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 General Jacob Gould was born in Boxford, Massa- 
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 and died in Rochester, N. Y., on the 
 morning of the 18th of Novem- 
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 General Jacob Gould. 
 
 The public Journals of the city of Rochester, on the morning of the 
 18th of November, contained the following mournful intelligence. 
 
 " Yesterday afternoon, Ex-Mayor Gen. Jacob Gould was found strick- 
 en with apoplexy in the stables attached to his residence on South Fitz- 
 hugh street. He w^as unconscious when found, and remained so to the 
 time of his death, which took place at half past three o'clock the follow- 
 ing morning. His absence from the house was noticed by his family, 
 and on search being made for him he was found as above stated. It is 
 supposed that he went to the stables for the purpose of viewing his 
 horses and feeding a favorite cow. He fell partially in one of the stalls 
 of the stable, and though near the horses, was not stepped upon or 
 injured in any way by them. Medical aid was called, but all was ia 
 vain. 
 
 " He has gone to his long repose like — 
 
 ■' One who wraps the drapery of his couch about him — 
 And lies down to pleasant dreams," 
 
 leaving behind him a spotless reputation, a character unstained, and a 
 bright example which it would be no shame to follow and whose 
 graces it would be well to imitate. An obituary, prepared by a f^en- 
 tleman who know the deceased well will be found on another page." 
 
 The funeral was attended on Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 20tn, from 
 the first Presbyterian church, by a large concourse of people, 
 consisting not only of the friends and family relations of the 
 deceased, but of public citizens and persons from all classes in the com- 
 munity. The Ex-Mayors of the city, Messrs. Pitkin, Ward, Smith, 
 Stilwell, Field, Kecler, Scrantom, Williams, Strong, Clark, Filon, 
 Brackett, S. AV. D. Moore, and D. D. T. Moore, headed by the present 
 Mayor, Hon. H. L. Fish, sat in the front pews of the church. Next 
 to them sat the Members of the Common Council, the Board of Super 
 visors and the Trustees of the University of Rochester. The family 
 
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 and relatives from differeut parts of the State came next, and the gen- 
 eral public filled the church to its utmost capacity. 
 
 The exercises, which were marked by unusual interest, commenced 
 with chanting by the choir, after which selections from the Scriptures 
 were read by Rev. Dr. Hall, and a hymn, given out by Rev. Mr. Wines, 
 was sung by the choir. 
 
 President Anderson then delivered an impressive discourse, and con- 
 cluded as follows : — 
 
 " On an occasion like this the mind oscillates between sorrow for the 
 common bereavement and that calm and elevated joy which affects the 
 mind in view of the completed career of a man whose character was so 
 roimded into symmetry, strength and beauty. I sympathize with those 
 mourners, for I myself am one with them. For the entire course of 
 my residence in this city, I have had the honor of his friendship. He 
 was among the very first of the citizens of Rochester to greet me as I 
 came here a stranger. Associated with him afterwards as a Trustee of 
 the University, and in other business relations, I learned to respect and 
 love the more, as I knew him with greater intimacy. 
 
 " This occasion is t(^o significant and impressive to be given to private 
 mourning or the utterance of personal sorrow. We should rather seek 
 to learn the lesson of a life so rich in the illustration of personal and 
 christian virtue. 
 
 •■* We are reminded in the first place of the, eminent kindliness of his 
 nature. Christian courtesy, unstudied and spontaneous, was one of his 
 most distinguishing characteristics. No one ever came to him with a 
 story of genuine distress, without securing a patient hearing, sympathy^ 
 and assistance. 
 
 " Another modification of this general tendency of his life was man- 
 ifested in his public spirit. This seems to me more peculiarly a chris- 
 tian virtue than it is ordinarily thought to be. There are social, educa- 
 tional, moral and religious interests which aflfect the well-being of the 
 entire comnmnity. These are too often neglected. Men who suffer 
 their whole energies to be absorbed in the struggle for reputation or 
 gain, can give little time to what regards the community as a whole. 
 They judge the time required to providefor the public welfare, and leave 
 common interests, however important, to take care of themselves. 
 Looked at from this point of view, public spirit is among the distinctive 
 christian virtues. It is simply living not for selfish ends alone, but for 
 others. Whatever related to the moral, educational or physical well- 
 being of our city always commanded the labor, money and time of our 
 
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 departed friend. In this respect, his life was especially worthy of the 
 attention of the young men of our city. 
 
 " Mercantile honor and personal integrity were also distinguishing 
 elements in the character of Gen. Gould. Occupying various and im- 
 portant positions of trust, both as a private citizen and an oflicer of 
 government, his integrity through life remained without spot. In times 
 like the present, when integrity in public functionaries is rather the 
 exception than the rule, we can better appreciate the value and example 
 of such a life. Such a character and reputation have a value which no 
 wealth or political honors can equal. 
 
 " Connected with these virtues, and even growing out of them, our 
 departed friend possessed that well balanced combination of faculties, 
 which in action we denominate sound common sense. I say that this 
 good sense grew out of his character, because it seemed not more an 
 intellectual trait than it was the outgrowth of his rounded and mature 
 character. From his quick sympathy and natural kindliness of nature, 
 he was able readily to put himself into the condition of others, to see 
 as they saw, and feel as they felt, and from this to form just and 
 acciuratc judgments of the proper course of thought and action to adopt 
 in dealing with others. His excellent judgment seemed the result of 
 seeking always to apply the golden rule of our Savior in his intercourse 
 with men. This capacity of saymg and doir.g the right thing at the 
 right time seemed with him almost an instinct. Hence, we have said 
 that his sound and excellent judgment on which so much reliance was 
 a,lways placed, was an element of character as much as an element of 
 mind. 
 
 " This completeness and beauty of character was the result of a singu- 
 larly harmonious and well proportioned mental av.d moral constitution, 
 controlled by clear and finely held christian convictions. These con- 
 victions finally wrought themselves into habits, so that what was at 
 first done from a sense of duty, came at last to be pleasure, and to 
 spring spontaneously from his soul as by a natural law of his soul's 
 life. In spite of all differences with his fellow citizens, either political 
 or religious, this whole community came to repose the most implicit 
 confidence in the personal kindness, honor, fiurness, integrity and sound 
 judgment of our departed friend. He leaves to his family and this 
 city a legacy of character with which no earthly honor or possession 
 can compare. 
 
 "Xone knew liim but to love him, 
 None named Iiim but to praise." 
 
 " No words of miue can set forth the lesson of his life, so impressively- 
 
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 as he himself has done in his labor and intercourse with his fellow 
 citizens for the last forty years. God grant that we all be better men 
 and better citizens through the exf.mple of the christian virtues which 
 he has left to us." 
 
 Rev, Mr. Wines, the pastor, followed with some impressive remarks 
 to the church, of which the deceased had been a prominent member 
 from its organization ; referring to the strong friendship between them 
 during the time of his own connection with the church, and closed with 
 an eloquent prayer, after which the choir sang the closing hvmn. 
 
 At the conclusion of the services, the congregation passed around in 
 front of the pulpit and looked for the last time on the life-like features 
 of the deceased. The body was then carried out of the church by eight 
 young men who acted as bearers, the pall-bearers being the friends of the 
 deceased and his life-long companions in public service. One of the 
 largest funeral processions ever seen in this city followed the remains 
 to Mount Hope Cemetery, and the body, after its long pilgrimage on 
 this earth, was deposited in the family tomb, opposite the portal of the 
 Cemetery. 
 
 Resolutions of the University ©f Rochester. — At a meeting of 
 the Executive Board of the University of Rochester, called on account 
 of the death of TTon. Jacob Gould, the following resolutions were 
 adopted : 
 
 1. Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the bereaved family of 
 our late associate, lion. Jacob Gould, whose hearts have been so sud- 
 denly afflicted. 
 
 2. Resolved, That we mourn, in common with the whole community, 
 the loss of a citizen whose integrity and ability, though constantly test- 
 ed, have never been found deficient in all the varied and highly responsible 
 positions which he has been called upon to occupy. 
 
 3. Resolved, That the loss to this Board is peculiarly severe, and 
 that his devotion to the interests of this University should cause his 
 memory to be held in grateful remembrance by all the friends of an 
 institution to which his effiu'ts and influence have been so valuable and 
 essential. 
 
 4. Resolved, That Jacob Gould, with Frederick Whittlesey, Ever^rd 
 Peck, Friend Humphrey, William L. Marcy, John N. Wilder, Robert 
 Kelly, James Edmunds, Seneca Burchard, John Munro and Edwin Pan- 
 cost, will long be remembered as Trustees who gave their efforts in 
 founding the University as well as the ripe experience of matured 
 wisdom in guarding the interests committed to their hands. 
 
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 5. Resolved, That the Faculty be invited to unite with this Board in 
 attending the funeral services of our respected colleague, and that a 
 copy of these resolutions be transmitted to his family. 
 
 G. W. BuRBANK, Chairman. 
 Wm. N. Sage, Secretary. 
 Rochester, Nov. 19th, 1867. 
 
 Western House of Refuge, Noveiubor 19, 18()7. 
 
 Regular nieeting of the Board at the office of the Superintendent, 
 The President being absent, Mr. Charles J. Hill, second Vice President, 
 called the Board to order, and taking the chair, and before proceeding 
 to the regular business of the meeting, annoimced to the Board the 
 death of Gen. Jacob Gould, one of the managers of the institution and 
 the first Vice President of the Board, which occurred on the morning 
 of the 18th inst., and then proceeded to remark as follows : 
 
 " Gentlemen of the Board. We meet to-day under circumstances of 
 solemn import. The First Vice President, who was expected to occupy 
 the chair on this occasion, lies silent in the embrace of death. Gentle- 
 men, Jacob Gould — one of the most useful and valued members of 
 this Bo^^rd from its formation. (>ne of the oldest and most respected of 
 the solid men of our city, a christian gentleman, who by his good sense, 
 intelligence, scrupulous integrity, genial disposition and business talent, 
 occupied a high 2:)Osition in business and social circles — has Ijcen sud- 
 denly removed by an inscrutable Providence ; and while his remains 
 are resting to-day in the bosom of his grief-stricken fimily, his seat at 
 this Board is vacant. It seems fitting that we, his survivors, should 
 pause a moment to duly notice this sad event, and to briefly refer to 
 the virtues of the deceased. We miss him here to-day ; he will be 
 missed in all our business, all our social circles and our public meetings. 
 In the congregation where he worshipped, and above all, in his family 
 circle, where he was most endeared. In fine, Rochester is bereaved by 
 this dispensation. It behooves us, his survivors, to aim at an increase 
 of diligence and fidelity in all the relations ot life, and especially to 
 heed the injunction to ' be also ready.' " 
 
 On motion of Mr. L. A. Ward, 
 
 Resolved, That the remarks of the Vice President in j-elatifai to the 
 death of Gen. Gould be adopted as expressing the views and opinions 
 of this Board, and that the Secretary be instructed to enter the same at 
 length upon the minutes, and furnish a copy to the fiinuly of the 
 deceased and for publication in the public papers. 
 
 Isaac IIuls. Sfcreian/. 
 
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 Resolutions of the Common Council. — A special meeting of the 
 Common Council was held last evening to take appropriate action on 
 the death of Gen. Jacob Gould, the second Mayor of the city of 
 Rochester. 
 
 Aid. liclyca was called to the chair in the absence of the President 
 of the Board. 
 
 Aid. Andrews moved that a committee of three be appointed to 
 draft suitable resolutions. 
 
 The Chair appointed as such committee Aid. Andrews, Taylor and 
 Kelly. 
 
 The committee reported the following resolutions which were unan- 
 imously adopted. 
 
 By Aid. Andrews — Whereas, It has pleased an all-wise Providence 
 to suddenly remove by death our former fellow citizen, Gen. Jacob 
 Gould, who, with other public trusts has upon two different occasions 
 occupied the position as Mayor of the city ; and 
 
 Whereas, This Board of Common C(«imcil, desiring to manifest the 
 respect which they in common with the city of Rochester bore to the 
 deceased, one who has been so prominently identified with the growth 
 and prosperity of the city, and who in all the relations of life was so 
 worthy the respect and esteem of his fellow citizens, be it 
 
 liesolvcd, That this Board has learned with painful emotions of the 
 decease of our former fellow citizen, Jacob Gould, and that to the 
 members of his family in their deep allliction the sympathy and condo- 
 lence of the Board are tendered. 
 
 Resolved, That in testimony of respect f«»r his character and virtues 
 we will attend the funeral in a body, and do hereby invite his honor the 
 Mayor and Ex-Mayors of the city and all other municipal officers to 
 unite with us on the occasion. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed to make arrange- 
 ments in accordant-e with the foregoing resolution. 
 
 Resolved, That the (Uerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of 
 the foregoing pream1)le and resolution to the family of the deceased. 
 
 E. R. Andrews, 
 Geo. Taylor, 
 Jas. H. Kelly. 
 
 Tveinarks eulogistic of the decease<l were made by Aid. Andrews, 
 Taylor and Kelly. 
 
 The Chair appointed, as a ccjmmittee, to carry out the resolutions of 
 the Board, Aid. Woodruff, Paine and Qualtrough. 
 
 On motion, the Mayor and acting President of the Board adjourned 
 
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 to meet at the Common Council Chamber to-day (Wednesday) at 
 
 1 o'clock, p. M., to attend the funeral. 
 
 Resolutions of the President and Dihectoks of the Farmers 
 AND Mechanics National Bank upon the Death of General Ja- 
 cob Gould. — A special meeting of the President and Directors of the 
 Farmers and Mechanics National Bank of Ivochester, of which Gen. 
 Jacob Gould at the time of his death was a Director, and of Avhich he 
 had been President from 1850 to 186G. — was held at the bank, on Tues- 
 day, November 19th, 1867, at which the following Resolutions offered 
 by Hon. Alfred Ely, were unanimously passed : — 
 
 Resolved, That the death of General Gould is a public calamity, 
 which deprives the city of Rochester of one of its most valuable and 
 estimable citizens — of one whose life has been closely identified with its 
 history almost from its settlement, and to whom it is indebted for many 
 long continued and important public services. 
 
 Resolved, That the Board of Directors of this Bank, with which he 
 was so long and so intimately connected as President and as Director, 
 deeply lament his loss as that of a beloved friend, and associate ; of an 
 honorable, upright and useful citizen ; and of a kind, courteous and con- 
 scientious christian gentleman. 
 
 Resolved That the President and Directors of the Farmers and Me- 
 chanics National Bank, respectfully tender to the family of the de- 
 ceased their heartfelt sympathy and con(^lence, in their sad bereave- 
 ment, in the sorrow of which, they themselves peculiarly share, from 
 long personal friendship and association. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of these Resolutions, signed by the officers 
 of the Bank, be transmitted to the family of the deceased. 
 
 Alfred Ely, President. 
 Thomas Raines, Cashier, 
 
 The death of Jacob Gould has elicited the following notice in the 
 Albany ^r^M5, from one* who knew him and appreciated his rare excel- 
 lence of character : 
 
 New Lebanon, Nov. 19, ISCT. 
 
 The late Gen. Jacob Gould, of Rochester, was no ordinary man. 
 He delighted in performing all his duties, public and private, as a cit- 
 izen, husband and father, in the best possible manner. I first became 
 intimate with luiii when President Polk, without solicitation, or expec- 
 tation on his part, appointed him Marshal of the Northern District of 
 New York. No Marshal was more conscientious and attentive, or more 
 
 * .\ late resident of Washington. 
 
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 successful in discharging his duties. He attended to them personally 
 as far as possible. The District Attorneys of that day, owe him much 
 for his sagacity and assistance in hunting up evidence and preparing 
 their cases for trial. When first appointed, he visited Washington to 
 consult the accounting of the Treasury to ascertain what he could 
 rightly pay out and have allowed on settlement. The Comptroller 
 gave him full and accurate information, and advised him if anything of 
 a new character was presented, not to pay until he had asked for and 
 received instructions. He faithfully followed this advice, and never 
 had an item in his accounts rejected or questioned at the Treasury. 
 During his whole official term, within three or four days after the end 
 of the quarter, he presented his accounts in the most perfect order, with 
 every voucher perfect and true in form and substance. The labor of 
 adjusting such accounts was trifling. They Avere promptly settled, he 
 seldom being detained more than from two to three days at the De- 
 partment. 
 
 At that time he was the first Mar.shal who exhibited a surplus of 
 emoluments in his accounts, and this surplus, amounting in all from 
 fifteen hundred to two thousand dollars was promptly paid over to 
 the Treasury. This was something new among officials, who were 
 limited, in the amount of emoluments they might retain. At that time 
 my relations were such in the Department that I well understand all 
 about the Marshals and District Attorneys. It was conceded that Gen- 
 eral Gould was the able.st, ijiiost thorough and prompt and conscienti- 
 ous man among all the Marshals. He was recommended by those 
 who understood these matters to others as a model worthy of imitation. 
 In his manners he was cordial and gentlemanly, never yielding to the 
 impulses of temper, or manifesting personal dislike. He had remark- 
 ably clear conception of all his duties and relations, and had a singu- 
 larly ready way of communicating them. My object in writing is not 
 to give an obituary of him, but to call attention to the mode of doing 
 things by a highly competent and remarkably successful man in busi- 
 ness, hoping that many in official life may profit by it. 
 
 R. H. G. 
 
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 General Jacob Could. 
 
 Was born in Boxford, Essex county, Massachusetts, on the 10th day 
 of February, 1794. His father, Caj^t. Jacob Gould, was a native of 
 the same town. His grandfother, of the same name and place, was 
 lieutenant of the militia in said town, in the American Revolution, and 
 was occasionally on duty. His mother was a Peabody, from the 
 adjoining town of Middleton, in which and in Danvers, and the now 
 city of Salem, reside many of the same name, having descended from 
 the same ancestry ; some of whom are extensively known as most 
 successful as well as honorable in the commercial world. 
 
 The subject of this brief sketch lived with his parents, who were 
 poor but respectable, on the old farm — hallowed by having descended 
 from father to son, where naught new was allowed to come ; indeed, 
 the whole town was famed for its at that ti«ne called stability ; it had 
 no public house, no justice of the peace, and for years and years not a 
 law suit, small cfr great, amongst its inhabitants. The schools were of 
 the ordinary class of Massachusetts country schools, kept three months 
 in the winter by a man, the same time in summer by a woman. To 
 these the subject of this sketch went when his labor on the farm could 
 be conveniently dispensed with. When twelve years of age, he had 
 permission from his fatiier to labor for a neighbor eight days in the fall, 
 doing the work of a man for the wages of a boy, viz : a shilling per day, 
 Massachusetts currency. With this money he bought Morse's geogra- 
 phy, which had in it two maps, the World and North America. This 
 was at the time considered extravagant, and caused great jealousy with 
 one another, when it was taken to school to unite with the art of reading 
 a knowledge of the world. 
 
 The next year a similar process brought forth Perry's Dictionary^ 
 which constituted quite a library. At the age of sixteen it was deter- 
 mined he should learn the shoemaker's trade, and for this purpose a 
 bargain was made to serve a year with a man living about a mile from 
 
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 his father's, tlie Sabbaths to be spent at home during the year. His 
 master being exacting, he had no opportunities lor improvement except 
 in his trade : in this he was quite successful ; the List ^veek of school in 
 his district he was, however, permitted to attend, at the request of the 
 teacher, (now the Hon. Benjamin A. Gould, of Boston, then seventeen 
 years of age, whose great success afterwards as a teacher in Boston is 
 well known,) and take part in the examination. The year after, he was 
 hired to a man near the center of the parish, to work at his trade and 
 tend a small West India goods store in the absence of his principal. 
 
 The succeeding year he worked at his trade, except occasionally 
 assisting on the farm. During the winter he attended school, which was 
 taxight by a r.'spectable but unqualified teacht r. Soon after this, he was 
 .afflicted with a severe cold, which so alainicd the family that Anther 
 lab(»r at his trade was abandoned. 
 
 During the following season, 1812, ho spent three months at West 
 Bradford Academy, renowned the world over as the school where Har- 
 riet Atwood, afterwards Harriet Newell, Miss Hazeltine, JNErs. Judson, 
 were instructed, with many other choice, kindred spirits. Here also, 
 the subject of this 1/iography first resolved to serve the Lord. 
 
 The succeeding winter, 1812-13, he taught school ; the one after, 1814, 
 in his native district ; his third and last winter in Massachusetts as a 
 teacher, Mr. Gould instructed in the village of East Bradford, where he 
 became acquainted with the Rev. Mr. Perry, D. D., the clergyman of 
 the parish, who had spent a year at Union College, Schenectady, as 
 tutor, and by whose advice, in the spring of 1815, being twenty-one 
 jears of age, be took the journey to Albany without ,friends or associ- 
 ates, literally alone, with a letter from Dr. Perry to the Hon. Gideon 
 Hawley, then Superintendent of Commoii Schools for the State of New 
 York. ' 
 
 With a letter fiom Superintendent Hawley, Mr. Gould proceeded 
 west, intending to go into the interior, as far as Utica, seeking employ- 
 ment as a teacher. On arriving at Schenectady, he was invited by the 
 Rev. J . Mabon, vvho had charge of Union College Grammar School, to 
 stay over and visit the president and professors of the college, and, at 
 their request, he took charge of the English department in said school 
 at his own risk as to pay, chargiiig a reasonable tuition. Here he con- 
 tinued to teach with good success fur four years — the last three in 
 connection with the Rev. D. H. Barnes, afterwards a prominent teacher 
 in the city of New York, whose untimely death numerous friends and 
 an affectionate family will never cease to mourn. 
 
 Owing to some misuudorstanding between the trustees and teachers, 
 
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 Mr. Barnes went to New York and Mr. Gould to Rochester, a small 
 but promising village of ten or twelve hundred inhabitants, situated on 
 both sides of the Gencsseo River, at its falls— the east side being in 
 the county of Ontario, the west side in the county of Genessee, 
 
 The business of teaching being abandoned for the more active em- 
 ployment of merchandising, he went into the business of manufacturing 
 and selling boots and shoes. This was continued for more than twenty- 
 years, connected with an extensive wholesale trade in leather, &;c,to as 
 great, if not greater extent, than any other establishment in Western 
 New York. 
 
 Occasionally he was honored with office— his military career was of 
 a character peculiar to those times. In 1824, he was elected captain of 
 a nearly lifeless artillery company, but as he never intended to do 
 things by halves, he, by his energy, revived the spirits of those already 
 enlisted, which had the olTect to encourage others, so that a handsome 
 company was soon the result. Some difficulty the winter following, at 
 a court-martial, caused an application to the adjutant-general for a 
 division of the regiment, which was promptly made. 
 
 The subject of this sketch was elected colonel. The same process in 
 another quarter caused a division of the brigade ; before the colonel's 
 commission arrived he was duly elected brigadier general, and in that 
 capacity appeared before a regiment the same fall. 
 
 The winter following, a major-general had to be appointed by the 
 Governor and Senate. Here a principle had to be settled causing no 
 little trouble. The subject of this sketch was a few days the senior 
 bri<Tadier, and had held a commisnon but little over a year, while the 
 junior brigadier was an old officer of more than twenty years' service, 
 and claimed the appointment from Governor Clinton and the Senate on 
 this account ; it was settled, however, and has since been referred to as 
 a precedent, governing subsequent action in similar cases, that Mr. 
 Gould was entitled to the appointment, which he received, going from 
 a citizen to that of major general of artillery in less than two years. 
 
 In 1829 he was appointed by President Jackson, collector of the 
 customs for the district of Genessee, and reappointed; and again 
 appointed by President Van Buren. 
 
 Soon after this he resigned the olFicc to attend with more diligence 
 to his private affairs. 
 
 In 1836 he was elected President of the Rochester City Bank ; held 
 the office two years, and then resigned. Subsequently, when some 
 difficulty arose in said institution, he was invited to its presidency 
 again, which office he held until all trouble was past. He was twice 
 
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 elected mayor of the (;ity of Rochester, which was hicorforated in 
 1834. 
 
 In 1845, unexpectedly to himself and friends, he was appointed U. S. 
 Marshal for the Northern District of New Yurk by President Polk, 
 which office he held four years. 
 
 To show the energy with which these duties were performed, it may 
 be stated that there were more convictions for counterfeiting coin, rob- 
 bery of the mails, etc., during his term, than for twenty years previous. 
 In his duties he was ably sustained by the court, and especially by 
 Judwe Allen, of Oswego, the U. S. District Attorney, and George W. 
 Clinton, Esq., of Buffalo, his successor in office. 
 
 In 1850, he was elected financial officer of the Farmers and Mechanics 
 Bank of Rochester, a bank under the general banking law of the State, 
 which he held until 186G. 
 
 The difference between the subject of this sketch and many others, 
 was a perseverance in whatever was undertaken, until all obstacles 
 were overcome and success complete. 
 
 His first political efforts were to sustain his most esteemed friend, 
 Governor Clinton, in 1820, and afterward until his death. After that 
 mournful event, with untiring energy he labored to elect Gen. Jackson 
 to the presidency. He often mentioned being in Portsmouth, N. 11., in 
 the summer of 1826, visiting, when he announced himself as a Jackson 
 man. The next day he was introduced as such by his friends, as a 
 curiosity in those parts, being the first known. He has cordially sup- 
 ported the democratic party, and always received the confidence of his 
 political friends of both high and low standing, which confidence has 
 never been abused for selfish or improper purposes. 
 
 Socially, the subject of this sketch was proverbially affectionate 
 and kind. Being the second child and oldest son, much responsibility 
 rested upon him in eai-ly life, on account of a lameness of his father, 
 occurring from an accident, when the subject of this sketch was only 
 eight years old. 
 
 He married, at the age of twenty -two. Ruby Swan, of North Ando- 
 ver, Massachusetts, with whom he lived happily twenty-four years. 
 She was then called to that " bourne from which none return," leaving 
 three children, two daughters and a son. 
 
 He married again in 1841, Sarah T. Seward, principal of the 
 Seward Female Seminary, in Rochester, and has«left with her a son and 
 two daughters. 
 
 His labors and efforts were not confined to his own family and 
 relatives. For many of these he did much ; but he educated, and 
 
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 helped to educate many, and also to establish the deserving in bus- 
 iness. In all these efforts a desire to do good was apparent, and 
 results might be cited showing that these labors have not been in vain. 
 
 In religion, the subject of this sketch was always decided; lie 
 united with the Presbyterian Church, in Schenectady, in 1817 ; was 
 superintendent of the Female Sabbatli School just established in that 
 city, and afterwards in Rochester; was for a number of years an active 
 elder in the First Presbyterian Church in Rochester, to which he took 
 a letter when he left Schenectady, in 1819. At that time it was the only 
 church of any denomination in Rochester; now there are one hundred 
 or more. And he has remained ever since a consistent member and a 
 regular attendant upon the services of this church. He built the house 
 in which he has ever since resided, on South Fitzhugh street, in 1825, 
 and has lived to see our city grow from a mere hamlet to an enterpris- 
 ing andfl<jurishing city of nearly G0,000 inhabitants. 
 
 The death of an esteemed citizen whose life, from his earlier years to 
 a ripe old age, has been spent in our midst, and closely identified with 
 the growth and prosperity of our city, is, under any circumstances, cal- 
 culated to awaken profound sorrow in the hearts of his fellow citizens, 
 and that surrcnv is augmented when, as in the case of the deceased, the 
 blow comes suddenly and without a moment's warning. Stricken 
 down, apparently in perfect health, he lingered in unconsciousness a few 
 short hours upon the verge of the tomb, and without a parting word to 
 those who loved him best and gathered in their anguish around him, his 
 spirit took its flight to God who gave it. But, sad as were the circum- 
 stances of h's departure, his mourning relatives and friends have the 
 comforting assurance left them that he was not unprepared to go. He 
 knew in whom he believed, and he has gone to the reward which is for 
 those whose sins are washed away by the blood of Christ. 
 
 An affectionate and amiable husband and father, a faithful friend, an 
 upright, genial citizen, and a Christian gentleman — in each and all the 
 relations of life he was true to his maker and to himsulf, and he bequeaths 
 to his friends and fellow citizens the record of anhonororable, conscien- 
 tious life, and a blameless walk and conversation. His death is a loss to 
 our community, mitigated only by the memory of his virtues and the 
 lustre reflected by his life and character upon our city. His sorrowing 
 relatives will have the heartfelt sympathy of all in this community in 
 their bereavement, peculiarly sad and impressive as it is, and nnmy 
 hearts will ask in silent supplication the mercy and love of God to sus- 
 tain them in this dark hour of their iifl!liotioi). 
 
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 La JL '09 
 
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