. Admitted to the bar in Quebec in 1851, in New York in 1854, he immediately became a leading lawyer in Franklin County and for many years was a distinguished figure in his profession. He was for a time acting district attorney, many years counsel for Rutland Railroad Company, Santa Clara Lumber Company, Paul Smiths Company, and served as editor of the "Franklin Gazette" and was prominent in Democratic politics. He was several times nominated for important public office by his party, a delegate to national Democratic conventions and always received a remarkable vote of confidence in this strongly Republican district.
William P. Cantwell, Sr., was also a director of the Farmers National Bank of Malone and a trustee of Franklin Academy. He was a prominent public speaker, the founder of the first Franklin County Historical Society, a leader in many civic enterprises of the time. He was associated with Hon. John P. Badger and his sons, Thomas and John M. Cantwell. In his family three sons : Thomas, William P. Cantwell, Jr., and John M. Cantwell, became attorneys.
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Thomas Cantwell, eldest son of William P. and Olive Miles Cantwell, and the father of Francis B. Cantwell, was born in Franklin Center, Province of Quebec. He accompanied his parents to Malone as a boy, and at an early age adopted his father's profession, studied in the office and was admitted to the bar. He was a member of well known firms-Paddock & Cantwell, Badger & Cantwell, and Cantwell & Cantwell-during his entire practice. He was a director for the People's National Bank and People's Trust Company, counsel for the Rutland Railroad Company, Paul Smiths Hotel Company, Santa Clara Lumber Company, St. Regis Paper Company and other northern New York corporations. He was a candidate for Member of Congress, opposing Mr. Malby of Ogdensburg, New York. He brought added distinction to the family name by the high credit to his profession. He was universally liked and re- spected in Malone, New York. He married Rebecca Barry who was born in Malone and is still living. She is a sister of Clara Barry, who married Fred- erick D. Kilburn, who is now deceased, and who was a State Senator from Franklin-St. Lawrence district and at one time held the office of New York State superintendent of banks during the Higgins and Odell administrations.
Francis B. Cantwell, the subject of this sketch, received his preliminary education in the public schools of Malone, and Franklin Academy, from which he graduated in the class of 1902. He first entered Union College, at Sche- nectady, New York, where he remained two years. While there he became a member of the Sigma Phi Society and was a member of the varsity football team. In 1904 he transferred to Williams College, taking the degree of Bachelor of Arts and graduating in 1906. Entering Albany Law School in the class of 1908, he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar at Saratoga Springs in the fall of 1908. From 1908 to 1913 he practiced at Malone in the office of his father, Thomas Cantwell, and his uncle, John M. Cantwell, then constituting the firm of Cantwell & Cantwell.
In January, 1913, Francis B. Cantwell opened his own law office in Saranac Lake. He practiced extensively in Franklin, Essex and Clinton counties and has been engaged in general practice throughout the entire Adirondack region.
In June, 1915, he was married to Genevieve Godfrey Nugent. Two sons were born: Thomas Barry Cantwell and William P. Cantwell III. Thomas Barry graduated from Williams College in the class of 1937 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts and entered Albany Law School, where he is now study- ing. William P. entered Williams College in the class of 1942. Both boys intend to practice law hereafter.
Mr. Cantwell is a member of the Essex County Bar Association. He has been a justice of the peace in the town of St. Armand, Essex County, for eighteen years. He was instrumental in founding, organizing and promoting the Adirondack Fair Association of Saranac Lake, New York. In 1920 he
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purchased a tract of property known as the Old Military Estates which he has developed and improved extensively and built through his own efforts, having eight modern cottages and apartment houses thereon. For many years he was a director and attorney for the Saranac Lake National Bank. While in Ma- lone he was a member of Company K, New York National Guard for seven years, and while attending Albany Law School he served two years enlistment with Troop B, New York Cavalry. He was active and organized a Home Guard Company in Bloomingdale, New York, for two years during the World War and served upon the Legal Advisory Board. For four years he was Scout Master and actively took charge of a troop in the Saranac Lake Council. He is a member of Northern Constellation Lodge, No. 291, Free and Accepted Masons, Malone, New York, is active in the Order of the Eastern Star, of which he is a Past Patron and a Past Assistant Grand Lecturer. He is affili- ated with the Saranac Lake Lodge, No. 1508, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and with the Sigma Phi Society and the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He is fond of outdoor life and sports, particularly camping, fishing, hunting and horseback riding, and has made a hobby of and has devoted much time to real estate development.
CLAUDE FOX-Editor of the "Glens Falls Times," Claude Fox is not only one of the leading newspapermen of the Lake George district but also an outstanding citizen of Glens Falls and active in the county organization of the Republican party.
Claude Fox was born in Glens Falls, February 27, 1890, son of Oswald and Emma (Coddington) Fox. Oswald Fox, who was a paper maker, an occu- pation in which he was engaged at the time of his death, passed most of his life as a citizen of Glens Falls. Emma (Coddington) Fox, his wife, also deceased, was a native of Lincolnshire, England, although she too spent almost all of her life in Glens Falls.
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