BIOGRAPHIES
(Source:
Schenectady County, New
York : its history to the close of the nineteenth century
unknown: New York History Co., 1902 - Yates, Austin A.)
Transcribing by Sharon Wick
Hagadorn, John
Hahn, William F.
Haight, Edward L.
Hall, Mason W.
Hall, William G. B., M. D.
Hamill, Samuel McClintock
Hanigan, Edward
Hanscome, Perry T.
Harbison, Peter B.
Harmon, Rockwell |
Harrod, Caleb
Hartley, Eugene C.
Haubner, Charles J.
Hayes, Margaret M.
Heckeler, Gustave A.
Hedden, Ira B.
Hegeman, George B.
Hennemann, Julius
Henny, Jacob
Henrich, Joseph, Rev. |
Hodges,
Martin
Holtzmann, Charles
Holtzmann, George
Horstman, Charles L.
Horstman, Henry C.
Horstmyer, C. F.
Howe, Frederick A.
Howe, Samuel Burnett
Huggins, Walter L., M. D.
Hunter, Andrew J.
Hunter, W. Scott |
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Samuel McClintock Hamill, son of
Samuel M. and Matilda M. (Green) Hamill, was born in
Lawrenceville, N. J., and was prepared for college in the
Lawrenceville school, of which his father was the head for a
period of fifty years.
After receiving his preparatory education he entered
Princeton University and, after a highly creditable course, was
graduated therefrom in the class of 1880, with a degree of A. B.
In 1883 his Alma Mater conferred upon him the degree of A. M.
From 1880 to 1883 he was a teacher in the Lawrenceville
school and, during part of this time studied law, but never
applied for admission to the Bar.
Leaving Lawrenceville, he accepted a position with the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad and was general freight
agent in the St. Louis office for one year. Later on he
was in the paymaster's office and in the office of the second
vice-president. Subsequently he became manager of the
grain elevator for this railroad in Peoria, Illinois.
In 1886 he went to Cleveland, Ohio, to take the
position of assistant secretary of the Brush Electric Company,
and remained with them for three years. He had charge of
the eastern business of the company, with offices in New York
City, and was general manager and vice-president of the company
at the time it consolidated with the General Electric Company.
As soon as the consolidation was consummated he settled in
Schenectady, where he has sine been connected with the lighting
department of the General Electric Company.
Sine coming to Schenectady Mr. Hamill has identified
himself with the growing city, and is now a prominent and
permanent factor in its affairs. He is president of the
Schenectady Trust Company, a trustee of the Ellis Hospital,
vice-president of the University Club and president of the
Mohawk Country Club. He is also a member of the Union Club
of Cleveland, Ohio, the Country Club of Trenton, N. J., the
University Club of New York City, and the Princeton Club of New
York City. He is a director in a number of electric
companies and electric railroad companies all over the country.
Starting out as a student, and beginning the active
duties of life as an educator, Mr. Hamill early developed a
capacity for business and executive ability which drew him into
commercial affairs, in which he has been highly successful.
His splendid education and trained mind have naturally led him
to take an interest in all public affairs, political as well as
industrial, and the number of corporations with which he is
identified, and the prominent clubs of which he is a member,
indicate his activity, standing and success. While a
resident of Cleveland, Ohio, he was associated in a social way
with Senator Hanna.
In November, 1900, Samuel McClintock Hamill married
Maria Woodward Baldwin, of the city of Baltimore. |
Perry T. Hanscom was born in
Sheffield, Vermont, July 17th, 1870. After a preparatory
course at the Lyndon Institute, he graduated from the Bryant &
Stratton Commercial College of Boston. He then took up
electrical work at which he engaged for the following two years.
In 1891, he entered the employ of the Thomson-Houston
Company at Lynn, Mass., remaining three years, and came to
Schenectady in 1894, where he has sine been with the general
Electric Company, and is now assistant engineer of the power and
mining department.
In October, 1897, Perry T. Hanscom married Etta Rogers
of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. They have one daughter,
Mildred. Mr. Hanscom's parents were Aaron and Lydia
Hanscom.
Mr. Hanscom is a charter member of the Mohawk Golf
Club. |
Rockwell Harmon was born in
Charlton, Saratoga County, N. Y., November 3, 1803. He was
a descendant of John Harmon, who came to America from England
about 1640. His grandfather was a soldier in the War of
the Revolution, and took part in the Battle of Bennington.
In 1825 he married Eleanor De Remer, daughter of James and
Elizabeth (Angle) De Remer, and removed to Glenville,
Schenectady County, N. Y., where he was engaged in the leather
and shoe business for thirty-five years. They had three
children, William De R., born in 1827, and died in Richmond,
Va., in 1866; James H., born in 1829, died in West Troy, N. Y.,
in 1894; and Julia A. C., born in 1840. James H. Harmon
married Emeline Gillespie, daughter of James an Lucretia
(Chamberlain) Gillespie, and removed to West Troy where he was
extensively engaged in the lumber business. It was largely
owing to his efforts that the Y. M. C. A. of that place was
organized, and also the Fairview Home for friendless children.
He was for many years a prominent member and elder in the North
Reformed Church of West Troy.
Rockwell Harmon, after the death of the first wife,
married Amelia A. Smith, daughter of Jacob and Ann (Curran)
Smith. They had one child, Catherine L., born in 1850, who
married Spencer S. Potter, son of Johnson and Susan (Romeyn)
Potter. They have three children, Rev. Rockwell Harmon
Potter born 1874, pastor of the Center Congregational Church of
Hartford, Conn., Clayton Johnson Potter, born 1878, at present
at theological student, and James Henry Potter, born 1888.
Rev. Rockwell Harmon Potter married Jean A. Gilchrist,
daughter of John Montgomery and Ida (White) Gilchrist.
They have two children, Montgomery Gilchrist Potter, born in
1899, and Amelia Harmon Potter, born in 1901.
Rockwell Harmon died April 8, 1896. He was a man
of sterling integrity and strict temperance principles.
His chief interest was in his church, the First Reformed of
Glenville, of which he was for fifty years an elder and for
forty years the treasurer. |
Gustave A. Heckeler was born
March 22, 1861, and was educated at the district school in the
town of Charlton, Saratoga County, N. Y. After his school
days he began farming on his father's farm in Charlton and when
18 years of age he became a member of the firm of Heckeler Bros.
In 1891 they purchased a half-interest in the Highe Mills, which
they conducted for seven years, Mr. Heckeler being manager of
the mills. They also conducted a mill at Vischer Ferry,
Saratoga County, N. Y. They subsequently exchanged the
mills for a farm in Glenville, N. Y. Farming is Mr.
Heckeler's favorite occupation, and he has followed that
business since disposing of his milling interests.
In politics Mr. Heckeler is a Democrat, and has been
honored by his party with a place on the ticket upon different
occasions. He ran twice for Highway Commissioner in the
town of Glenville and once for Collector in the town of
Charlton, but both of these towns are strongly Republican.
In 1896 Gustave A Heckeler married Lida Vedder of
Glenville, daughter of A. F. Vedder, and niece of Judge Vedder
of Schenectady. They have had two children, one of whom is
deceased, and the other is a boy four years of age. |
Martin Hodges was born in Essex
County, N. Y., November 21, 1865. He was engaged in
farming and lumbering until 1888, in which year he went to work
on the Boston & Albany Railroad, where he remained for six
months. He has then engaged in the insurance business in
Troy and Cohoes until 1892, when he moved to Schenectady.
He is the representative of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company
and of the Great Eastern Casualty Company in this city and is
one of the best known men in his life in Schenectady.
Mr. Hodges was a member of the National Guard and
served during the Spanish-American War in the Second Regiment,
New York Volunteers. He is now Past Captain of the General
Engine Griffin Command No. 63, Spanish War Veterans. He is
also a member of Schaugh-naugh-ta-da Tribe No. 123, Independent
Order of Red Men, Degree of Pocahontas No. 189, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks No. 480, Court Dorp No. 392, Forsters
of America, and of St. John's Church.
On April 28, 1898, Martin Hodges married Grace Loomis,
daughter of Louis and Minnie Loomis of Syracuse. His
father was William and his mother, Catherine (Fogerty) Hodges.
They were both natives of Ireland, and his father was a soldier
in the War of the Rebellion. |
Charles L. Horstman was born in
Germany, May 28, 1843, and was educated in the public schools of
his native country. In 1866 he came to the United States
and settled in Schenectady. Here he first engaged in the
manufacture of brooms, and remained in that business for ten
years. He then embarked in dairying and has since followed
that occupation.
On March 28, 1870, Charles L. Horstman married Caroline
Shoemaker. Mr. Horstman's parents were Charles and
Elizabeth (Cline) Horstman. |
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