Biographical review : this volume contains biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York Description: Biographical review : this volume contains biographical sketches of the leading citizens of Cayuga County, New York. Boston: Biographical Review Pub. Co., 1894. View this book online Subject(s): Cayuga County (N.Y.) -- Biography New York (State) -- Cayuga County Table of Contents: Title page Front matter Biographical. Horace Varnum Howland Elijah Stephen Drake, late of Jordan, N. Y., was for upward of half a century closely identified with the farming interests of Cayuga County,... Horace T. Cook is the efficient Treasurer of Cayuga County Benjamin Van Duzen Brundage Charles Gorton Adams entered upon his responsible duties as Clerk of Cayuga County with the new year, 1892,... William G. Pierce, one of the oldest and most highly respected settlers of the town of Brutus, Cayuga County, N. Y.,... Mrs. Melissa J. Matteson is the eldest daughter of a large and eminent family of Cayuga County,... Hon. Cyrenus Wheeler, Jr., the well-known inventor of harvesting machinery,... William B. DeShong, a representative agriculturist of this part of the county,... Cyrus O. Cook, Pension Attorney and Government Claim Agent,... Gustav A. Henry Charles F. Guion, recorder of the city of Auburn, Cayuga County,... Harmon Van Patten, a very pleasant and agreeable farmer,... Rev. Benoni I. Ives, D.D. Henry Tosh, Postmaster at Fox Ridge,... Dr. Frederick H. Parker, physician and surgeon of Auburn,... William Hoxie was for nearly fourscore years a resident of Cayuga County,... J. Warren Mead, under-sheriff of Cayuga County,... Stephen Rockwell, one of the original settlers of the town of Cato,... Robert L. Drummond, LL.B.,... Rowland D. Lund, a veteran of the late war,... Dr. Charles Giles Stocking is the foremost man in his profession and neighborhood,... David Montgomery Dunning, Superintendent and Treasurer of the Auburn Gas Light Company,... Hiram Thornton James Lyon, of the firm of Lyon & Pierce, attorneys-at-law,... George R. Nash is a man who has made himself well known and popular through the columns of his well-conducted and enterprising paper,... John Choate, senior member of the firm of Choate Brothers,... Henry Locke is a gentleman who has enjoyed a varied experience,... Benjamin Franklin Winegar,... Van Buren M. Stafford is not lacking in any quality belonging to a Christian citizen and gentleman,... Rev. Loren Eastwood has been pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at Weedsport,... Alfred K. McAlpine, A.M., Principal of Aurora Academy,... Lasuvious H. King, Postmaster at Port Byron and proprietor and editor of a flourishing newspaper of that town,... Adelbert P. Rich, attorney-at-law,... James V. Wheelhouse, one of the most prosperous business men of the village of Meridian and a substantial representative of the mercantile interests of Cayuga County,... Franklin D. Putnam, M.D., one of the active youngest practitioners of Auburn,,.. William Gulliver has been a resident of Scipio for more than forty years,... Ethan Allen, whose family name occupies a prominent place in the annals of New England... Dr. Theo J. Dickerson,... John Shoemaker, a prominent citizen of the town of Aurelius,... Hon. Gorton W. Allen William H. Carr, the leading merchant of Meridian,... Hon. William P. Robinson, a prominent public-spirited citizen of Auburn,... James A. Gould is familiarily known to the people of Scipio as the owner of one of the finest homesteads within its limits,... Nelson Schneck, a retired farmer of Springport,... William Hughes, D.D.S.,... Hon. Sereno Elisha Payne,... Mrs. Hannah Kellett Winslow, of Union Springs,... Rev. Edward Payson Sprague, A.B., D.D., Ph.D Jacob S. Dills, whose well-managed,... Charles Standart is a prominent and wealthy citizen of Auburn,... Wf. Baggerly, of Cato,... John Marsh has been for many years well known throughout the town of Ledyard as one of its most skilful and prosperous farmers,.. Dr. M. P. Conway, a prominent physician and surgeon of Auburn,... William H. Eldredge, of Weedsport,... Elisha Cook stands prominent among the intelligent and enterprising agriclturists of the Empire State,... Edwin A. Havens, of Auburn,... Henry H. Fenn, dealer in hardware and stoves,... Dr. William S. Cheesman, one of the leading physcians and surgeons of Auburn,... Tillotson Reed is a prominent farmer and mechanic,... Benjamin M. Wilcox, a public-spirited,... Edward Smith, an industrious and well-to-do agriclturist of the town of Moravia,... George F. Weber, Ph. M.D, a rising young physician of Ira,... Sylvester Willard, M.D.,,, William W. Harris, a retired farmer,... Frederick Tomlinson Peet was educated at Brooklyn Polytechnic and Churchill Military Academy at Sing-Sing,... Hon. John Holmes, ex-President of the village of Port Byron and a leading member of the Democratic party,... Frederick Cossum, a foremost citizen of Auburn,.. Calvin T. Baker, of Aurelius,... Frederick Innis Allen, Ph.B.,... Lewis Taber, a prominent and prosperous farmer in Sterling Centre,... William Richards Laird,... Julius O. Baker, living on his pleasant homestead in the town of Aurelius,... Raymond D. Elmer, who is a liberal-minded farmer of the village of Emerson,... Benjamin Cutler Leonard,... Judge Woolsey R. Hopkins,... Major Byron E. Osborn, MD.,... Henry G. Crise, a gentleman who is now living in District No. I in the town of Ledyard,... James B. Burlew is a horse dealer of national reputation,... Le Roy C. Lewis, M.D.,... George S. Ellis,... Lucius Baldwin,... James W. Hart, attorney and counsellor-at-law,... Charles Anthony Rathbun is an upright and public-spirited farmer,... John N. Dietel, dealer in stoves,... Isaac Pearson was born at Rowley,... Isaac Elihu Pearson,... Mrs. Jennie M. Pearson,... Adam Fries was a very prominent farmer and influential man,... William Mersereau, as a representative of the worthy agriculturists of Cayuga County as well as an honored and respected citizens of Aurelius,... Eugene Van Nostrand is a splendid representative of the promising young business men of Cayuga County,... Rev. William Searls, D.D.,... George R. Peterson, a well-known and respected citizen,... James Alexander, a highly esteemed citizen of Auburn,... Joab L. Clift,... J M Dickson, M.D Jesse B. Pierson, of Union Springs,... Major John E. Savery,... William T. Matson, an eminently useful and esteemed citizen of Cayuga County,... Franklin Thornton stands second to none among the well-to-do farmers of the town of Fleming whose records are places in this biographical volume to be perserved for the perusal of coming generations Dr. Alanson Quigley is the oldest practising dentist in the city of Auburn,... Jeffeson Tripp ranks among the prosperous farmers of Cayuga County,... Joseph Harrison Pearson John B. Shank,... Ashbel W. Carr,... Rev. Levi Bird, M.A., Ph.D... Manville E. Kenyon,... James Van Duwyne,... Patrick Setright,... Emmett Rhodes,... Edwin H. Ball,... Jonas Wood,... Rev. Abner Wakeley,... John W. Coapman,... John W. Mills,... De Witt F. Austin,... Millard B. Coburn,... Smith R. Glasgow,... Nathan J. Baker, D.D.S.,... Hon. Daniel M. Bennett has been thirty years a resident of Auburn,... John S. Branch Egbert Homel is the leading furnishing undertaker and insurance agent of Port Byron,... David S. Toohill was born in Auburn,... Alfred W. Fowler,... Christopher B. Morgan John White,... Erastus Wheeler is a well-known native resident of Fleming, Cayuga County,... Deacon Samuel Whitmee is one of the many well-to-do agriculturists of Cayuga County who came here from the British Isles,... Adam F. Dates,... Cyrus Schenck, farmer,... Theodore J. Searls,... Samuel N. Franklin,... John Wright,... Elmer C. Wright was born September 13, 1853,... Alfred Patrick,... John W. Hazard,... Nelson Mason,... Charles W. Schutt,... Robert L. Townsend,... James M. Gale,... Howard M. Haskell,... John Marshall,... Patrick J. McCabe,... Samuel Osborn is numbered among the well-to-do and thrifty farmers of this county,... James H. Baldwin Louis Newgass,... Francis M. Cornwell,... Bowers H. Leonard,... Dt. Miller,... Willard A. Hoagland,... Harvey Smith Don J. Tabor,... William B. White,... W. Clarence Sheldon,... Manley T. Treat,... Edgar G. Ball,... Marcus P. Sands,... Samuel Jenney, Jr. Arthur M. Gaylord,... Michael Ogilsbie,... Edward J. Jewhurst,... Harlow A. Hoskins C. August Koenig,... Calvin Tracy,... Dr. Moses M. Frye,... Porter White,... Frank B. Ryan, M.D.,... Edwin A. Avery,... Charles J. Hewitt,... Fred Dixon,... Lynn E. Kirtland,... Cornelius Abraham Groot Webb J. Greenfield is the assistant cashier in the Moravia National Bank and also Supervisor for the town of Moravia,... Elisha B. Cobb Newman Hawley,... Edward Allanson is a thriving farmer residing in the town of Victory,... William F. Wait is a well-known and universally respected resident of Auburn,... Jacob DeForrest has resided in the town of Ira as boy and man for sixty years,... Thomas Gould, late resident of the town of Ledyard,... Lavern A. Pierce,... Darwin C. Knapp,... Lavalette Griffin,... George P. Clark,... Frank C. Smith, M.D.,... Charles F. McCrea,... Henry B. Gulick,... Bradford Cook was born in 1801,... Horace Joseph Kingsbury,... John S. Casler,... Woodard B. Carter,... Oscar F. Knapp is the energetic business manager of the Auburn Advertiser Frederic A. Dudley, M.D.,.. David Wright Christopher H. Sleight is one of the prominent agricluturists of Cayuga County,... Samuel C. Van Sickle,... Franklin Duane Pierce, M.D Floyd M. Clark is a dealer in hardware and stoves,... Thomas A. Gaylord,... Jason G. Atwater,... Charles D. Benton,... Curtis C. Rumsey,... Jeremiah D. Long,... Glen D. Flinn occupies a position in the front rank among the breeders of fine stock in this section of the country,... William R. Tryon,... Oscar Tryon,... Aaron Bowen,... Charles L. Swift,... Samuel Townsend,... Amos Mosher Dr. Alfred F. Hodgman,... Hon. Charles C. Adams is a prominent citizen of the village of Weedsport,... Hon. Willoughby B. Priddy is now and has been for many years a wide-awake and influential farmer near Spring Lake,... John L. Davis Alanson Brown was born at Genoa,... Daniel Brown died in Genoa in April,... Huron Close owns and occupies a fine and well-improved estate in District No. 3... Philo Camp,... Charles Higgins,... Henry Davis Brewster is a leading citizen of Weedsport,... John A. Fulmer,... Slocum Howland,... Austin Benham Hale is a retired merchant and an esteemed citizen of Moravia John F. Forscutt is a most worthy and hard-working farmer,... Allen E. Baker, M.D.,... George P. Wood, LL.B.,... Hon. William Leslie Noyes,... David E. White is a well-educated man,... Jonathan Johnson,... Judson W. Hapeman,... Asa H. Baker,... James Carpenter Reed Manson B. Duryee,... Josiah H. Hamilton,... Alexander Bothwell,... Charles R. Berry,... Asaph W. Shurtleff is an influential attorney and counsellor-at-law in Weedsport Daniel B. Satterly Dexter Wheeler,... Michael McGrath,... Clinton Smith,... John Phelps,... Arthur H. Wheeler,... Charles E. Olmsted,... Hon. Ira DeWitt Brown,... Henry Thomas was born in Dryden,... Walter B. Thomas,... John Snyder,... O B. Tanner Sidney S. Goodyear,... E. Randolph Robinson is a very prosperous merchant doing business in Fair Haven,... Ransom R. Cross,... Cornelius Van Liew,... Lewis Paddock,... Augustus D. Baker,... Rev. Alanson Tilden,... Marcus T. C. Brown,... Frank Garity is an energetic and high-minded business man in the village of Spring Lake,... St. Clair Smith Chappell,... John Knox,... H. S. Robinson,... John M. King,... C. Eugene Kirkpatrick is a man well known in the city through his connection with the Auburn Woollen Company,... George Iden,... Isaac Eldredge,... Albert Beardsley,... Jacob N. Waldron,... James D. Kanaley,... James Follett,... Henry D. Titus,... Oscar F. Bartlett,... Zebulon Holmes,... Terry Everson,... Rev. G. S. Transue,... Charles A. Wills,... Abraham R. Willey,... Charles A. Gwynn,... Abram Spoore,... Dr. Sheldon Voorhees,... Hiram Titus,... Fayette B. Phillips,... William Slade,... David M. Horton,... Artemas Ward,... Rev. David M. Van Tuyl,... George B. Andrews,... John R. Austin,... William W. Wells Netus Jump,... Chester Morley,... David Y. Bower,... Henry S. Anderson,... William F. Hughitt,... John S. Austin,... Seth R. Webb,... Henry Sheldon McArthur,... Harrison Schenck Wyatt A. Benham Isaac O. Blake is an honored resident of the town of Ira,... Edwin Lewis,... Weston A. Ogden was born in Genoa,... Marcus Darwin Drew has the distinction of being the oldest settler now residing within the corporate limits of Meridian Sarah J. Hull,... Frederic A. Baker William E. Bennett,... Orrin Lester,... Edwin M. Sperry,... Albert R. Rogers,... Edward A. Buckhout,... Ephraim Culver Frank A. Weddigen George W. Fitts,... Wing T. Parker,... Hick Anthony, farmer George H. Huff,... Alfred Alley,... Judson L. White,... John H. Mosher,... Henry J. Wheeler,... William J. H. Parker,... Hon. Thomas Hunter is one of the leading men in his section of Cayuga County E. B. Rounds,... Menzo A. Brown,... James A. Wright,... Rev. Henry C. Moyer,... Nelson Perry Burke,... Hiram Webster,... J. Sprague Morley Rev. Giles H. Hubbard, D.D.,... John W. Barrus is a well-known resident of Port Byron,... Barton Morse,... William H. Hull,... Jacob Sharpsteen,... Simeon Kelly,... Josiah B. Brinkerhoff,... David S. Kellogg,... Coy Clark,... William J. Boynton,... J. Fitch Walker,... Truman Dewitt,... Dr. Francis P. Casey,... Daniel H. Tabor William H. Burby,... Henry S. Hunt,... Porter Phelps,... Jonas E. Beebe,... Robert W. Schicht,... Thomas Clark,... Edgar D. Mosher,... George W. Clark,... Nelson D. Blood, M. D. Orrin W. Burritt,... George L. Watkins,... David Lansing Hopkins,... William Kelley,... Frank H. Parsons,... Frank S. Wright,... Alson G. Hoskins is a well-known and highly respected citizen of the town of Scipio,... Alvin D. Stewart, M.D.,... J. Morris Bevier,... Alexander J. Culver,... William F. Pierce,... Dr. Susan G. Otis,... William Thomas,... Adelbert Underhill represents the agricultural interests of the town of Ira as a shrewd, practical farmer Henry D. Chamberlain,... Adelbert S. Chamberlain,... George C. Turner is a progressive farmer,... John Meyer Justus B. Chappell,... John Kevand,... Dr. George B. Wright,... Hiram W. Babcock,... M. B. Van Buskirk, M.D.,... John J. Tanner,... Eddy F. Swart,.. Jerome B. Webster,... Fordyce H. Benedict,... Charles W. Ball,... Mortimer Arnold is one of the representative citizens and successful farmers of this his native county,... Rev. William Case Mattison,... Horatio Mack,... Frank S. Curtis,... Oscar Blue Swayze,... Augustus Dunckel,... Thomas J. Bell,... Christopher Peterson,... Isaac Jump Theodore F. Staats,... Daniel Swartwout,... Frank J. Stupp,... Albert Llewellyn Hall,... Saffrine L. Depew,... George Webster Nellis,... Daniel Y. Bray,... Charles O. Baker,... George Corning,... James Bray was born in what is now Springport,... Le Roy Carl has made his name well known in Auburn and among mechanics in all parts of the country through his earnest and energetic work for the Carpenters Union Jacob White is a man of whom all sorts of good things might be said Thomas Hoyle,... John E. Cropsey,... John T. Blakley,... Rev. Michael Prindle is one of the best-known Methodist pastors in this section,... Lovell T. Richardson,... Hon. Frank Mills Parsons has been in active practice at the Cayuga County bar since 1871,... John W. OBrien Andrew Joseph Mills,... Robert J. Carson,... Andrew S. Cummings,... Phebe S. Tompkins,... Stephen W. Church is an enterprising dealer in hardware,... James K. Baldwin,... Abram W. Brooks Abel W. Chappel,... John Craig Cooper is in many ways a prominent man,... Frank William Lyons,... Samuel Francis Reynolds is now the efficient propietor of the Commercial House in Cato,... Alonzo D. Drake,... Charles William Smith,... Amos P. Main,... Frederick A. Sefton,... Floyd Teller Allen,... Miles T. Gardinier was born in Root,... Peter Blauvelt has accomplished satisfactory work as a farmer in the town of Aurelius,... Charles H. Greenfield Charles Edward Wayte,.. Frank Johnson,... Charles E. MacMaster,... Milton G. Leape,... Wallace W. Rotch comes of an old pioneer family of Cayuga County,... George A. Paddock,... Isaac D. Hornbeck is a retired farmer in the town of Owasco,... Thomas Jefferson Mersereau Samuel Orr and his partner,... Hiram Thurston Levi Whitford,... Clarence E. Mason is well known in Auburn,... Orren Bardwell,... Caroline De Shong,... Garrett Forshee,.. Richard D. Thorp Rev. Alvin Coburn is not only one of the oldest and most influential citizens of Union Springs,... George Gumaer,... James S. McCabe,... Index. Biographical

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