ISAAC KELLS, who was one of the most successful farmers in the town

of Montgomery, Orange County, was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was

born in the North of Ireland in 1833 and died at his home, October 1,

1907. He resided in Montgomery for nearly thirty-five years,

cultivating a valuable farm of one hundred and fifty acres. Mr.

Kells was actively identified with the Goodwill church, in which he

was an officer. He was twice married; by his first wife, who was Miss

Elizabeth Ferguson, two daughters were born, Mrs. William Whigam and

Mrs. Ella Hyndman, both residents of Montgomery. His second wife was

Miss Delia Boyd, who died in 1905. Industrious and energetic the

success of Mr. Kells was due entirely to his own efforts and he

enjoyed in a high degree the esteem of his fellow-citizens.

GEORGE W. KERR, who for more than half a century was an officer of

one of Orange County's strongest financial institutions, was born in

Warren County, N. J., February 15, 1810. His ancestors were

originally from Scotland, but Mr. Kerr's father was born at Freehold,

N. J. His parents removed to Ithaca, N. Y., where he obtained a

position in the branch of the Bank of Newburgh. In 1830, when the

branch was withdrawn, and the Bank of Ithaca established, Mr. Kerr

entered the new bank and remained there until October, 1831, when a

position was offered him in the Bank of Newburgh, with the officials

of which he had become acquainted through his connection with the

branch bank.

In 1836 Mr. Kerr was promoted to the position of cashier, and in 1854

he was elected president to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

John Chambers. In 1864, when the old Bank of Newburgh was closed and

the National Bank of Newburgh organized, Mr. Kerr was again honored

with the presidency. He continued in that position till his death,

having been cashier of the bank for eighteen years, and president for

thirty-seven years. He died June 3, 1890.

Mr. Kerr was a trustee and vice-president of the village in 1856, and

a member of the board of education in 1852-1854. For forty-seven

years he was a vestryman of St. George's Protestant Episcopal church,

and for thirty-one years treasurer of the board.

Upon his death the directors of the bank adopted the following

minute: "His sound judgment, perfect integrity and eminent ability

have been long recognized in financial circles, and his excellence

in all the relations of life will long be remembered in this

community. By us his immediate associates, and by all in any capacity

attached to this bank, his memory will always be cherished. He has

left to his family and this community, where he has spent so many

years of a long and useful life, a legacy better than earthly

riches--a good name."

The vestry of St. George's church adopted resolutions recording

"their very high esteem for his character and his lifelong devotion

to the church and her interests. It is with grateful feeling that we

remember the steady consistency of his Christian walk, his

uprightness as a business man, his value as a citizen, his zeal as a

churchman. We owe him no slight debt for his faithful service as our

treasurer for thirty-one years, during which time his unflagging

attention to the affairs of the parish has contributed essentially

and in a large degree to its stability and prosperity."

Mr. Kerr was twice married. His first wife was Emeline Ross, his

second, Margaret T. L., daughter of the Rev. John Brown, D.D.

CHARLES KETCHAM, merchant and postmaster for many years at

Mountainville, and representative citizen of the town of Cornwall,

Orange County, is a son of Benjamin S. and Mercy (Brown) Ketcham, and

was born on the homestead farm in 1847. He established his present

store in 1871. Mr. Ketcham has for many years been prominently

identified with the public affairs of Cornwall. He has served

fourteen terms as supervisor, including a chairmanship of the board.

He also held the office of justice of the peace twelve years. Mr.

Ketcham was the opposing candidate of Judge Dickey, as a delegate to

the constitutional convention. He was also the nominee of the

democratic party for county clerk. He married Miss Ida, daughter of

Captain Jacob Smith, of Cornwall. They are the parents of two sons

and six daughters.

The Ketcham family is one of the oldest in the town of Cornwall.

Long previous to the Revolution, Samuel Ketcham, the

great-great-grandfather of Charles, located here and was engaged in

farming and the operation of a grist mill. His descendants through

several generations settled around him, and the place was known as

Ketchamtown, until the opening of the railroad, when the post-office

was changed to Mountainville.

THE KETCHAM FAMILY of the town of Mount Hope had for their progenitor

the pioneer farmer and mechanic, John Ketcham, born at Huntington,

L. I., January 24, 1716. A lineal descendant of Edward Ketcham, the

progenitor, in America, of all bearing the name Ketcham or

Ketchum--who settled at Ipswich, Mass., in 1635; Southold, L. I., in

1653. Edward died at Stratford, Conn., in 1655, leaving in all seven

children. John Ketcham (sixth generation in America) married Miss

Sarah Matthews, of Morristown, N. J., came to Orange County, N. Y.,

and settled for a time in Hamptonburgh and Goshen, respectively,

removed in 1774 to the present town of Mount Hope. He was the

founder of Ketcham's Mills, near Mount Hope village. Here John

Ketcham died April 21, 1794, and Sarah, his widow, departed this life

in 1802. The homestead passing to the son Joseph, has continuously

(1774-1907) been occupied by a Ketcham, present occupant, Isaac

Emmett Ketcham, being a great grandson of Joseph. Last surviving

grandson of said Joseph, bearing the family name, was the late John

L. Ketcham, son of Joseph, Jr. (farmer, mechanic and inventor), and

like his ancestors also a mechanic of ability and prominence. Born

February 22, 1820, he married November 14, 1844, Miss Harriette

Writer, also of the town of Mount Hope. She died August 30, 1870.

John L. died June 10, 1898, is survived by their only child, Electa

J. Ketcham-Penney, at present residing near Finchville.

Less than a dozen families representative of this once large and

widely influential family, are now living within their native town,

Mount Hope.

JOHN EGBERT KIDD, a retired farmer residing near Walden, N. Y., is a

descendant of an old Orange County family. Going back over a century

and a half, it is ascertained that three brothers, Alexander, Robert

and Andrew Kidd, came from the North of Ireland in 1736, and secured

a large tract of land in the vicinity of the present village of

Walden. Alexander, the direct ancestor of our subject, married Jane

Calderwood. Robert, their eldest son, married Mary McGowan, and their

son Andrew in 1802 married a Miss Margaret Kidd and became the

parents of six children, of whom John, the eldest, was born October

26, 1803, at the parental homestead. He followed the occupation of a

farmer and was prominent in public affairs of the town. He was

highway commissioner a great many years, was a director of the Walden

National Bank and held the office of railroad commissioner.

In 1826 he married Miss Cornelia, daughter of Charles Haines, of

Montgomery. Six children were born, Andrew, Mirza, John, Egbert,

David L., Margaret A. and Victor. During the Civil War, John Egbert

Kidd enlisted with the "Orange Blossoms," the famous 124th Regiment,

a review of which appears in the Military History in this volume.

John E. Kidd was twice married. His first wife was Alice Decker, and

the following children were born: Cornelia (now the wife of George

Wait), and one son John. Mr. Kidd's second wife was Maria Adeline

Decker.

BENJAMIN B. KINNE, M.D., is a native of Kirkville, Onondaga County,

N. Y., where he was born March 28, 1877. He was educated in the

public schools of the state, including the high school at East

Syracuse. He was a teacher in the county for four years, and studied

for his profession in the American Medical Missionary College of

Battle Creek, Mich., and Chicago. For nearly a year he was on the

medical staff of the Pennsylvania Sanitarium at Philadelphia.

Dr. Kinne came to Middletown in 1905, and took the management of the

Battle Creek Sanitarium Treatment Rooms on East Main street. Later

these were removed to the Middletown Sanitarium on Benton avenue,

where better facilities are offered for the accommodation of

patients. The present building is large and pleasant, having all of

the modern improvements, and is fully equipped with all the

facilities for baths of various kinds, massage, electricity, x-ray,

Swedish movements, and the care of surgical cases.

GEORGE A. KIPP was born July 31, 1871, at Goshen, Orange County,

N. Y., and attended the public school at that place. At the age of

fifteen he learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and has

always continued the business. He was united in marriage to Clara

Baker, of Middletown, N. Y., April 26, 1899. Four children were born

to this union; two died in infancy. The living are Allerton, born

June 9, 1905, and Dorothy, born August 27, 1907. In politics Mr.

Kipp is a democrat. His parents were Richard A., born March 3, 1838,

and Mary Ann (Dailey) Kipp. They had six children, one dying in

infancy. Richard was also engaged in contracting and carpenter

business in Goshen, and conducted a milk business in New York

previous to the Civil War. About 1862 he returned to Goshen, taking

up his trade. He erected many of the best residences in and around

Goshen, and died July 26, 1897.

CHARLES ALBERT KNAPP occupies a farm of two hundred and seventy acres

in the town of Goshen, which was first settled by William Knapp in

1749. Mr. Knapp's ancestry in this country is traced to Nicholas

Knapp, who with his brothers, William and Roger, emigrated to America

from Sussex, England, in 1630. His ancestors were prominent in

military affairs during the colonial period. One, Isaac Knapp, was

in the expedition to Canada under Sir William Phips in 1690. John

Knapp, born 1664, died 1749 of Stamford, Conn., was captain of the

train band in 1716. Nathaniel Knapp, of Newburgh, was in the second

Louisburg expedition, 1758-1759. Samuel Knapp, born 1695, died 1751,

had a son Samuel, born 1722, and his son William and wife Margaret

came to Goshen, N. Y., in 1749. They had nine children, of whom James

and Samuel were killed in the Battle of Minisink, July 22, 1779.

James was forty-three years old and left a widow, whose maiden name

was Hester Drake, and nine children, born between the years

1761-1779. Of these John Knapp (born August 24, 1765, died 1854),

married Eunice Smith, of Goshen, and of their eleven children Virgil,

the youngest, was the father of Charles Albert, who married Emma

Linderman, and are the parents of three children, Jesse, Louis and

Mabel. Jesse married Addie Crawford and Louis married Catherine Bull.

The two sons are engaged in business in New York City.

JAMES W. KNAPP was born at Pine Island, Orange County, December 22,

1831, and died at the age of seventy-six. His wife was a daughter of

Peter N. Ryerson, of Glenwood, N. J., and they were married October

21, 1855. Their six children are Mary, wife of F. E. Tither, of

Florida, N. Y.; Nicholas, of Belmont, N. Y.; Charles, of Goshen,

N. Y.; William, of Pine Island; J. Arthur, of Florida, N. Y., and

Elizabeth, wife of Walter S. Seeley, of Middletown, N. Y.

Mr. Knapp's father, William Knapp, died at the age of eighty-five.

Peter N. Ryerson was born at New Vernon, N. J., September 9, 1814.

His grandfather, Nicholas Ryerson, emigrated from Amsterdam, Holland,

in 1801, and settled on Long Island. Mr. Knapp was a member of the

Presbyterian church of Amity, and for six years served as town

assessor.

SAMUEL L. KNIFFIN, of Goshen, N. Y., was born at Chester in 1843. In

1863 he came to Goshen with his parents, and learned the tinsmith

trade under the tuition of his father, who for many years had charge

of the tinning department for J. W. Corwin & Co. Mr. Kniffin has

remained in the same store, now owned by Kniffin & Hopkins, and for

many years has served as foreman of the tin shop. He married Sarah,

daughter of Gabriel Bennett, of Goshen, and they have a daughter

Carrie, who married Charles B. Coleman, of Goshen. Mr. Kniffin is a

democrat and has served as town clerk of Goshen and for many years

has been village trustee.

WILLIAM KNIFFIN, hardware merchant, of Goshen, N. Y., was born in

Chester, Orange County, in 1855. In 1863 his parents removed to

Goshen, and his father, Samuel M., was tinner for J. W. Corwin & Co.,

there for many years. William secured employment in the same store in

1871, and in 1892 purchased a half interest in the business, the firm

being known as Corwin & Kniffin. In 1902 Edward A. Hopkins purchased

Mr. Corwin's interest and since that time the firm name has been

Kniffin & Hopkins. In politics Mr. Kniffin is a democrat, and has

served the town of Goshen as collector one term.

CHARLES T. KNIGHT, a prominent citizen of Monroe, was born here in

1847. He is a son of Chauncey B. and Mary (Thompson) Knight; the

latter a daughter of Rev. J. J. Thompson, died in 1908. As a young

man Mr. Knight engaged with his father in the feed, coal and lumber

business, and was a member of the firm of C. B. Knight & Co.,

organized in 1868, continuing until 1877, when he was associated for

two years with the provision house of James A. Townsend at Newburgh.

In 1879 the firm of Knight & Conklin was formed and continued the

flour and feed business until 1899. Mr. Knight is now engaged in the

business alone. In 1897 he was appointed postmaster of the village

which was then a fourth-class office. He was reappointed in 1900,

when the office was placed in the third class, and was reappointed to

the position in 1904 and 1908. Mr. Knight served one term as

supervisor of the old town of Monroe and two terms of the new town.

GEORGE KOHL, son of Valentine and Mary Ann (Zeigler) Kohl, natives of

Germany, was born at Middlehope in 1876. After finishing his studies

at the Newburgh schools he entered the general store established in

1869 by his father at Middlehope. In 1898 he engaged in his present

mercantile business and a year later was appointed postmaster of the

village, holding the position continuously to the present time. Mr.

Kohl was collector of the town of Newburgh in 1902 and 1903 and

collector of the school district for seven years. He is accounted not

only a thoroughly trustworthy official, but one of the best citizens

of Middlehope. Socially he is identified with the Newburgh Wheelmen.

HENRY KOHL, corporation counsel of the city of Newburgh and member of

the law firm of McClung & Kohl, was born in Middlehope in 1871, a son

of Valentine and Mary A. (Ziegler) Kohl. After finishing his

preliminary studies he read law in the office of Judge Seeger and was

admitted to the bar in 1894. Mr. Kohl has built up a large clientage

and has acquired especial success and prominence in criminal cases.

Politically Mr. Kohl is a democrat and an ardent worker for the

success of his party, which has honored him with the nomination for

state and county offices.

VALENTINE J. KOHL who is engaged in fruit farming at Middlehope, was

born in the town of Newburgh in 1868, and was educated at the

district schools. In 1897 he purchased his present farm of twenty

acres, all of which is under cultivation, in connection with which he

operates a cider mill, turning out 50,000 gallons annually. Mr. Kohl

held the office of town clerk four years and also served as school

trustee. He is a member of the Grange and the Masonic Lodge No. 309,

Newburgh, and I. O. O. F. He married Charlotte P. Clauson and two

children have been born to them. Valentine Kohl, father of our

subject, was a prosperous merchant and farmer of Middlehope. He died

in 1890.

VALENTINE KOHL, for many years a prosperous merchant of Middle Hope,

N. Y., was born at St. Martens-on-the-Rhine, Germany, where he

received his schooling and learned the shoemaker's trade. Shortly

after his marriage he sailed for America; here he plied his trade for

a few years, and then became interested in the mercantile business at

Middlehope, remaining thus engaged until his death, which occurred in

1890, while he was serving as postmaster. He was appointed to this

office by President Arthur and reappointed by President Harrison, his

term of service in this capacity extending from 1883 until 1890. He

was accounted not only a thoroughly trustworthy official, but one of

the best citizens of Middlehope.

Mr. Kohl was reared in the Catholic faith, but in mature life became

convinced of the truth of protestantism and inclined toward the

Methodist Episcopal tenets, being a regular attendant at the services

of this church. His wife, who was Miss Mary A. Ziegler, was also a

native of Germany. They became the parents of seven children, of whom

four sons are prominent citizens of Orange County, whose personal

sketches are recorded in this history.

WILLIAM J. KOHL, president of the Newburgh city council and former

alderman, of the Third ward, Newburgh, was born in Middlehope, Orange

County, N. Y., May 17, 1874. He attended the public schools and

graduated from the Spencerian Business College, Newburgh. He was

employed for a time in the wholesale provision house of Coles,

Marshall & Co., of that city, and in 1903 established his grocery

store in South street, where he has met with much success. Mr. Kohl

is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Maccabees, Ringgold

Hose Company, a member of the Newburgh Wheelmen and the Mannerchor.

He has always taken an active interest in the affairs of the

democratic party.

WILLIAM ALBERT KORTRIGHT was born at Phillipsburgh, Orange County,

March 4, 1866, and educated at the Port Jervis and Campbell Hall

schools. He left his father's farm and began learning the blacksmith

trade in 1881, engaging in that business at Centerville in 1886,

where he continued one year, and then started at Slate Hill, which he

operated three years. In 1890 he started business in Florida, where

he has since resided. He is a member of Wawayanda Lodge No. 34,

I. O. O. F., the Florida Grange, and of the Methodist church.

Mr. Kortright married Alice Halstead, of South Centerville, and they

have one child, Wardell, who is eighteen years of age.

W. FRANK LAIN--In the annals of the town of Minisink the name of

Lain is a familiar one, as the various generations of this family

have borne an honorable part in the town's development. The first

member to locate in Orange County was William Lain, who came from

Long Island in 1770 and settled in the town of Minisink. His wife was

Keziah, daughter of Increase Mather. Among their children was David,

born in 1791. He spent his entire life on the home farm and died in

his seventy-ninth year.

Gideon Lain, father of W. Frank Lain, died in 1906. He married Mary

Dunning and three sons and one daughter were born to them. W. F.

Lain, who continues the homestead farm of one hundred and seventy

acres near Westtown, was born here in 1859; he finished his studies

at the high school in Cincinnati. He is a member of the Grange, the

Masonic fraternity and republican committeeman from the town of

Minisink.

ROBERT LAWRENCE was born in the city of Birmingham, England, in 1849,

and he acquired his education at the public schools in Birmingham.

His parents came to America in 1864 and settled in Middletown, Orange

County. He was married to Amelia Thornton, of Spring Glenn, Ulster

County, in 1872. They have three children living, Howard R., Cora B.

and Ethel A. Mr. Lawrence has served the city in an efficient manner

as alderman for several years and was president of the common council

during the same period. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.; was

elected mayor in November, 1906, and is still occupying that office.

Mr. Lawrence is a member of St. Paul's church and was superintendent

of the Sunday-school fourteen years.

WILLIAM S. LAYTON was born in Amity, Orange County, January 18, 1871.

After completing his education he assisted on the farm, and has

remained a farmer. His father was one of the first peach growers, for

shipping in the town of Warwick, and his son William now has on his

dairy and fruit farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, peach

orchards containing four thousand trees of the best varieties. He is

a republican, a school trustee, a member of Amity Grange No. 1001, of

Warwick, Lodge No. 544, F. and A. M.. and Wawayanda Lodge No. 34,

I. O. O. F. He married Gertrude H., daughter of James H. and

Catherine Miller, of Florida. February 3, 1892. Their five children,

all at home, are Lawrence, born June 6, 1893; Edgar, born January 3,

1895; Lillian, born October 3, 1896; Helen, born December 8, 1898;

and William Gerald, born September 12, 1901. The father had one

sister, Nettie E., wife of James A. Sammis, of Glenwood, N. J. She

died in 1892.

WILBUR C. LAZEAR was born in 1854 on his father's farm three miles

from Warwick, near New Milford. His father was Cornelius Jones

Lazear, and his mother's maiden name was Elmira Ferrier. In 1867 his

father removed to Warwick and became a partner of Walter Knapp, with

the firm name of Knapp & Lazear, in the undertaking and furniture

business. In 1872 he purchased Mr. Knapp's interest, and when his son

Wilbur's schooling was finished, made him his partner. The father

died January 10, 1892, and Wilbur has continued the business since.

He married Miss Jennie Smith November 5, 1884. Their children are

Cornelius S., Belle, and Ida May. Mr. Lazear is a member of Warwick

Lodge No. 554, F. and A. M., and the Odd Fellows. Mrs. Lazear died

February 11, 1906.

MARTIN E. LEE, a retired farmer, and leading citizen of Westtown, was

born in the town of Minisink in 1846. He is a son of Lewis and

Experience (Teasdale) Lee. His mother was a daughter of ex-Judge

Teasdale, of Sussex, N. J. Of his paternal ancestors his grandfather,

Daniel Lee, participated in the War of 1812, and his great

grandfather, Paul Lee, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Mr.

Lee's life was devoted to the cultivation of a farm of one hundred

and forty acres, which he now rents. He has always taken an active

part in public affairs and is a member of the republican committee of

the town of Minisink. He married Miss Alice, daughter of Dr. A. A.

Seymour. One daughter, Rose, was born to them. She is now the wife of

Philip H. Du Bois, of New Paltz.

ANDREW WRIGHT LENT, attorney of Newburgh and Highland, N. Y., is a

junior member of the law firm of A. D. and A. W. Lent. He is a native

of Highland, N. Y., and was educated at Union College, from which he

graduated in 1904 with the degree of Ph.B. He read law in the office

of his father, Abraham D. Lent and at Albany Law School, was admitted

to the bar in 1906, and has since practiced in Newburgh.

Abraham D. Lent was born at Clinton, Dutchess County in 1850,

attended the Albany Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1874.

Mr. Lent practices at Highland, Ulster County, and has conducted a

law office in Newburgh since 1903.

NELSON BURTON LENT, whose ancestors were among the earliest settlers

of Westchester County, N. Y., author and publisher of the "History of

the Lent Family in the United States, from 1638 to 1902," was born in

the town of Courtlandt, Westchester County, N. Y., May 1, 1856, and

educated in the public schools of his native town. His father was

Nathaniel D. Lent, and his mother's maiden name was Rachel Lent.

Among the families of Westchester County there is none stronger or

more widely distributed than the old Dutch family of Lents. Abraham

De Ryck, who emigrated to the United States from Amsterdam, Holland,

to the Island of Manhattan, in the year 1638, was the father of Ryck

Abrahamson, who took the name of Van Lent. The name is supposed to

have originated from a place called "Lent" in Holland.

Mr. N. B. Lent learned the trade of a compositor with the _Highland

Democrat_ in Peekskill, N. Y. He left Peekskill in 1880, and

associated with his cousin, William C. Tunstall, established and

edited _The Providence Register,_ a weekly newspaper at Scranton, Pa.

He later sold out his interest to Mr. Tunstall, and returned to

Peekskill. He was soon afterward called by the life-long printer and

historian, E. M. Ruttenber, Esq., to Newburgh, N. Y., and was

employed by him in his job printing office. Since 1884 he has been

connected with _The Newburgh Journal._

Mr. Lent was instrumental in instituting the first Patriotic Order of

the Sons of America in Newburgh, N. Y. He represented the order in

the state and national conventions. He was a member of Acme Lodge of

Odd Fellows of Newburgh, and its representative in the Grand Lodge in

1888. He was one of fourteen to organize Canton Woodward No. 32,

Patriarchs Militant, and held the office of clerk, and was

commissioned an aide-de-camp on the staff of General Otis Woodward,

of the Division of Niagara, with rank of captain. He held all the

offices of his lodge to district deputy grand master; has been for

the past twenty-one years a member of Newburgh Lodge No. 309, F. and

A. M.; the Historical Society of the Newburgh Bay and the Highlands;

the Empire State Society, Sons of the American Revolution; and the

American Institute of Civics.

Mr. Lent in politics is a republican. He was one of the United States

Census Enumerators for the city of Newburgh in 1900, and clerk to the

engrossing committee in the State Assembly at Albany, in 1901-1902.

He married Miss Viola Frances, daughter of Herman and Mary Stone, of

Danbury, Conn., December 23, 1881. They have six children, Bertram

Nelson, Winfred Foss, Roland Depew, Hobart Townsend, Sebring Round

and Mildred Stone, all born at Newburgh, N. Y. Mr. Lent in religion

is a Methodist, and a member of Trinity M. E. Church, Newburgh.

CHAUNCEY M. LEONARD was born in Newburgh in the year 1825, and in a

house that occupied the site of the Bigler building at the corner of

Third and Smith streets. He resided here until sixteen years of age,

receiving his education at the Newburgh Academy. In early manhood he

became a member of the old volunteer fire department of New York

while learning his trade of painter. He was elected assistant foreman

of the engine company. At the age of nineteen he married Miss Rebecca

Smith, of New York City, who died two years afterward, leaving a

daughter, who married Thomas K. Rheutan. In 1848 he married Miss Hope

Smith, a sister of his first wife, and had several children.

In 1850 he returned to his native city and continued to reside here

till his death. He was employed as a painter by E. T. Comstock, and

on Mr. Comstock's death in 1859, the firm of Ward & Leonard (Peter

Ward and Chauncey M. Leonard) was formed. James J. Logan afterward

being received into the partnership, the firm became Ward, Leonard &

Co.

Mr. Leonard joined Ringgold Hose Company, No. 1, in 1853. He was

elected assistant foreman, but his ability and experience as a

fireman were such that he was called to fill a position of greater

prominence. In 1861 he was elected chief engineer of the Newburgh

fire department, and at each successive election thereafter was

re-elected to the same office, till March, 1874, when he was called

to take the higher position of mayor of the city.

In 1873 he was a delegate to the democratic state convention, and was

an honorary member of the National Association of Chief Engineers. He

was a member of the Masonic fraternity and well advanced in the

degrees of the order. He died at his residence, 82 Ann street,

Thursday, December 3, 1874.

JAMES J. LEONARD, son of the late Chauncey M. Leonard, was born in

Newburgh, N. Y., October 16, 1872. After graduating from the academy

he entered the office of the Newburgh Register as bookkeeper, and

from 1888 to 1907 was connected with the wholesale grocery house of

Stephen M. Bull, when he formed a partnership with W. E. Doyle, and

under the firm name of Doyle & Leonard is engaged in the wholesale

grocery trade, continuing the business of Mailler & Doyle. Mr.

Leonard has always manifested an active interest in politics and in

1903 was elected to the office of county clerk, serving until 1906.

He is identified with the Masonic fraternity, president and director

of the Wheelmen's Club, member of the City Club and the Ringgold Hose

and Veteran Association and Newburgh Volunteer Association. He

married Mary T. McQuillan, of Newburgh. They have two children,

Chauncey M. and Marion H.

EDWARD G. LITTELL was born in Elmira, N. Y., July 5, 1851. From his

birthplace he went to Rahway, N. J., remained there several years,

and then came to Greycourt, Orange County. He was a fireman on the

Erie Railroad eleven years, had charge of the steam pumps twelve

years, and later operated a sawmill and general store. His great

grandfather was Captain Pratt Littell and he was in the first

skirmish against the British in the War of the Revolution. He lived

in New Jersey at a place called Short Hills.

Edward G. married Ida Bronk Hyte, of Greycourt. Their children are

Elizabeth A., Edward D., of Los Angeles, Cal., William J., Harry M.,

Andrew H., Hattie L., Ida M. and Alfred K. The father is a member of

Standard Lodge No. 711, F. and A. M.; K. of P. Lodge No. 363, of

Chester, and the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. Mr. Littell

has held the office of postmaster at Greycourt for nine years. He is

a member of the Chester Horse Thief Association, and has served twice

on the republican town board.

WILLIAM T. LODGE, who has conducted the Empire House at Montgomery,

N. Y., for thirty-seven years, is one of the representative and

highly respected citizens of Orange County. Mr. Lodge was born in

Ireland, March 26, 1836, and came to America when a lad of fifteen.

He was engaged in farming from 1849 to 1871, when he purchased his

present hotel property. In politics Mr. Lodge is a democrat, and has

for years exerted a great influence in the promotion of its

interests.

Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, and is a

director in the First National Bank of Montgomery. He was one of the

organizers and is a supporter of the Episcopal Chapel, organized

about six years ago in Montgomery. This chapel is a branch of the St.

Andrew's Episcopal Church of Walden.

Mr. Lodge married Miss Catherine Doyle in 1863, and three sons and

three daughters have been born to them--William T. Jr., manager of

the Empire House; Martin D. conducts a gents' furnishing store, and

James A., proprietor of a sales stable for horses and cattle, all

residing in Montgomery.

WILLIAM LOEVEN was born at Honesdale, Pa., September 8, 1861. His

early education was acquired at the public school. He removed to

Orange County in March, 1891, and located at Middletown.

He engaged in business on Fulton street, after which he removed to

Otisville, in January, 1906, and purchased the hotel known as the

Writer Hotel, which he still continues. He married Frances Gehrer, of

Honesdale, Pa., October 16, 1889. Their four children are William,

Jr., Robert, Edward and Elizabeth, all residing at home. In politics

Mr. Loeven is a democrat, and is a member of the F. O. E. Mr. and

Mrs. Loeven are members of the Church of the Holy Name, of Otisville.

CHARLES W. LOOMIS was born at Otisville, Orange County, N. Y. He is a

son of Ephraim Smith Loomis, who was born May 22, 1801, and died

February 27, 1869. His mother died November 19, 1891. Charles W.

attended the district school and assisted his father on the farm,

which has been the Loomis homestead for over a century. He married

Miss Phoebe A. Dunlap, daughter of Riley and Sarah E. Dunlap,

November 28, 1886. Five children were born to this union, Iva Pamela,

born February 17, 1887, died May 19, 1904; Antoinette Evelyn, born

April 17, 1888; Ephraim Smith, born November 9, 1890; Frank Kaufmann,

born October 2, 1894; and Sarah Irene, born February 14, 1898.

In politics Mr. Loomis is a republican. He has held several local

offices, being supervisor of the town fourteen years and justice of

the peace ten years. He is a member of the Otisville Presbyterian

Church and active in religious duties. He is identified with Hoffman

Lodge No. 412, of Middletown, as a member. Mr. Loomis has a good

dairy farm and makes a specialty of truck gardening.

EPHRAIM BEEMER LOTT was born August 25, 1862, at Sussex, N. J. He

attended the district school, after which he worked on a farm until

1887. He then identified himself with the Warwick Valley Milk

Association, where he remained for sixteen years. He is now foreman

of the Warwick branch of the Mutual Milk and Cream Co. He married

Miss Emma Barrett, of Warwick, October 31, 1888. Two children were

born by this union, Mary Lavina, living at home, and one who died in

infancy. Mr. Lott is a member of Wawayanda Lodge No. 34, Odd Fellows,

Independent Order of Red Men, Tuxedo Tribe, No. 322, and Orange

Council No. 112, Jr. O. U. A. M. He is a member of the Methodist

Church of Warwick. In politics he is a democrat. His father, John

Hathorn Lott, died August 11, 1906, at the age of one hundred years

eleven months and five days. There were ten children in his family by

the first wife and nine by his second wife. He was a cooper by trade,

and a great hunter of wild game.

IRVING K. LOUGHRAN, attorney of Walden, N. Y., has for many years

been prominently identified with commercial and public affairs of

Orange County. He is a native of New York and read law with Henry H.

Hustis, of Fishkill-on-Hudson. Since his admission to the bar in 1882

he has practiced law continuously in Walden. Mr. Loughran has held

all the judicial offices in the town of Montgomery and for fourteen

years was justice of the peace. He served for twelve years on the

board of supervisors and two terms as chairman of the board. He is

secretary and director of the Wallkill Valley Electric Co., secretary

of the Wallkill Valley Cemetery Association, secretary and director

of the Schrade Cutlery Co. of Walden, and a member of the New York

Bar Association. He has taken the various chairs in Masonry,

including the Mystic Shrine, and is a member of the Newburgh Lodge of

Elks and Walden Lodge, K. of P.

JAMES B. LOVE, who in 1906 purchased the Dr. Ormsbee farm on the

State road midway between Newburgh and the village of Montgomery, was

born in New York City, and engaged in business there for many years.

He married Miss Maggie Urey and they have two sons, James B., Jr.,

born January, 1905, and John Robert, born March, 1908. Mr. Love and

his family, like many retired New Yorkers, enjoy the freedom of rural

life in Orange County.

HENRY C. LOVELAND was born October 13, 1853, at Chester, Pa. His

father was William W. and mother, Lucinda M. (Atkins) Loveland.

Twelve children were born to this union, nine boys and three girls.

He obtained his early education at the district school at Chester,

and later attended the public school at Napanoch. After his schooling

he was employed in the rolling mills and in 1872 came to Middletown,

learning the machinist trade. In 1878 he associated himself with the

Wheeler, Madden and Clemson Mfg. Co., of Middletown, remaining with

this firm until 1890, then with Clemson Bros. for a period of

seventeen years, after which he has been connected with the National

Saw Co. He was married to Josephine Decker, March 29, 1877. They have

two children.

Stephen D., who married Nellie Clark, of Middletown, have two

children, one son and one daughter, and Hattie, wife of George C.

Brundage. Mr. Loveland is a member of Hoffman Lodge No. 412, F. and

A. M.; Wallkill Council No. 92, Jr. O. U. A. M., and Olympia Council

No. 14, D. of A. In politics he is a republican, and has served the

city faithfully as councilman. The Loveland family are of English

descent and dates back to 1635 in America.

WARREN LOWELL was born in Troy, N. Y., and educated in Albany and New

York City. He was engaged in the milk business for a time and was

later employed by the Union Pacific Railroad. About 1876 he returned

to New York City and associated himself with the Orange County Milk

Co., of which he is now a director, and holds the offices of

secretary and superintendent. The plant at Goshen has facilities for

handling four hundred cans of milk daily. The various creameries

owned by this company have up-to-date machinery for the condensing of

cream. This company was organized in 1860. Mr. Lowell is a member of

Pyramid Lodge No. 490, F. and A. M.; Union Chapter No. 180, York

Commandery No. 55, and the Consistory, all of New York City.

Politically he is a republican. He married Matilda D. Senior, of New

York, September 16, 1885.

OLIVER LOZIER, who is engaged in farming near Savilton, Orange

County, was born in the town of Newburgh in 1837. He attended

district school and the Newburgh Academy and engaged in farming until

1857, when he accepted a position as captain on the Newburgh ferry.

In 1868 he removed to Savilton and purchased his farm of seventy-five

acres. He has served as collector of the town one year and as

supervisor six years. He married Elizabeth Hanmore and five children

were born to them. His son, Frank E., is engaged in the management of

the farm with his father. He married Miss May Palmer, of Ulster

County; they have two children, one son, Elmore, and a daughter.

HARRY ROSS LYDECKER, attorney of Newburgh and Brooklyn, was born in

Yonkers, N. Y., March 4, 1869. Son of Albert and Martha B. (Morrison)

Lydecker; graduated 1887 from Mount St. Mary's Academy; read law in

the office of Colonel William Dickey (now justice of the supreme

court); admitted to the bar in 1893. He has served as counsel of the

Newburgh Electric Railway Co.; corporation counsel of the town of

New Windsor; town counsel of the town of Blooming Grove.

In 1906 Mr. Lydecker opened a law office in Brooklyn, N. Y. In

January, 1907, the law firm of Lydecker and Smith was formed with

offices in Newburgh. Mr. Lydecker is a member of the commandery and

chapter, F. and A. M.; member of the Tenth Separate Company, the

Canoe and Boating Association, the Royal Arcanum, Ringgold Hose and

the Y. M. C. A. In 1891 he married Miss Minnie A. Brown, of Newburgh.

Five children have been born to them.

JOHN McCARTY was born of Irish parentage in Westchester County,

N. Y., and moved to Brooklyn when eighteen years of age. His early

desires were for mercantile pursuits, but he eventually entered the

service of the city of Brooklyn in the municipal board of health. He

later became a clerk to Justice Walsh, which position he retained for

some years, relinquishing this eventually to become alderman, serving

on important committees while remaining in the board, and becoming

also its presiding officer. He has dealt largely in Brooklyn real

estate. He was nominated in 1891 to succeed John C. Jacobs, and was

elected by over 16,000 plurality. Mr. McCarty was also a member of

the committee on railroads, committee on insurance, manufactures, and

was chairman of the committee on state prisons, and of the committee

on public buildings. In politics he was a staunch democrat and

represented the second senatorial district. He was a great admirer

and owner of many fine horses, among them being Joe Patchen, which he

purchased in 1889, since which time that noted horse has been kept at

his stables at Goshen, N. Y. John McCarty was a son of Hugh McCarty,

born in 1815 at County Down, Ireland, where he received a common

school education. He came to America in February, 1834, and learned

the mason trade at an early age. Returning to his native country he

married Sarah Rogers, also of County Down, Ireland. He at once

returned to America, settling in Westchester County, N. Y. He was

largely identified with the building of High Bridge connecting New

York and Harlem. Mr. McCarty was contractor for the masonry and

personally laid the corner stone of the bridge. The trowel used in

laying the cornerstone is now in possession of his daughter. Mr.

McCarty owned his own quarries and the stone used in the High Bridge

was transported on his own sloops for this as well as the Brooklyn

navy yard and other contracts. He was a philanthropic man and gave

large contributions to St. Mary's-on-the-Hudson at Cold Spring. There

were five children born to the union, Ellen, John, Mary, Thomas and

Sarah A. The latter now resides at their summer home in Goshen and in

Brooklyn during the winter months. He married Marguerite I. Murphy,

of New York City, and died October 20, 1905.

HON. BENJAMIN McCLUNG, mayor of the city of Newburgh, N. Y., and a

prominent member of the Orange County Bar, was born in the town of

New Windsor in 1867, a son of Samuel and Margaret (Upright) McClung.

After finishing his preliminary education at the Newburgh Academy and

Siglar's Preparatory School, he entered the law department of the

University of New York, graduating in 1891 with the degree of LL.B.

Mr. McClung practiced law in New York City for a short time, and in

the same year, 1891, opened an office in Newburgh. He was for a time

associated in practice with Hon. Russell Headley and in 1906 the law

firm of McClung & Kohl was formed.

For many years Mr. McClung has been prominently identified with the

affairs of the democratic party, which nominated him for member of

assembly. In 1907 he was selected to head the democratic ticket in

Newburgh, and November 5 was elected mayor by the substantial

majority of 574 votes. Mayor McClung was inaugurated March, 1908, the

first democrat to occupy that office in a period of eighteen years.

Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity, the Elks,

Foresters and the City Club.

JOHN D. McCOACH, chief of police of the city of Middletown, was born

in Bethel, Sullivan County, N. Y., in 1876 and educated at the public

schools in Bethel, where he graduated. He came to Middletown in June,

1896, in his twenty-first year, and after serving six years as driver

of a mail wagon, which duty he faithfully performed, he was appointed

patrolman on the Middletown police force. In 1907 he was appointed

chief of the Middletown police, which position he now holds.

Politically he is a republican. Socially he is a member of Hoffman

Lodge No. 412, F. and A. M., and Midland Chapter No. 240, R. A. M. He

married Miss Lucy Barber, of Monticello, Sullivan County, and of this

union two children have been born, Elmer E., born June 21, 1904, and

Mildred O., born October 10, 1905. As befits one in his position Mr.

McCoach is a man of varied learning and accomplishments, and withal a

man of affairs, of keen perception and fair-minded. He is

particularly well informed in local and Masonic matters.

ROBERT WORKMAN McCREADY, a prominent contractor at Tuxedo Park, is a

resident of Sloatsburg, Rockland County. Mr. McCready was born at

Belfast, in the North of Ireland, in 1862, a son of James and Mary

(McIlveen) McCready, of Scotch descent. He attended the schools of

Belfast and in 1882 received his certificate from the Government

School of Art. He then spent a year with Harland & Wolf,

shipbuilders, obtaining his certificate as joiner. In 1884 he came to

Fall River, Mass., where he was employed as a carpenter one year.

After a visit to his native place he again came to America in 1886

and was employed by Mead & Taft at Tuxedo. Two years later he formed

a co-partnership with William M. Finch to conduct a general

contracting and building business under the firm name of McCready &

Finch. Their business developed rapidly and employment given to from

three to four hundred men, erecting many of the most substantial

buildings in Tuxedo Park, including the homes of Ambrose Monell,

W. B. Densmore, W. B. Garrison, J. Henry Smith, a private school in

the Park costing $35,000, and the $30,000 school in the village. He

also rebuilt the Episcopal church. In 1905 Mr. McCready purchased Mr.

Finch's interest in the business and is now conducting it alone. Mr.

McCready has now under contract to erect in Tuxedo Park a residence

for C. W. Clinton, of the firm of Clinton & Russell, architects, of

Nassau street, New York; a Methodist church at Sloatsburg, an

extension to William M. V. Hoffman's house, and alterations to A. D.

Julliard's house, Tuxedo Park.

Mr. McCready is a member of numerous fraternal organizations,

including Scottish Rite Masons and the Mystic Shrine. In 1889 he

married Mary, daughter of John Finch, of Sloatsburg. They have two

children--Olive and Robert Halsey.

JOHN W. McCULLOUGH, who for many years was engaged in the tobacco

business in Water street, was born in Newburgh in 1819 and died in

1892. After finishing his studies at the high school he learned the

tobacconist trade and engaged in the wholesale and retail business

for himself at 93 Front street, in 1845, where he continued until

1873, when he purchased the premises at 68 and 70 Water street, where

the business was continued by his son, John R. McCullough, up to the

time of his death, July 31, 1907. Mr. McCullough was for many years

an elder in the First Reformed Presbyterian Church, and also

performed the duties of treasurer. In his long business career in his

native place Mr. McCullough's name was a synonym for integrity and

honorable dealings. John R. McCullough was born July 15, 1846. He was

engaged in the drug business for a few years on Broadway, previous to

engaging in the tobacco business with his father. He was a director

of Quassaick National Bank, and Woodlawn Cemetery Association. He was

treasurer of Union Church, and president of the board of water

commissioners. He married Miss Marion Muir, who died September 18,

1900. Four children were born to them. John W., Jr., died November 6,

1888. Frederick R. continues the tobacco business in Water street.

FRED S. McDOWELL, supervisor of the town of Newburgh, was born in

Newburgh in 1865; a son of James and Agnes (Frew) McDowell. As a

young man he was engaged in the butchering business with his father

and then entered the employ of Armour & Co. for two years as

salesman, following which he conducted a meat market on Broadway

three years. Since 1893 he has been one of the proprietors of the

Newburgh Rendering Co.

Mr. McDowell is prominent in fraternal organizations. He is past

master of Newburgh Lodge, F. and A. M., a member of Highland Chapter,

Hudson River Commandery and the Mecca Temple. He is also past grand

of Acme Lodge, I. O. O. F., and in 1907 was chosen district deputy of

Orange District No. 1 of the Odd Fellows. He married Miss Jennie

Whitaker, of New Windsor.

RALPH L. McGEOCH, M.D., a successful physician, residing and

practicing in Goshen, N. Y., was born at Shushan, Washington County,

N. Y., December 1, 1867. He was educated at Cambridge Washington

Academy and Fort Edward Collegiate Institute. He entered the New York

Homeopathic College in 1891 and graduated May 3, 1894, after which he

came to Goshen, where he has since practiced. Dr. McGeoch is a member

of the New York State Homeopathic Medical Society, the Tri-County

Homeopathic Medical Society, the Orange County Medical Society, the

New York State Medical Association, and the New York Homeopathic

Alumni Association. On June 9, 1897, he was joined in marriage with

Sarah W. Coleman.

JAMES D. McGIFFERT, clerk of Orange County, N. Y., was born and

educated in Newburgh. As a young man he was employed by the Oakley

Soap Co., in Washington street. Since he became a voter he has

manifested an active interest in politics, the first office to which

he was elected being that of assessor from the First Ward. He served

as city collector of Newburgh from 1897 to 1906. In his dealings with

the public in this capacity he was uniformly courteous and

considerate. He was for two years master of Newburgh Lodge No. 309,

F. and A. M., and its secretary ten years. He is excellent high

priest of Highland Chapter No. 52, R. A. M.; also a member of Hudson

River Commandery No. 35, Knights Templar. He is prominently

identified with the Odd Fellows and firemanic circles. He was elected

to the office of county clerk November, 1906, running over a thousand

votes ahead of his ticket.

HENRY JAMES McKINNEY, was born at the family homestead in the town of

Crawford, Orange County, April 10, 1854, and died at his residence in

Pine Bush, N. Y., September 24, 1907. He was the third son of Luther

and Maria (Morrison) McKinney. Following the death of his father he

bought the homestead and continued thereon until 1892, when he

removed to Pine Bush. In 1895 he engaged in the lumber, feed and coal

business, which he conducted with much success for nearly twelve

years, his business career being marked by courtesy and sterling

honesty. On September 7, 1892, he married Miss Kate Woodworth

Kapelye, who with three daughters survive him.

Mr. McKinney always manifested an active interest in the moral and

intellectual advancement of his community. His death entailed the

loss of a public-spirited citizen and Christian gentleman.

JOHN L. McKINNEY, postmaster at Pine Bush, was born on the homestead

farm in the town of Crawford, Orange County, March 6, 1856; a son of

Luther and Maria (Morrison) McKinney. He attended the schools of his

native town and two terms at Professor Bank's private school in

Newburgh. He has been engaged in business at Pine Bush since 1886.

His first venture there was in conducting the flour mill, in which he

continued five years. In 1891 he became a member of the firm of

Armstrong & McKinney, dealers in general merchandise and drugs, where

he remained about eight years. He then formed a partnership with Mr.

J. E. Ward in the conduct of a hardware store. In 1904 he purchased

Mr. Ward's interest and continues the business alone. Mr. McKinney,

who is prominent in republican politics, received the appointment of

postmaster under President McKinley, June 28, 1897. He is a member of

the Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as elder for many

years.

WILLIAM L. McKINNEY, a respected citizen of Montgomery, N. Y., has

been identified with the affairs of that village for nearly half a

century. He was born in the town of Montgomery in 1825, a son of

Benjamin W. and Hannah (Hunt) McKinney. He has resided in the village

since 1845 and in 1854 married Eliza Tindall, a member of one of

Orange County's old families. One child, who died in infancy, was

born to them. In 1860 Mr. McKinney was elected trustee of the village

and in 1862 was appointed president of the corporation, holding that

office three years, when he was appointed clerk of the village, which

position he faithfully occupied for thirty-six years, resigning in

1901, since which time he has lived in retirement. His counsel is

frequently sought in matters pertaining to the village. Mr. McKinney

has been a member of the Presbyterian Church since 1867.

ROBERT J. McVOY, deceased, was one of the prominent agriculturists of

Orange County. He was of Irish parentage. His father Hugh and mother

Martha (Glascow) McVoy came from Ireland at an early period. Robert

was born July 12, 1847, at Jackson's Corners, what was then Goshen.

He attended the district and public school at Goshen, and assisted

his father on the farm until the age of eighteen years. He rented

farms at Bullville, Stony Ford, and Hamptonburgh successively for

twenty-one years. He then purchased the late Theodore Jackson's farm,

remaining there until his death, which occurred April 26, 1895. Mr.

McVoy was united in marriage to Miss Alnetta Pierson Gillespie, of

Montgomery, June 10, 1885. Two children were born by this union,

Charles Felter, born August 21, 1886, and Sarah Maretta, born

September 14, 1888, both residing at home. Mr. McVoy was a member of

Wallkill Lodge, F. and A. M., and Court Wallkill, Foresters of

America. He was a democrat and served as town collector several

terms.

EDWARD MAIDMENT, of Warwick, was born at Shropshire, England, in

1840, and came to America with his parents when six years of age. The

family located in Albany, where his father, Edward, established a

bakery and confectionery business. He built up a large business and

during the Civil War supplied the government with his goods.

Edward graduated from the Seward Institute as a civil engineer and

for many years was in the engineering department of the N. Y. C.

R. R. He later became manager for the Raritan Woolen Mills Co. and

resided in Chicago. Since 1904 he has lived in retirement on his

farm, the old Galloway homestead, in Warwick. He married Louisa

Galloway and has three children, Alexander H. G., a lawyer of

Hackensack, N. J.; Edward P., manager for Krause Milling Co.,

Milwaukee, Wis., for eastern New York and northern New Jersey, who

resides at the homestead and also conducts a dairy business.

Alexander H. Galloway, Mrs. Maidment's father, was for many years one

of Warwick's most important and progressive citizens, and promoted

many financial institutions. He established the first creamery in

Warwick, known as the Warwick Valley Milk Association. He was also

interested in all social and religious projects. He died in 1884,

survived by his wife, Hannah Louisa, who died March 9, 1907, aged

ninety years.

W. H. MAILLER, senior member of the firm of W. H. & G. B. Mailler,

was born in Cornwall in 1861. His father, Charles C. Mailler, was

engaged in farming at Mountainville. After W. H. finished his

schooling he spent two years in Brooklyn, and for a like period was

in the employ of Samuel Ramsay. On April 1, 1886, he established his

present meat market and in 1888 his brother George B. became a

partner. Mr. W. H. Mailler married Miss Sophia J. Preston and three

sons have been born to them. He has served as trustee of the village

and school boards; also of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of

the Knights of Pythias, and the Order of American Mechanics. For

twenty years he has been trustee of the local fire company. George B.

Mailler is also actively identified with affairs of Cornwall village,

and is a director of the Cornwall Savings Bank.

CHARLES E. MANCE, member of assembly from this district, was born in

Ulster County, November 28, 1852, the place of his birth being then

called Mance Settlement and now Cragsmoor. He came to Middletown with

his parents when fourteen years of age, and has since that time made

that city his home. After his district school education he attended

the Middletown Public School. He served an apprenticeship in sign and

ornamental painting, and later became a partner of H. J. Randall,

with the firm name of Randall & Mance, which ended in 1878, when he

was made assistant foreman in the painting department of the New

York, Ontario & Western Railroad, and in June, 1883, was appointed

master painter. His public service began with his election on the

republican ticket as alderman from Middletown's Second ward in 1892.

He was chosen president of the common council, and as such became

acting mayor, after the death of Mayor Berry in 1897, for one year

and four months. In 1900 he was elected mayor and served two terms.

In 1906 the republicans elected him member of assembly and Speaker

Wadsworth appointed him on the committees of agriculture, federal

relations and fish and game. He is a member of Lancelot Lodge No.

169, K. of P., the Old Orchard Club, and an honorary member of Eagle

Chemical Engine Co., of which he was foreman four years, and was

first assistant chief of the Middletown Fire Department two years. He

married Miss Augusta, daughter of Angus and Maria Taylor, May 28,

1874. They have two children, Frank A., who married Miss Belle

Forrester, of Providence, R. I., and Mabel, wife of D. H. Ackerman,

of Passaic, N. J. Charles E. is the only living of the seven children

of John S. and Margaret Wilkinson Mance.

HIRAM G. MANN was born in 1839, July 11, at Florida, Orange County.

His father was Hiram, and mother, Phoebe Cherry. They had eleven

children. When Mr. Mann was ten years old his parents moved to

Bellvale, Orange County, locating on a farm. Mr. Mann, in connection

with farming, does pruning and rustic work, and his work may be seen

at many of the finest places in Warwick and vicinity. He married

Anna Royce, of Bellvale in 1863, March 18. Seven children have been

born to this union and only one is living, Charles Mann, residing in

New York, who follows civil engineering as a profession.

Mr. Mann takes an active part in local affairs and has been an ardent

worker in politics. He is a republican, but never aspired to office.

He served his country in the Civil War from September 10, 1861, to

December 9, 1865. He is a member of the G. A. R.

ALBERT MANNING was born in the town of Greenville, Orange County,

February 2, 1864. He attended the district school and graduated from

the Port Jervis Academy in 1883. He taught school for three years,

after which he was engaged in New York City for a period of six years

in the manufacturing of bank and office fixtures. In 1897 he returned

to the homestead, and assumed the management of the farm. Mr. Manning

married Miss Hattie E. Green, daughter of Osmer B. Green and Harriet

A. Thorn, of Otisville, N. Y., September 20, 1888. To this union one

son, Frank LeRoy, was born, March 4, 1898.

Socially Mr. Manning is a member of Hoffman Lodge No. 412, F. and

A. M., of Middletown, Concordia Council, Royal Arcanum and Modern

Woodmen of America. He is master of Pomona Grange of Orange County.

His father, Ephraim Manning, was born in the town of Greenville, this

county, December 11, 1839, on the old homestead, which was purchased

by Benjamin Manning, his grandfather, who was of English descent.

After completing his studies in the common school Ephraim attended

the academy at Mount Rose, Pa.

He married Miss Caroline A. Rundle, of Greenville, November 21, 1861.

To this union were born two children, Albert and Eva K., wife of

Abraham Wyekoff, residing in New Jersey.

HULET MANNING, a successful agriculturist residing in the town of

Greenville, was born in that town August 2, 1843. He is a son of John

and Mary Ann (Smith) Manning, and has always resided on the farm

formerly owned by his father. Mr. Manning is a member of Shawangunk

Grange of Greenville, and a director of the Patrons of Husbandry,

Fire Relief Association of Orange and Ulster Counties. In politics he

is a republican and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He

married Elizabeth M., daughter of Alexander Remey, of Greenville, on

December 23, 1864. Four children were born to this union, Hattie A.,

married Clement Van Etten, a farmer in Greenville; J. Edgar married

Elsie Roberts, of Montclair, N. J., and is in business in New York;

Mary A. married Bartow W. Bull, a farmer at Stony Ford, N. Y., and

Clara D. married Theron Shute, a farmer in Greenville.

CHARLES WILLIS MANY, M.D., born May 10, 1868, at Goshen, Orange

County, N. Y., is the son of Charles Matthews Many and Eliza Anna

Francisco; grandson of John Vicary Many and Jane Howell Johnson,

great grandson of Peter Johnson and Bethia Horton, and great-great-grandson

of Thomas Horton and Susana Conklin. Thomas Horton acted as captain in

Lieutenant-Colonel Marvin's regiment. Mr. Many is also great grandson

of Barnabas Many and Mary Vicary and great-great-grandson of Annie

Everet and Barnabas Many; the latter was a private soldier in the

Revolutionary War. He assisted in signing articles of association in

1775 and served on the committee of safety and observation. When Mr.

Many was one year old his family moved to Brooklyn, where he received

his early training in the public schools and in Stafford private

school. His mother died when he was sixteen, after which time he

traveled extensively with his father. He began to read medicine very

early in life and after leaving Brooklyn attended school at Wesleyan

Academy, Wilbraham, Mass. He also attended the Long Island College

Hospital, from which he graduated in the year 1894. On his graduation

from the medical college he received a special diploma in physical

diagnosis. He began practice immediately. In 1888 he married Miss

Wilhelmina Martin, of Liberty, N. Y., whose ancestors were among the

first to settle in Sullivan County. They soon afterward took up their

residence in Florida, N. Y., where they have since remained. His three

children are Lillian Grace, Clinton Alpheus and Myrtle June Many. Dr.

Many has become medical examiner for the leading life insurance

companies and in 1905 was appointed town physician. He is a member of

the State Medical Association and the Orange County Medical Society.

He is also a member of the Empire State Society of the Sons of American

Revolution. In 1889 Dr. Many joined the Warwick Masonic Lodge,

serving as senior deacon in 1900, senior warden in 1901, master in

1902-1903, assistant grand lecturer in 1904, and district deputy

grand master in 1905-1906. It was during the last-named period that

initiative steps were taken for the establishment of Lorillard Lodge

at Tuxedo Park, a matter in which he was greatly interested and for

which he labored diligently. In 1903 he was admitted to membership in

Highland Chapter No. 52, R. A. M., Newburgh, N. Y.

A. W. MAPES, secretary of the Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., of Newburgh,

was born in the town of Blooming Grove, his father, the late Edward

Mapes, removing to Newburgh in 1854. Mr. Mapes is a graduate of the

Newburgh Academy, class of 1857. His business education was acquired

in the Highland Bank of Newburgh. While so employed he married Sarah

E., daughter of the late John Parsons. This was at the beginning of

the Rebellion, and soon after marriage he entered the United States

Navy as paymaster's clerk. His war record runs from March 10, 1862,

until September 30, 1866. A portion of this time was spent at the

Brooklyn Navy yard, to which he was detailed because of his thorough

knowledge of accounts.

During the later years of the war, and for over a year after its

close he was attached to the United States frigate "Susquehanna."

Upon resigning from the Navy he engaged in the mercantile business in

New York City until 1883, when he returned to Newburgh as a member of

the firm of Barnes & Mapes, provision dealers, at 62 and 64 Water

street.

Mr. Mapes's health having become impaired, this partnership was

dissolved in December, 1890. After a year's rest, Mr. Mapes again

entered business life by assisting in the organization of the

Coldwell Lawn Mower Co., of Newburgh. From the beginning of this

business he has been a director and has taken an active part in

building up a large trade. He attends especially to the New England

and foreign branches of the business, spending the autumn months

traveling throughout the eastern states and about four months each

winter and spring in Europe.

ELMER L. MAPES was born on the homestead farm near Middletown,

October 27, 1885. He attended the public school at Middletown, after

which he worked at the glass cutting trade for two years. In

connection with A. M. Horton he purchased the retail cigar and

tobacco business of G. W. Bross. This partnership continued until

November, 1907, when Mr. Mapes purchased Mr. Horton's interest and

has since conducted the business. He married Miss Grace M. Wells, of

Elmira, N. Y., June 27, 1907. Their one child, Erdean Harriett, was

born June 13, 1908. Mr. Mapes is a member of Wallkill Council No. 92,

Jr. O. U. A. M., and the Wallkill River Grange. In politics he is

independent.

NELSON B. MAPES, who for the past fifty years has held the position

of station agent for the Erie Railroad at Howells, Orange County, was

born in the town of Wallkill, March 19, 1829. His father was John V.

and mother Mary (Reeves) Mapes. Of their children Jeannette married

Stephen Mapes, of Mount Hope, N. Y.; Albert Mapes living in

Middletown, N. Y.; Nelson B. married Lucinda Mapes in 1853. Mr.

Mapes served as justice of the peace in District No. 2 in the town of

Wallkill for thirty years. With the Congregational Church our subject

holds membership and has been an active member of the Howells Church

for sixty years. Mr. Mapes was born on the farm and owned a farm

previous to entering the employ of the Erie Railroad.

His father was an agriculturist and belonged to the Whig party.

During the Civil War Mr. Mapes read the papers and dispatches to the

crowd that always congregated at the depot to receive news from the

front.

ROBERT D. MAPES was born at Howells Depot, Orange County, N. Y.,

September 14, 1862. He was reared on the home farm where he remained

until 1886. In 1877 he engaged in the milk business in Middletown

with his father, which partnership continued until 1886. He then

purchased the interest of his father and continued the business alone

until 1901. He is now in the livery business which he established in

1900. He married Miss Margaret Isabella Axford, of Howells, in 1886.

She died March 24, 1901. He was again married June 15, 1902, to

Hannah Eleanor Thompson, of Akron, Ohio. In politics he is a

republican and takes an interest in matters pertaining to the town.

He has served at different times as inspector of election.

SAMUEL MAPES, SR., on the 14th day of February, 1735, came to this

town and settled on a portion of a tract of land of six hundred and

forty acres, a portion of which the railroad station at Howells is

now located on. He descended from a family originally immigrants from

Wales, and since his settlement here the different generations have

been noted for the great longevity of the members of the various

families. It was nothing unusual to hear that many of them lived

beyond eighty years, and frequently beyond ninety, and Selah R.

Corwin, of Middletown, whose mother was Priscilla Mapes, was born

December 29, 1809, and is now active and can be seen upon the streets

almost any clear day at this time.

The name carried with it the characteristics of sturdiness, honesty

and piety, and not inclined to seek public office.

At one time the family was so numerous that a portion of the town of

Mount Hope was called Mapestown, but that name long since

disappeared; however, there are many of their descendants yet living

in this vicinity, although a large number are engaged in business in

various other states.

JESSE DURLAND MARS, a successful medical practitioner, and one of the

youngest in this profession in the county, was born September 7,

1880, at Bellvale, Orange County, N. Y. His parents, when the boy was

still at an early age, removed to Florida, N. Y., where they reside

at the present time. He first attended school at the Florida Academy,

later entering the S. S. Seward Institute, from which he graduated in

1898. The two years immediately following were spent in teaching in

order to prepare himself financially for college. In the fall of 1900

the young man entered the medical department of the University of

Michigan. He always maintained a high average in his medical course

and at his graduation in June, 1904, stood among the first in a class

of one hundred. He successfully competed for an internship in the

University Hospital at Ann Arbor, Mich., and spent the year 1904-1905

in that capacity. In order to further round cut his medical knowledge

and experience a six-months' course in the Metropolitan Hospital in

New York City was entered upon. Later on he was resident physician in

the Jamaica Hospital, at Jamaica, Long Island.

At the beginning of the year 1906 Dr. Mars returned to Florida, where

he had spent his youth, and began the practice of his chosen

profession. He soon identified himself with the Orange County Medical

Society, the New York Medical Society, and the American Medical

Association, in all of which he is actively interested.

His father, Stephen Mars, was born in Germany in 1843. When

twenty-two years of age he came to America, located in Orange County,

and engaged in farming. In 1872 he married Annie Mary DeGraw, a

native of Orange County. Eight children were born to this couple,

Jesse D., the subject of this sketch, being the fifth.

On December 10, 1907, Dr. Mars married Estelle Otis, the second

youngest daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth W. Otis. The Otis family is

among the earliest residents of Orange County, the ancestors of Mrs.

Mars having come over in the Mayflower. Dr. and Mrs. Mars now occupy

the property of the late James A. Boyd.

JAMES G. MARTIN, of Middletown, was born of Irish parentage in

Dublin, Ireland, February 1, 1852. He is a son of John and Ann

Martin. His father and also his grandfather were architects and

builders in the old country. His father died in Australia about 1880.

The subject of this sketch was educated at Clongeswood College in

Dublin, Ireland. He came to America in 1869, settling in Middletown,

Orange County. He identified himself with Howell Hinchman & Co.,

remaining there a brief period, and then worked as journeyman at the

moulder's trade for four years. In 1891 he formed a partnership with

Thomas H. Butler and under the firm name of Butler & Martin built the

present commodious shops. After a year Mr. Martin purchased his

partner's interest and has since continued the business alone. In

November, 1871, he married Miss Mary A. Cunningham, of Middletown;

her death occurred in October, 1886. Five children were born by this

union. He chose for his second wife Mrs. Annie (Houston) Kilbride, of

Middletown, and they are the parents of two children. In local

politics Mr. Martin takes an active part. He is a democrat and has

served as supervisor. He is a member of the Port Jervis B. P. O. E.

No. 645, the Knights of Columbus, and is an active member of St.

Joseph's Catholic Church of Middletown.

CAPTAIN THOMAS S. MARVEL, head of the iron shipbuilding and

engineering works which bears his name, was born in New York City,

May 16, 1834. His father, who was a shipbuilder, came to Newburgh in

1836 and established a ship yard. Thomas S. was apprenticed to the

trade of ship carpentry and at the age of twenty-one began business

for himself. When the Civil War was declared he quited his business

and raised a company which was mustered in October 28, 1861, as

Company A, 56th New York Volunteers, with Captain Marvel in command.

After serving fifteen months he resumed business in Newburgh, and

with the exception of a few years spent in Staten Island has

continued to make that city his home. In 1877 he engaged with Ward,

Stanton & Co., to superintend the construction of their vessels.

After the failure of this firm, Captain Marvel formed a partnership

with John Delany to operate a ship yard. The business developed

rapidly and has for years been one of the most important industries

in Newburgh, giving employment to about two hundred and fifty men.

The present officers of the company are: Thomas S. Marvel, president;

Harry A. Marvel, vice-president and treasurer, and T. S. Marvel, Jr.,

secretary. The capital of the concern is $300,000.

Captain Marvel in 1861 married Hattie, daughter of John Burns, of

Monroe, N. Y. They became the parents of two sons and two daughters.

HARRY A. MARVEL, superintendent of the T. S. Marvel Shipbuilding Co.,

a sketch of which appears elsewhere, was born in 1865 at Staten

Island, and is a son of Captain Thomas S. and Hattie (Burns) Marvel.

Since finishing his studies at the Newburgh Academy Harry has been

associated with his father in the important industry of steel

shipbuilding. Socially he is identified with the Masonic fraternity

of Newburgh. He married Miss Katherine Vought, of Cornwall, and two

children have been born to them.

F. N. MASON, a prominent business man of Port Jervis, N. Y., has

resided there since 1860. After finishing his studies at the public

schools he engaged with Mr. George Lea in the drug business and in

1875 entered the New York College of Pharmacy. He was subsequently in

the employ of Mr. Lea, until 1888, when he became his partner, and in

1891 bought Mr. Lea's interest and continued the business alone until

1902, when his son became his partner.

Mr. Mason is a director of the National Bank of Port Jervis;

president of the Port Jervis Telephone Co., and director of the Port

Jervis Real Estate and Loan Association. He served two terms as

trustee of the village and is now alderman of the city. In fraternal

circles he is identified with the Masons, Elks and Odd Fellows. Mr.

Mason married Miss Phoebe C. Everett and their son Mariner H. is the

only child.

MICHAEL MAYER, manufacturer of cut glass in Port Jervis, N. Y., was

born in the French province of Alsace-Lorraine in 1849 and came to

America in 1866, locating in Brooklyn, N. Y. He operated a cut glass

factory in that city until 1895, when he moved his plant to Port

Jervis, N. Y., in the building formerly occupied by the Orange County

Flint Glass Works. This concern is now one of the most important

industries in the county. In 1871 Mr. Mayer was joined in marriage

with Madeline Miller, a native of the same province as himself. The

ceremony was performed in Brooklyn. Mrs. Mayer died in 1900. He chose

for his second wife Mrs. Eva Krell in 1904, who died in 1906. By his

first wife Mr. Mayer had four children: George, of Brooklyn, N. Y.;

Edward, associated with his father as manager of the factory;

Madeline, wife of John W. Kelley, of Port Jervis, and Josephine,

wife of Wm. P. Gregg, of Port Jervis. In politics Mr. Mayer is a

republican and holds the office of supervisor of the First Ward. He

is a member of Port Jervis Lodge No. 645, B. P. O. E., and a director

of the Port Jervis B. & L. Association No. 1. The family attends the

Church of the Sacred Heart of Port Jervis.

CHARLES L. MEAD, LL.B., was born August 27, 1851, in the town of

Wawayanda, Orange County, N. Y. His father, William H. Mead, was also

a native of the town. The subject of this sketch, the eldest of the

family, remained at home until fourteen years of age, when he became

a student at the Wallkill Academy. He took a course at Claverack

College, Columbia County, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1873. He

then entered Princeton with the class of '77, where he was a student

for two years. He entered Columbia Law School in New York in 1875,

graduating in 1877 with the degree of LL.B., after which he opened a

law office at Goshen, N. Y. In 1892 he was elected county treasurer.

Mr. Mead married Miss Fannie Tuthill, of Middletown, N. Y., June 5,

1878. He is a member of the Sons of the Revolution and a republican.

He has represented his party in various conventions and was

councilman for several years.

WALTER J. MEAD, president of the Montgomery & Erie Railroad, was born

in Montgomery, February 16, 1824, a son of Walter and Elsie (Monell)

Mead. As a young man he engaged in the grist mill business with his

father and continued in that industry for forty or fifty years. Mr.

Mead has been closely identified with the Montgomery and Erie

Railroad, holding the office of superintendent, secretary,

vice-president and president. He has also been very active in

promoting educational matters in the village and served many years as

trustee of the village school board, and president of the village

board of trustees. Mr. Mead has been twice married; by his first

wife, who was Laura C. Benedict, he had three children. For his

second wife he chose Mrs. Ketura M. Miller, daughter of Henry W.

Thompson, a prominent citizen of Goshen.

ALEXANDER MERRITT, a well-known undertaker and embalmer of

Middletown, was born in the town of Blooming Grove, June 30, 1847.

When fourteen years of age he came to Middletown and learned the

carpenters' trade, which he followed seven years. In 1874 he engaged

with his father-in-law, W. H. Knapp, as an assistant in his

undertaking establishment, remaining with him until 1881, when he

embarked in the cabinet manufacturing business. On March 1, 1891, he

entered into partnership with W. Nelson Knapp in the establishment of

an undertaking business, and eleven years from that time purchased

Mr. Knapp's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. He

is a member of Hoffman Lodge No. 412, F. & A. M.; Middletown Lodge

No. 112, I. O. O. F.; Concord Council No. 1077; Royal Arcanum and

Launcelot Lodge No. 169, K. O. P.

Mr. Merritt married Miss May A. Knapp, September 3, 1873, and they

have three children: Clarence N., married Ella Groo, and resides in

Paterson, N. J.; Lulu May, married Robert Terhune, resides at East

Orange, N. J., and Walter K., who married Frances H. Darbee, of

Middletown. Walter assists his father in the management of the

undertaking business.

THEODORE MERRITT represents the fifth generation of George Merritt

and Glorianna Purday, who located in the town of Newburgh, 1747.

Homestead at Middlehope, purchased by Humphry Merritt, 1758, now in

possession of Daniel H. Merritt. Theodore in 1853 entered employ of

John R. Gorham as druggist's clerk. In 1859 he purchased the business

of John F. Van Nort and became his successor. In 1866 he purchased

the property at 40 Water street, where the wholesale and retail drug

business has since been conducted. In 1898 Mr. Merritt retired from

active management and the firm of Theodore Merritt & Sons continued,

composed of George H., Hiram and Theodore A. Merritt.

On July 17, 1907, George H. and Hiram purchased the interest of

Theodore A. in the business, and now conduct it under the name of

Theodore Merritt's Sons.

CHARLES S. MILES was born July 19, 1870, near Lake Station, Orange

County. His father was William J., and his mother Elizabeth (Doty)

Miles. Four children were born to this union: George E., born 1862;

Edward D., born 1867; Charles S., and Mary E., born 1874, the wife of

James Fintze, of Newark, Ohio. Mr. Miles acquired his education at

the Warwick public school, after which he learned the printers'

trade. He was identified with the county newspapers, also papers in

New York and Brooklyn. He has been connected with the O. & W. Motive

Power Department and the Road Department. He was married December 7,

1892, to Miss Minnie E. Shove, of Middletown, daughter of George and

Julia Shove. Two children have blessed this union: Victor Edward,

died at the age of thirteen months, and George W., born September 17,

1895. Socially he belongs to the O. & W. Shop Employees' Relief and

Benefit Association, and is recording secretary of the Jr. O. U.

A. M., Wallkill Council No. 92. He is a member and usher of the

Methodist Church of Middletown. Mr. Miles was elected city treasurer

in 1907.

Dr. JAMES J. MILLS is a native of Orange County, N. Y., and one of

its leading professional men. He was born at Mount Hope, May 9, 1851.

He is a son of Hon. Andrew J. Mills and Maria (Green) Mills and a

descendant of Timothy Mills, an early settler of Long Island, whose

son Ebenezer, born in 1757, was probably the first of the family to

settle in Orange County. He is of Revolutionary ancestry. His

maternal grandfather was related to Nathaniel Green, and his maternal

grandmother was related to Nathan Hale, the patriot who was executed

by the British as a spy, and whose statue adorns the City Hall Park,

New York. At an early age Dr. Mills clerked in New York City for

Alex. Hudnut, and in the Astor House drug store. He afterwards turned

his attention to dentistry, and since April 8, 1878, has followed his

profession in Port Jervis, N. Y. The doctor has been influential in

promoting public improvements and establishing business enterprises.

He was a member of the Board of Education, Board of Health, village

trustee, town assessor, and held various other offices. In 1902-1904

he received the democratic nomination for member of assembly. Dr.

Mills is a member of the New York State Dental Society, the Dental

Society of the Ninth Assembly District, No. 328 F. and A. M. of Port

Jervis, Chapter No. 86 and the Mecca Temple, Knights of Pythias,

B. P. O. E., Minisink Valley Historical Society as an officer; served

in Delaware Hose Company No. 2 of the Port Jervis fire department

twenty years.

NATHAN D. MILLS, a manufacturer of Middletown, N. Y., was born at

Circleville. Orange County, November 3, 1867. He acquired his

education at the district school and Middletown Academy. During one

year he was in New York City with Crawford & Valentine, contractors,

who constructed the Brooklyn waterworks. After returning to Orange

County he managed a farm for three years, and in 1895 purchased the

wholesale and retail cigar business of Robert Sayer. In two years'

time the volume of business was such that Mr. Mills found it

necessary to erect a large factory building, 36 x 60 feet. The

concern now gives employment to forty-five men. Mr. Mills was twice

nominated for sheriff by the democrats of Orange County. In his first

candidacy he carried Middletown by 861 majority and in his second by

415 majority. It was not expected that he would overcome the

continuous republican majority in the county. He was master of

Hoffman Lodge No. 412, F. & A. M., two years; is a member of Midland

Chapter No. 240, Cypress Commandery No. 67, Mecca Temple of New York,

Jr. O. U. A. M., and B. P. O. E. of Port Jervis. He is an honorary

member of the Middletown Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company, worthy

president of the Eagles of Middletown, and is identified with the

Middletown Athletic Association, Old Orchard Club, Middletown Club,

Newburgh City Club and Orange County Golf Club. He was married to

Miss Mary Beakes, of Fair Oaks, N. Y., daughter of Howell and Anna J.

Beakes, March 2, 1892. Their one child, Maurice, died when two and

one-half years old. Mr. Mills' parents were Nathan J. and Julia

Elizabeth Mills, and they had seven children, two of whom died in

infancy and one at fourteen years of age. Those living are Anna M.,

wife of Charles E. Haight, of New York City; Lizzie J., wife of

Virgil K. Carpenter, of Fair Oaks, N. Y., and Frank P. a resident of

Bullville, Orange County. Mr. Mills is a descendant of an honored

family and has achieved a success which ranks him with the solid

financial men of his city and county.

SAMUEL CRAWFORD MILLS, for many years one of the leading business men

of Newburgh, was born in Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, N. Y., March

9, 1839. He died at his home in Newburgh in 1904. Mr. Mills came to

this city in 1857 and entered the dry-goods house of Stephen Hayt &

Co. as a salesman, continuing with this house for nearly six years.

In 1863 Mr. Mills formed a partnership with John Schoonmaker and

A. Y. Weller to conduct a dry-goods establishment. The enterprise

proved very successful, and Mr. Mills retired from the firm in 1885.

For many years he was a director of the Quassaick National Bank and a

trustee of the Newburgh Savings Bank.

Mr. Mills was twice married. His first wife, Miss Elizabeth Vail,

died in 1868. For his second wife he chose Sarah, daughter of Hon.

Stephen McDonald, of Elmira. Two children were born, Stephen McDonald

and Mary Duryea. The latter is the only surviving member of this

family. She is a member of Quassaick Chapter of the Daughters of the

American Revolution.

In 1908 Miss Mills married Mr. Luther Winthrop Faulkner, of Lowell,

Mass., where she now resides.

SAMUEL WICKHAM MILLS, D.D., was a native of Orange County, born in

the town of Wallkill, April 5, 1820. The Mills family came to America

from England. At the age of fifteen he entered Rutgers College at New

Brunswick, N. J., where he graduated at the age of eighteen. In 1842

he graduated from the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick.

At Bloomingburg, Sullivan County, Dr. Mills began his pastoral work

in 1843. At the end of fifteen years he located at Port Jervis, where

he was engaged in preaching for fourteen years. He was married

January 17, 1844, to Miss Amelia J. Bailey, daughter of Nathaniel

Bailey, of Middletown, N. Y. She was born February 28, 1822, and died

March 12, 1867. By this union there were six children. On the 29th of

November, 1870, Rev. Dr. Mills was again married to Miss Amira St.

John, of Port Jervis. He died November 27, 1902.

STOTT MILLS, postmaster at Warwick, N. Y., was born at Paterson,

N. J., June 26, 1840. His parents were John and Sarah (Briarly)

Mills, and both were of English extraction. The subject of this

sketch acquired his education at the public school at Paterson. He

was identified with the Rogers Locomotive Works for a period of four

years. He enlisted in May, 1861, in Company A, Second Regiment,

N. J. Vols., and was honorably discharged. He participated in all the

important engagements in which his regiment was engaged, and became

first lieutenant. After the close of the war he removed to Port

Jervis, N. Y., and was connected with the Erie Railroad as foreman in

the shops for a period of fourteen years. He went west for three

years, after which he removed to Warwick, N. Y., and filled the

position of master mechanic of the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad for

sixteen years. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster at Warwick, which

position he still holds. He was united in marriage to Melvina

Jackson, of Amity, Orange County, May 17, 1865. To this union five

children were born--Sarah, Anna, Isabel, John and Charles. In

politics Mr. Mills is a republican. He is a member of Lincoln Post,

G. A. R., of Newark, N. J., and attends the Episcopal Church of

Warwick.

DR. THEODORE DENTON MILLS was born June 9, 1852, in Bloomingburgh,

Sullivan County, N. Y., and is the son of Dr. Samuel Wickham and

Almeda Jane (Bailey) Mills. The former, who was a clergyman, was

descended in a direct line from George Mills, who was born about

1605, came from Yorkshire, England, in 1665, and died in Jamaica,

Long Island, in 1694, at the age of eighty-nine. His son, Samuel, was

born in 1631, and died in Jamaica, L. I., in 1726, at the age of

ninety-five; he was the father of Jonathan, who was born in Jamaica,

L. I., and had four sons, Timothy, Samuel, Isaac and Jonathan.

Timothy, who was born at Jamaica in 1677, left that place and settled

at Mills Pond, L. I., in 1693; he died March 30, 1751, aged

seventy-four. His son Jonathan, who was born in 1710, at Mills Pond,

L. I., and died in 1798, at the age of eighty-eight, was the father

of Jacob, who was born in 1746 at Mills Pond, L. I. (near St. James);

he moved to New Windsor, Orange County, N. Y., in 1768 or 1770, and

soon after to the town of Wallkill, Orange County; he died in 1841,

aged ninety-five years. His son Samuel, who was born in 1776 and died

in 1860, at the age of eighty-four, was the father of the Rev. Samuel

Wickham, mentioned above, who was born in 1820 and died in 1902, aged

eighty-two. The maternal ancestors of Dr. Mills were old residents of

Orange County, New York, his grandfather, Nathaniel Bailey, having

been the son of Captain Daniel Bailey, a soldier in the Revolutionary

army.

Dr. Mills was prepared for college at the private school of Professor

A. B. Wilbur, of Port Jervis, N. Y., and in 1874 graduated as

bachelor of arts from Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J., being

junior orator and commencement orator, and receiving, in 1877, from

the same institution, the degree of master of arts. He was a member

of the Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternities. He

studied medicine with Dr. Henry R. Baldwin, of New Brunswick, N. J.,

and Dr. Henry Hardenbergh, of Port Jervis, N. Y. In 1876 he graduated

from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University

with the degree of doctor of Medicine, and from April of that year to

October, 1877, was house surgeon in the first surgical division of

Bellevue Hospital. He practiced medicine at Port Jervis, N. Y., from

October, 1877, to January, 1881, when he removed to Middletown,

N. Y., where he has been located since. He is attending surgeon to

the Thrall Hospital and surgeon to the New York, Ontario and Western

Railroad Company. He has been a trustee of the Middletown Savings

Bank and of the Orange County Trust and Safe Deposit Company, and was

for six years president of the Orange County Telephone Company and is

a director of the Stivers Printing Company. He is a member of the

County and State Medical Societies, the American Medical Association,

the New York and New England Association of Railroad Surgeons and the

International Association of Railroad Surgeons. He is a member of the

Middletown Club and in politics independent. He is also a member of

the Sons of the Revolution.

Dr. Mills married Christina, daughter of Hon. M. D. Stivers, of

Middletown, October 20, 1867. They are the parents of the following

children: Theodore Denton, Jr., born November 10, 1888, died January

14, 1889; Samuel Wickham, born January 4, 1892, and Elizabeth

Stivers, born August 29, 1893.

GEORGE HENRY MILLSPAUGH was born in Goshen, Orange County, October 9,

1872. He received his education at the public school at Goshen, where

he has since resided. He engaged in the laundry business in 1897 and

now has the only steam laundry in Goshen, it being fully equipped

with every modern convenience. In politics he is a republican. He is

a member of Goshen Lodge No. 365, F. & A. M.; Goshen Social and

Athletic Association, Cataract Hose Company and the Knights of

Pythias. Mr. Millspaugh is active in all matters relating to the

highest interest of the town in which he lives.

HECTOR W. MILLSPAUGH was born January 29, 1866, at Wallkill, Ulster

County, N. Y. He was a son of Henry and Mary E. Millspaugh, there

being five children in his parents' family. He received his early

education at the district school. At an early age he identified

himself with the New York Knife Co., of Walden, N. Y., learning the

business in detail. He worked diligently for the interest of the

company, remaining there twenty-five years. He married Miss Rosina

Stickles, of Walden, daughter of Steven and Hanna Stickles, March 11,

1886. Two children were born to this union: Charles, born September

21, 1892; Etta, born April 4, 1888, both at home. In politics Mr.

Millspaugh is a republican. He is at present supervisor of the town

of Montgomery. Socially a member of No. 170 I. O. O. F., Freeman

Lodge No. 310, Mohonk Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, Henry Gowdy

Council, American Mechanics of Walden, Court Orange No. 8, Foresters

of America. His wife is a member of the Methodist Church of Walden.

THERON L. MILLSPAUGH, who has been engaged in the furniture and

undertaking business for fifty years, is an honored citizen of

Walden, N. Y. His ancestry in America dates back to Philip

Millspaugh, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. Theron L. was

born in 1838, a son of Gilbert S. and Jane (Clineman) Millspaugh. At

the age of seventeen he began his apprenticeship as cabinetmaker and

in 1858 purchased the business from the widow of his former employer.

His floor space at present covers over 10,000 square feet and is one

of the finest furniture houses in Orange County. In 1862 he married

Miss Eleanor D., daughter of Hon. David H. Smith, of the town of

Montgomery. Two children have been born to them, Hattie C., now the

wife of Dr. J. E. Sadlier, of Poughkeepsie, and Gilbert S., in

business with his father. Mr. Millspaugh has served as deacon and

elder of the Reformed Church, also on the Board of Village Trustees.

JOHN CLINTON MINTURN, of Bellvale, was born in the town of Warwick in

1853. In 1876 he opened a general store at Bellvale, which he is

still conducting as well as one at Greenwood Lake, which he

established several years ago. On January 11, 1877, he married Mary

Ellen Hunter, of Greenwood Lake, and three children have been born to

them, two of whom are living, John C. and Mamie E. John C. is

assistant in his father's store. Mr. Minturn has served as school

trustee several years. His father, James Minturn, was a farmer and

mason and a descendant of Captain John Minturn, of Revolutionary

fame.

EDGAR O. MITCHELL, M.D., Newburgh, N. Y., was born in New York City

in 1864. When five years of age his parents removed to Newburgh. He

was educated at Siglar's Preparatory School, Phillips (Exeter)

Academy and Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard Medical

College in 1892 and has since practiced in Newburgh. He is a member

of the City and Powelton Clubs. Dr. Mitchell is a son of John James

Mitchell, M.D., who has been one of Newburgh's foremost physicians

for nearly forty years, and ex-president of the Homeopathic Medical

Society of New York State. The family is of Puritan ancestry and

direct descendants of Thomas Mitchell, who settled in Block Island,

R. I., and bought one-fourteenth of the original share of the Island

in 1677.

GEORGE R. MITCHELL, of Newburgh, who carries on an extensive business

as a plumber and tinsmith and dealer in stoves and tinware, was born

in Islip, L. I., in 1859. He came to Newburgh in 1871 and learned his

trade with J. D. Mabie. He started in business for himself in 1886,

opening a shop in Smith street. His present commodious quarters are

located at 73 Second street. Mr. Mitchell married Miss Anna E.

Campbell, of Newburgh, and has one son. He is trustee of the

Associate Reformed Church and a member of Hudson River Lodge,

F. & A. M.

BENJAMIN MOFFATT was born in the town of Blooming Grove, Orange

County, N. Y., a son of Nathaniel and grandson of Samuel Moffatt, the

first of the name who came from County of Antrim, Ireland, and

settled in Blagg's Clove, Orange County, where he died May, 1787, in

his eighty-second year.

Benjamin Moffatt, who inherited the strong, sterling characteristics

of his Scotch-Irish ancestors, moved in 1840 to the then far West,

Milwaukee, Wis., accompanied by his wife, who was Elizabeth Hulse,

and their two infant daughters. Later the family moved to Illinois,

where they resided many years and where the bright, beneficent

influence of Mr. Moffatt reflected on all around him. He was an

upright, honest, conscientious man, and every act of his life

manifested the religious teachings of his younger days. In his

hospitable home were entertained many travelers passing through the

then frontier line of our country.

Mr. Moffatt was a charter member of the First Congregational Church

of Milwaukee, Wis., and of the Second Congregational Church of

Rockford, Ill. He was influential in the establishment of Beloit

College, Beloit, Wis., and Rockford College, Rockford, Ill. He died

June 9, 1857, in his sixty-sixth year, leaving his wife and three

children, Melissa, Josephine and Gilbert, and the memory of a life

which had a moulding influence for good in the home of his adoption.

GEORGE E. MORAN, SR., superintendent of the paper mills owned by the

Diamond Mills Paper Company, located at New Hampton, N. Y., has been

engaged for fifty years in the manufacture of paper. The Diamond

Mills occupy the site of an industrial landmark in this section and

is the property of Col. G. W. Thompson, of New York City, who bought

it from E. Rosencrans in 1875. The plant has been greatly improved

and additions made from time to time, including a one-hundred-foot

addition across the creek in 1900. Employment is given to thirty

persons, and the product averages two tons of finished tissue paper

daily. An artesian well is on the premises and the plant is equipped

with large and modern machinery.

Mr. Moran, who is an expert in the manufacture of fine paper, entered

the employ of Col. Thompson some forty years ago and by energy and

industry acquired his present responsible position. He is assisted by

his son, George E., in the management of the business.

ARTHUR S. MOORE was born in Bay City, Mich., March 7, 1879. He

attended the public schools and graduated in that city, afterward

graduating from the Medical Department of the University of Michigan

at Ann Arbor in 1901. He was surgical intern at Ann Arbor Hospital

one year, following which he was assistant at the Criminal Insane

Asylum at Ionia, Mich., removing to Middletown in October, 1903. He

is now connected with the Middletown State Homeopathic Hospital. Dr.

Moore was married to Martha McCartney, of Bay City, Mich. He is a

member of Knights of Pythias of Ionia, Mich., and of Ann Arbor Lodge,

F. & A. M.

JONATHAN OWEN MOORE, son of Alexander and Hannah (Owen) Moore, was

born in Washingtonville, Christmas Day, 1833, at the Moore homestead.

As a young man he accepted a position in the Bank of Albany, where he

remained until his enlistment as a soldier in the Civil War. He had

the distinction of being the first man from New York State to receive

an army commission. He was promoted from time to time and at the

close of the war returned as captain of his regiment, known as the

Wide-Awakes. He then married Miss Helen, daughter of Van Rensselaer

Wilbur, of Albany. Returning to Washingtonville, he engaged in the

furniture business for a number of years, and was also elected to the

office of justice of the peace. Mr. Moore, familiarly known as

"Owenie" Moore, has been a life-long staunch republican, working

enthusiastically for the election of party candidates. In later years

he lived in retirement in New York City, devoting his time to the

settlement of estates. His daughter, Bertha, now Mrs. O. B. Stillman,

of New York, has her country place at what is known as the Goldsmith

homestead, near Washingtonville. Mr. Moore died in New York City in

1908.

JOHN W. MORLEY, son of James and Anna (Vought) Morley, was born at

Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y., in 1867. After finishing his studies

at the schools of Newburgh, he learned the hatter's trade, in which

he was engaged for twenty years. In 1904 he established a grocery

store at Gardnertown, which he is conducting with much success. Mr.

Morley takes an active interest in politics and in 1905 was elected

commissioner of the City and Town Home.

Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Junior Order

of American Mechanics and the International Hatters' Association. He

was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Van Buren.

DAVID A. MORRISON, secretary of the Orange County Agricultural

Society, 1858-1908, belongs to one of the old representative families

of Orange County, where his entire life has been passed. He is of

Scotch-Irish and Dutch ancestry. His paternal ancestors emigrated

from Scotland to the north of Ireland during the seventeenth century.

His great-great-grandfather, John Morrison, was born near Belfast,

Ireland, in the year 1700, and came to this country prior to the

Revolution. His son John, the founder of the family in America, had

preceded him several years and settled on what is now known as the

Morrison Homestead, in the town of Montgomery. He married Elizabeth

Scott. They had nine children, one of whom was Hamilton, the

grandfather of the subject of this sketch, who inherited the home

farm. He married Lydia Beemer, who was of Dutch descent, whose

ancestors came from Beemersville, N. J., who lived to the advanced

age of one hundred and three years. They had eight children, of whom

Hamilton, the father of our subject, was the youngest but one.

Hamilton Morrison, the father of David A., was born August 24, 1804,

at the Old Homestead which he inherited, and which has descended from

father to son for five generations, or nearly one hundred and fifty

years. He was one of the founders of the Orange County Agricultural

Society, and continued to be one of its most devoted friends until

his death in 1881. He filled at different times every office in the

society except treasurer. He was elected a member of its executive

committee eight times, was corresponding secretary from 1851 to 1857

inclusive, was vice-president twenty years, and president twice. He

married Maria Mould, daughter of Jonathan Mould, of the town of

Montgomery, and a lineal descendant of Christoffel Mould, one of the

earliest Dutch settlers of the Wallkill Valley.

David A. Morrison is the second in a family of seven children.

Jonathan M., of Montgomery, who was widely known and highly esteemed

and who died in 1898; David A., George H. and John G., prominent and

intelligent farmers who reside on the Homestead Farm, which contains

nearly three hundred acres, and is now one of the best improved

estates in the town of Montgomery; William H. H., a well-known,

progressive and successful farmer on an adjoining farm; Mary J., who

married Elijah C. Thayer, of Hamptonburgh, and died in February,

1901; and Elizabeth M., wife of William C. Hart, of Walden, N. Y.

Mr. Morrison was educated in public schools and the Montgomery

Academy, and at the age of seventeen years became a teacher. He

taught district schools in the towns of Montgomery, Hamptonburgh and

Blooming Grove, and was principal of graded schools in the villages

of Walden and Montgomery--in all about thirty terms.

In 1867 he was elected school commissioner for the First District of

Orange County, serving until 1894--in all five terms, or fifteen

years, a record that has never been paralleled in the State.

He has been secretary of the Orange County Agricultural Society for

fifty years, and has attended every fair held by it since its

organization in 1841. He is one of the mainstays of the society, and

a man of education and ability.

In 1880 Mr. Morrison married Mary R. Lipsett, a daughter of the late

Robert and Mary A. (Morrison) Lipsett, of the town of Montgomery, and

granddaughter of Col. William Faulkner of Revolutionary fame.

In 1893 he removed to Newburgh, where he now resides.

He was nominated for Congress, against his earnest protests, in 1896,

and, although running far ahead of his ticket, he shared the fate of

his party, and was defeated by Benjamin B. Odell, Jr., since Governor

of the State.

Mr. Morrison was county correspondent of the U. S. Department of

Agriculture and Statistical Bureau of the Patent Office for forty

years. He was one of the incorporators of the Columbus Trust Company

of Newburgh, N. Y., and has been one of its directors and a member of

its executive committee since its organization, and is now its

vice-president.

He is president of the Board of Trustees of Union Presbyterian

Church, Newburgh, N. Y.; vice-president of the Historical Society of

Newburgh Bay and the Highlands; a trustee of Washington's

Headquarters, Newburgh, N. Y.; a member of the Empire State Society

of the Sons of the American Revolution, and president of Newburgh

Chapter, S. A. R.; and a life member of the New York State

Agricultural Society.

HAMILTON MORRISON was born August 24, 1804, at the old homestead,

which is now occupied by his sons, George H. and John G. This

property has been handed down from father to son since long before

the Revolution. It contains two hundred and sixty acres of land and

is one of the best improved estates in the town of Montgomery.

His paternal family included eight children, of whom our subject was

the youngest but one. His parents were Hamilton and Lydia (Beemer)

Morrison. The former, a native of Ireland, crossed the Atlantic and

landed on the American shore when a mere lad, accompanied by his

father, John. The latter took up the land which is still in the

Morrison family. Hamilton married January 10, 1827, Maria, daughter

of Jonathan and Elizabeth Mould; she died March 26, 1868. To our

subject and his wife the following children were born: Jonathan M.,

married Margaret Windfield; David A., married Mary R. Lipsett;

George H., unmarried; Mary J., married Elijah Carpenter Thayer; John

G., unmarried; William H. H., married Agnes Horton.

Hamilton Morrison passed his entire life on this farm in the town of

Montgomery. When a young man he taught school and after marriage gave

his attention to cultivating his broad acres.

He was very successful in his undertakings. He was foremost in

founding the Orange County Agricultural Society, of which he was

president for many years. He died October 25, 1881.

The family is progressive and one of the most influential in the

county. In politics it is democratic, as was also their father.

His son, George H. Morrison, has recently published a complete

genealogical chart of the family in America.

GEORGE MOSHIER, retired contractor, was born in Newburgh, N. Y.,

April 19, 1838. He learned the carpenters' trade and from 1866 to

1907 was engaged in the contracting and building business, having

erected many of the most substantial buildings in Newburgh and

vicinity.

He was a member of the Board of Water Commissioners from 1884 to

1889. In 1899 he was elected a member of the Board of Supervisors,

and has been successively re-elected for five terms, serving two

terms as chairman. He is prominently identified with the Masonic

fraternity and president of the Masonic Veterans' Association; member

of the Newburgh Historical Society and an active member in Trinity

Church.

In 1862 he married Miss Caroline Tilton. Their children are Anna,

George, Jr., and Mabel. Mr. Moshier's ancestors resided in or near

Newburgh many years previous to the Revolution. Two of them were

soldiers in the Continental Army, serving with distinction.

EDWARD M. MURTFELDT, born Newburgh, 1853; entered employ of Peck &

Van Dalfsen's furniture house in 1869. In 1879 he purchased Joseph H.

Powell's undertaking and furniture establishment, which he conducted

on the same site until 1895. At present engaged as funeral director

at 77 Second street, Newburgh. In 1894 he assisted in organization

and became president of the Highland Furniture Mfg. Co.; served a

number of years as alderman and president of council and has served

as acting mayor; also was a member of the Board of Public Works. He

has taken all the chairs in Masonry and has been an officer in

Highland Chapter No. 52 and commander of H. R. Commandery No. 35. Mr.

Murtfeldt is of German descent; a son of Henry W. and Mary Frances

(Worden) Murtfeldt. In 1872 he married Miss Anna A. McCord; six

children have been born to them. He is at present the president of

the Masonic Veterans' Association, of Newburgh, N. Y., and has held

office in the Grand Commandery, State of New York. He is at present

the district deputy of the Thirteenth District of the Grand Lodge, a

Thirty-second Degree Mason and grand marshal of the Consistory of New

York City. He has been regent of Newburgh Council of the Royal

Arcanum and its treasurer for a number of years. Member of the City

Club.

FRANK D. MYERS, M.D., of Slate Hill, N. Y., is a descendant of one

of Orange County's oldest families. He was born in the town of

Greenville, N. Y.. where he attended public school. This was

supplemented by a course of private tutoring near Newburgh, after

which he taught school two years in the town of Minisink. Dr. Myers

graduated in medicine from the University of Michigan in 1887, and

has since been engaged in practice at Slate Hill. He is a member of

the County and State Medical Societies, and the American Medical

Association.

He married Miss Margaret Hall, of Ridgebury, and a son, Frank D., was

born to them in 1908.

Dr. Myers is a son of Samuel S. and Mary Elizabeth (Elston) Myers.

His grandfather was Daniel C. Myers, his great-grandfather Daniel

Van Auken Myers, and his great-great-grandfather Daniel, the first of

that name in this locality, who participated in the battle of

Minisink. The flint lock musket he carried is in the possession of

Dr. Myers. The homestead upon which this man settled has remained in

the possession of the family and is now owned and occupied by Floyd

E. Myers, a brother of the doctor.

GEN. ALFRED NEAFIE--Alfred Neafie was born in Walden, Orange County,

N. Y., January 8, 1832, being the son of Cornelius Neafie, a member

of one of the old Knickerbocker families, who came to New York in

1637.

Cornelius Neafie built the first cotton mill in Orange County and the

second in the State. As a boy Alfred Neafie, fond of hunting and

fishing and of an adventurous turn of mind, it is not strange that he

should at the age of nineteen, start for the newly discovered gold

fields of California.

It was in 1851 that he left in a sailing vessel, the _Grecian,_ for

the six months' voyage "'round the Horn."

His first vote was cast in the canyons of the North Yuba in the

Sierra Nevada Mountains. During his successful career in California

he was a member of the celebrated Vigilance Committee and was one of

those who helped to apprehend the famous outlaw "Yankee Sullivan,"

and was present at the trial and hanging of Juaquin Murat and

"Three-Fingered Jack."

Returning home at the death of his father and starting in business in

Ellenville, N. Y., yet at the outbreak of the war Mr. Neafie put

aside personal interests and went to the front. He was offered the

captaincy of the Walden Company of the 124th Regiment, but declined

it, as he had already raised nearly two companies of what became the

156th Infantry.

His military record is to be found in brief in the Historical

Register and Dictionary of the United States Army, Vol. 1, page 741,

as follows:

"Neafie, Alfred, N. Y., N. Y. Capt. 156th N. Y. Inf., 13th Sept.,

1862; Lt.-Col., 9th Jan., 1864; Lt.-Col. Vols., 13th March, 1865, for

gal. and meritorious services at Battle of Winchester and Fisher

Hill, Va., and Brig.-Gen. Vols., 13th March, 1865, for conspicuous

gallantry at Winchester, Va., 19th Sept., 1864. Mustered out 23d

Oct., 1865."

During the war Gen. Neafie was provost marshal of Alexandria, La.,

and Baton Rouge.

While at Savannah he held the offices of supervisor of trade,

collector of military taxes, relief commissioner and assisted in the

repatriation of the South, as by virtue of seniority of rank he was

chief of staff of the department.

A few of the brilliant and picturesque events of his military career

were:--

After the capture at Washington, Ga., of the archives of the

Confederacy, which included records of Generals Beauregard, Polk,

Joseph E. Johnston and Albert Sidney Johnston, $300,000,000 of cotton

bonds, $760,000 in gold and silver and thirty wagon loads of valuable

jewelry and personal articles, General Neafie, with two federal

officers and two treasury agents, inventoried and sent to their

proper owners, scattered all through the Southern States, all private

property, while all public property was turned over to the United

States Government. This was done in about two months.

As General Grover's chief of staff, General Neafie received Jefferson

Davis when he was captured and delivered him to Lieutenant-Commander

(now admiral, retired) Luce, in command of the double-ender _Pontiac,_

in Savannah River.

Jefferson Davis, Jr., a most lovable boy about ten years old, was a

guest in the house in Savannah where General Neafie lived, they drove

together daily and a great affection sprang up between the two.

His early death of yellow fever in Memphis was a sorrowful event for

all who knew him.

General Neafie with General Grover was present at the solemn and

thrilling raising of the flag at Fort Sumter, four years to a day

from the time it was lowered by Sergeant Hart.

It was taken from the sealed mail bag, where it had been placed by

Sergeant Hart, who now released it from its leathern prison, and once

more raised to its place of honor.

When this was done it was seen that the flag was pierced by at least

thirty shell fragments, and was ragged and torn; not a star had been

shot away.

When that fact was disclosed to the men who had been fighting four

years to keep the stars of our Union together, the emotion was too

great for expression.

But from outside came the noisy welcome from the battered and

indented ironclads and monitors, who had been circling around waiting

to give tongue with their cannon throats.

Since the close of the war, General Neafie has led a business life of

wide and varied interests, with homes in Ellenville and Goshen, N. Y.

MOSES F. NELSON, notary public, real estate and insurance broker of

the town of Highlands, Orange County, N. Y., was born at Highland

Falls in 1867, and for the past seventeen years has been identified

with public affairs of his native place, serving as tax collector,

clerk and member of the Board of Education and justice of the peace.

He is a son of the late Cornelius Nelson, who for thirty years was

postmaster at Highland Falls and who was also engaged in the fire

insurance and real estate business, which was conducted under the

firm name of Cornelius Nelson & Son, and to which he succeeded.

Socially Mr. Nelson is a member of the Knights of Pythias. He married

Miss Mary Adolph in 1893; they have three daughters.

THE NICOLL FAMILY--Within the corporate limits of Washingtonville,

N. Y., lies a farm of one hundred and forty-five acres which bears

evidence of the supervision of an energetic and capable family. This

place is known as the Nicoll homestead, and was occupied for over a

quarter of a century by John Nicoll, who died in 1874. As the name

indicates he was of Scotch descent. The progenitor of this family in

America was Dr. John Nicoll, who emigrated to this country in 1711

and settled in New York. He became one of the leading men of the

colony and acquired the ownership of a large amount of property,

having among his possessions fourteen thousand, five hundred acres of

land in the Minisink Patent. He died in 1743 at the age of

sixty-four.

John Nicoll was born in Hackensack, N. J., in 1799, and in early life

was engaged in the mercantile business in New York City, whence he

removed to Orange County in 1844. By his first marriage to Juliana

Thompson, one son, William, was born, who died at the age of

twenty-six. The second wife of Mr. Nicoll bore the maiden name of

Elizabeth H. White and was born in Blagg's Cove in 1808. She died in

1855. To this union eight children were born, of whom Charles and

Elizabeth White (now the wife of Andrew S. Glover) reside in

Washingtonville. Another son, Isaac, met death while leading his

company in the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. On the soldiers'

monument at Salisbury Mills is this inscription: "To the memory of

Captain Isaac Nicoll, Company G, 124th N. Y. S. V., and the men of

Blooming Grove who fought in the war for the unity of the Republic,

1861-1865."

REV. STANISLAUS J. NOWAK, rector of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic

Church, Florida, N. Y. In the year 1893 our Polish neighbors at

Florida, N. Y., after mature deliberation and consultation, concluded

to have their own church, and the necessary steps were taken to

secure the approval of the church authorities for their project.

Having demonstrated the feasibility of the idea, and the necessary

approval having been obtained, Messrs. John and Anton Dulski, Joseph

Andryszak, Joseph Wozniak, Ignatius Brink and John Majorowski were

appointed as collectors, and succeeded so well that within two years

over two thousand dollars were subscribed.

On July 2, 1895, Rev. Stanislaus J. Nowak was appointed and entered

on his work as rector of the new church. Father Nowak is a native of

Posen--Germany-Poland--studied at Germany and at Rome and came to

this country at the express wish of Archbishop M. A. Corrigan, and

finished his theological studies and was ordained priest at the

Provincial Seminary at Troy, N. Y., by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Tierney,

of Hartford. After spending a short while at Shokan, Ulster County,

Father Nowak was appointed as assistant to the Very Rev. Dean Sweeny,

of St. Joseph's Church, Kingston, N. Y., and while there Father

Nowak received his appointment as rector of the Polish Church. Since

coming to Florida, N. Y., Father Nowak has been a successful as well

as an indefatigable worker, and under his supervision the church was

ready for the dedication in November.

With all the pomp and ceremonial of the Catholic ritual, the new

church of the Polish congregation at Florida was dedicated on Sunday,

November 10, 1895, by Archbishop Corrigan, to the service of God

under the patronage of St. Joseph. The solemn high mass on that date

was celebrated by the Very Rev. E. M. Sweeny, of Kingston, N. Y.

(with whom Father Nowak lived as assistant before coming to Florida).

Father McCorry, of Goshen, acted as deacon, and Father Nowak as

sub-deacon, and Father Connolly, the archbishop's secretary, acted as

master of ceremonies.

After the gospel had been chanted by the deacon, his grace, the

archbishop ascended the steps of the altar and after a few very well

chosen words of congratulation to the pastor and people on the happy

culmination of their work in offering a church free of debt for the

purposes of divine worship, preached an able and scholarly sermon on

the holiness of the church, and during his remarks he was listened to

with rapt attention, showing that his words had made a very deep

impression. The Polish sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. M. Barabasz,

of Baltimore, Md.

The rectory was built the same year and occupied in December. St.

Joseph's congregation owns its own cemetery, which was blessed in

October, 1896, and is located at Union Corner.

In July, 1892, Father Nowak was transferred to New York City, where

he organized a new Polish congregation, and established St. Joseph's

Home for the Polish Immigrants on Broad street.

Father Michael Slupek was in charge of St. Joseph's Church at Florida

for nearly two years, and was succeeded by Rev. Joseph Kloss, who was

pastor of St. Joseph's until October, 1902. At that time Father Nowak

returned to St. Joseph's, and under his management the church is

freed from debt again.

The church will be enlarged this year, as it is too small for the

congregation. There are thirteen hundred Polish people in Florida and

vicinity. The Poles of Florida are showing a desire and aptness to

develop into a most industrious and desirable class of citizens.

ARTHUR E. O'CONNOR was born March 10, 1867, at Brooklyn, N. Y. He is

a son of John S. and Hanna (Marrett) O'Connor. To this union seven

children, one son and six daughters, were born. There are five

living: Anna, wife of Timothy O'Connell, of Honesdale, Pa.; Mary,

wife of Thomas Cusick, of Goshen, N. Y., and two daughters residing

at home and two are dead. The subject of our sketch attended the

public school at White Mills, Pa. His father was identified with C.

Dorfinger for twenty-five years at White Mills, Pa., and operated a

cut glass factory at Hawley, Pa. Arthur started the cut glass factory

at Goshen in 1900, which has enjoyed a prosperous business since. Mr.

O'Connor's father was the oldest practical cut glass man in the

world, and was sergeant in the 69th Regiment, New York Volunteer

Infantry, and his grandfather, Neal O'Connor, was a captain of the

New Orleans Rangers in the Mexican War. Arthur married Catherine

Langan, of Hawley, Pa., February 20, 1888, and to this union were

born three sons and one daughter, Mary, who holds the position of

bookkeeper at the Goshen factory. John graduated in 1907 at Hawley,

Pa., and is now foreman at the Goshen factory. William and Arthur are

attending school at Goshen. Mr. O'Connor employs forty men at his

factory.

HON. BENJAMIN B. ODELL--In reviewing the life of this venerable and

distinguished citizen of Newburgh, a few words regarding his ancestry

will not be amiss. The family is of French and English descent, but

has been represented in America for many generations. His

grandfather, William Odell, was born in New York City, and there for

some years he was proprietor of the Bull's Head Tavern. In 1835 he

moved to Orleans County, N. Y., where he bought a tract of land and

with the assistance of his two sons improved a valuable farm. His

death occurred there at the age of more than ninety years.

Isaac Odell, the father of our subject, was born in Tarrytown,

Westchester County, N. Y., and reared in New York City, whence, about

1820, he came to Orange County, settling on the DeWitt Clinton farm

at Little Britain, where he remained until 1830, when he removed to

Newburgh and was employed in the freighting business with the firm of

Powell, Wardrop & Johnson, with whom he remained until his retirement

from business. He died at the age of sixty-five. His wife, Mary A.,

was also a native of Westchester County. She died in New York City in

her eighty-first year. Their family consisted of two sons and two

daughters, of whom Benjamin B. was the second in order of birth. He

was born in the Governor Clinton homestead, New Windsor town,

September 10, 1825, and reared in Newburgh, where he attended the

public schools. In 1843 he entered the employ of B. W. Van Nort, in

the restaurant and hotel business where he remained until 1847, when

he embarked in business for himself, opening a restaurant in Third

street. Twenty years later he sold and abandoned the business

permanently.

Mr. Odell foresaw a promising field in the ice business, and in 1863

purchased from James R. Dixon the ice property now known as

Muchattoes Lake, and conducted the business personally until 1886,

when he organized the Muchattoes Lake Ice Company, of which he has

since remained president.

Mr. Odell was one of the organizers of the Columbus Trust Company in

1892, and was the first president, but resigned after one year in

office. He is president of the Central-Hudson Steamboat Company and a

director in the Orange County Traction Company.

For over sixty years Mr. Odell has been prominently identified with

the administration of public affairs of Newburgh and Orange County.

In 1863 he was trustee of the village; 1865, alderman from the Third

ward; 1879, supervisor of the town of New Windsor; 1880 to 1883,

sheriff of Orange County. In 1884 he was elected mayor of Newburgh,

continuing in that office until 1890, when he refused to be a

candidate for another term. In 1894, however, he was again nominated

and reelected mayor, serving until 1900. During the twelve years of

his administration the city witnessed the creation of many public

improvements and an era of great progress and increase in population.

Amid the multiplicity of his public and private affairs, Mr. Odell

has never allowed his religious duties to be neglected, in the

American Reformed Church he has been an official, serving at

different times as elder and deacon. In 1850 he married Miss Ophelia,

daughter of Hiram Bookstaver, of the town of Montgomery. Eleven

children were born to them, of whom four are living: Benjamin B.,

Jr., Governor of New York State (1900 to 1904); Hiram B., postmaster

of Newburgh; Clara, who resides with her father, and George C. D.,

professor in Columbia University, New York City.

By his energy and resolute character, coupled with a genial

disposition, Mr. Odell has not only advanced his own success, but

has given an impetus to the growth and prosperity of Newburgh by his

progressive spirit and enterprise.

HIRAM B. ODELL, postmaster, Newburgh, N. Y., is the son of Hon.

Benjamin B. and Ophelia (Bookstaver) Odell, and was born August 21,

1856. After finishing his studies he engaged with his father in the

conduct of a large ice business. In 1886 he was elected a director

and superintendent of the Muchattoes Lake Ice Co. In 1891 he was

appointed superintendent of the Newburgh Electric Light, Heat and

Power Co. From 1880 to 1882 he was under sheriff of the county, in

charge of the Goshen court-house, his father then being sheriff. He

received his present appointment March 1, 1900, and was reappointed

by President Roosevelt in 1904 and again in 1908. Mr. Odell married

Miss Edith Booth, of Kingston.

JAMES ALSOP OGDEN, only son of William L. and Louise Baker Ogden, was

born in the town of Mount Hope May 28, 1861. His entire home life has

been in Warwick, to which his father moved when the boy was only nine

months old. He died December 5, 1905.