Craft Masonry in Monroe County, New York - Onondaga and ...

than lie idle he volunteered to continue duty while undergoing treatment, at Elmira, NY, where he was in command of the barracks
during the draft in 1863-64. He also served as acting quartermaster in the rebel prison, thus saving the services of an active officer
at the front who would have been detailed. Captain Cramer has, since the war, developed an important industry in the manufacture
of flour sacks and every variety of paper sacks, bags and devices for the handling of grains and perishable goods, in fact, he was
the pioneer in introducing the paper-bag, which has revolutionized the system of flour packing. He took a prominent part in the
erecting of a suitable monument to the heroes of the 108th on the field of Gettysburg. He has been always identified with the "art
preservative," and when he went to the war was presented with a handsome sword, belt and sash, and a revolver, by his friends on
the Post-Express and Democrat and Chronicle. He is a charter member of the old Genesee and the Rochester Yacht Clubs and
owns the famous yacht "Majel." which is considered by Lawley & Son, its builders, to be the best boat of its kind ever turned out of
their establishment. Captain Cramers office was at 53 East Main street, Rochester, NY, and he had a pleasant way of entertaining
his friends who call upon him.
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Arthur C. Hastings, was born at Brooklyn., NY, 13 Jul 1860, and attended the public schools of that city later he took a course in
Smith College, at Hatfield, MA, and was graduated from there in 1876. In 1877 he accepted the position of secretary of the
Rochester Paper Mill Company at Rochester, NY, which position he filled until 1889, when he came to Niagara Falls and in
company with J. F. Quigley, built the Cliff Paper Mill, which was completed in the same year and of which he remained as manager
until 1892, when the Cliff Paper Company was organized, of which company he was made secretary, treasurer and manager. He is
still an incumbent of that office and is also treasurer of the Francis Manufacturing Company since its organization in 1895. In 1896
Mr. Hastings was elected Police Commissioner of the city of Niagara Falls, and served as president of the board until he resigned to
become Mayor, to which office he was elected 2 Mar 1897. He was a K. T. and Shriner.
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B. F. & C. W. La Salle - Dr. B. Frank La Salle, son of Francis La Salle, was born in Paris, France, 29 Mar 1842, and came to this
country in infancy with his parents, who located in St. Lawrence county, where Dr. La Salle received his preliminary education.
Afterwards he entered the office of Dr. J. D. Huntington, of Watertown, NY, for the study of dentistry, where, after three years of
diligent work, he passed the State examination and began the practice of his profession in Oswego, NY. In 1876 he removed to
Rochester, where he has built up a very large practice. His son, Dr. Clint W. La Salle, who is a graduate of the Buffalo Dental
College, and who was the first student to matriculate in that institution, is associated with him under the above firm name.
Dr. B. F. La Salle is a member of the Seventh District Dental Society and was the organizer of the Rochester Dental Club, now the
Rochester Dental Society, of which he was president for one year. He is a member of Valley Lodge, No. 109, F&AM, and served it
as Master in 1881-82; he also belongs to Hamilton Chapter RAM, Doric Council, and Monroe Commandery, No. 12, KT.
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MAJOR MAURICE LEYDEN - In the history of Rochester's successful men, whose honorable records reflect credit upon the city, is
numbered Major Maurice Leyden, whose life work was of value to the home community and of far-reaching effect in its influences.
His death occurred 15 Aug 1906, but the true measure of his life cannot be ascertained until the interests which he established have
reached their full fruition as factors in the commercial and financial upbuilding of the city.
Major Leyden was a native of Onondaga county, NY, born in Collamer, on 18 Oct 1836. He is descended from Holland Dutch
ancestry, the record being traced back to the time when William of Orange in 1690 invaded Ireland with a large army. Among his
followers were several bearing the name of Leyden and, settling on the Emerald Isle, they founded there a family of which Michael
Leyden, Sr., was a representative. He wedded Mary Walton, who was of English birth and parentage and they became the founders
of the family in the United States, settling in that portion of Syracuse which was at that time called Salina. They afterward took up
their abode in Collamer in the town of Dewitt, where their remaining days were passed.
Michael Leyden, Jr., son of Michael and Mary (Walton) Leyden, was born in Ireland, 5 May 1809, and was a young lad when he
came with his parents to the new world. He completed his education in Onondaga Valley Academy and left the parental farm to
become a salesman in Syracuse in the employ of Dennis McCarthy, founder of the wholesale and retail dry-goods firm of D.
McCarthy & Sons and D. McCarthy & Company. His progress in the commercial world led him to establish business on his own
account in Salina, where he remained until the outbreak of cholera caused him to purchase and remove to a farm near Collamer in
the town of Dewitt, Onondaga county. There he resided until 1860, when he returned to Syracuse. He married Catherine Carhart, a
daughter of Isaac Carhart and a descendant of Thomas Carhart, who came to America on the 29 Aug 1683, as private secretary to
Colonel Thomas Dougan, English governor of the colonies. Several of his descendants aided in the struggle for American
independence and in other wars and all became loyal citizens of the United States. Isaac Carhart, born in 1789, removed from
Coeymans, NY, to Manlius, Onondaga county, in 1827, and there followed farming until his death on 17 Mar 1845. His wife, who
bore the maiden name of Hannah Rowe, was of Holland parentage. Their daughter, Catherine Carhart. who became the wife of
Michael Leyden, Jr., was born at Coeymans, 22 Jun 1813, and died at Syracuse in Feb 1889.
Major Maurice Leyden was the eldest of twelve children and at the usual age began his education in the district schools, afterward,
however, attending the high school in Syracuse and Cazenovia Seminary. In his boyhood he also became familiar with the duties
and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist and developed thereby a strong and rugged constitution. When he had completed his
academic course he took up the study of dentistry in the office of Dr. Amos Westcott of Syracuse, then one of the leading dentists of
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