Chautauqua County natives who achieved fame elsewhere:
BROCTON
GEORGE MORTIMER PULLMAN - Inventor of the sleeping car which bears his name; born Portland, near Brocton, 1831; died, 1897.
JAMES MINTON PULLMAN - Universalist clergyman and executive; publicist and civic leader at Lynn, Mass.; born near Brocton, 1836.
BUSTI
LOREN BLODGETT - Pioneer climatologist, long associated with the Smithsonian Institute at Washington; born Busti, 1823; died Philadelphia, 1901.
CHAPIN HALL - Early manufacturer of Warren, Penn., and Jamestown; member of Congress, 1859-61; born Busti, 1816; died Jamestown, 1879.
RALP PLUMB - Coal mine and railroad promoter of Illinois; Republican member of Congress, 1885-89; born Busti, 1816; died Streator, Ill., 1903.
GEORGE STONEMAN - Brigadier general of the Civil War; governor of California, 1883-87; born Busti, 1822; died Buffalo, 1894.
EARLY VERNON WILCOX - Agricultural scientist and author; with U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1899- on staff of American Agriculturist ; editor of the Farmers Cyclopedia; born Busti, 1869.
EDWIN MEAD WILCOX - Botanist, successively with the Oklahoma Agricultural College, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, University of Nebraska and Transylvania College, Lexington, Kentucky; born Busti, 1876; brother of the above.
CHERRY CREEK
NEAL DOW BECKER - New York manufacturer and attorney; consul general of Bulgaria in the United States, 1922-.... ; born Cherry Creek, 1883.
OZRO A. HADLEY - Acting governor of Arkansas, 1871-73; born Cherry Creek, 1826; become land owner in New Mexico.
CLYMER
CHARLES FREMONT AMIDON - United States District Judge of North Dakota, 1896-1928; born Clymer, 1856; home Fargo, N. D.
FRANK E. BAKER - Public school educator and normal school principal; president of Milwaukee State Teachers College, 1923-....; born Clymer, 1877.
FRED CARLTON STEWART - Specialist on plant diseases; with the Geneva Experiment Station, 1894-....; born Clymer, 1868.
ABBE LIVINGSTONE WARNSHUIS - Reformed Church missionary to Amoy, China, 1900-1915; secretary of the International Missionary Council at London, 1920-24; born Clymer, 1877; home New York City.
DUNKIRK
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS - One of America's well known present-day authors; born Dunkirk, 1871; home Auburn.
CHARLES EMERSON BEECHER - Yale professor of paleontology; born Dunkirk, 1856.
CHARLES MORRISON BURT - Railway executive of Boston; born Dunkirk, 1862.
GEORGE BRINTON CALDWELL - New York banker and financier; born Dunkirk, 1863.
GEORGE PORTER EDWARDS - San Francisco publisher of business journals; born Dunkirk, 1878.
GEORGE WILLIAM EGGERS - Professor of art at College of the City of New York; born Dunkirk, 1883.
FRANK MICHAEL O'BRIEN - Journalist of New York City; awarded Pulitzer prize for best editorial, 1921; has been on staff of New York Press, Herald, Sun; born Dunkirk, 1875.
EDWIN ROSWELL SANBORN - Naturalist of the New York Zoological Park and photographer of animals; born Dunkirk, 1899.
SIDNEY LOUIS WILLSON - President of the American Writing Paper Co., Holyoke, Mass.; born Dunkirk, 1867.
ELLINGTON
CHARLES ALDRICH - Pioneer editor and political leader of Iowa; founder and curator of the Historical Department of Iowa; born Ellington, 1828.
HARRY A. SPRAGUE - Public school educator of New Jersey; principal or president of the New Jersey State Normal School, now State Teachers College, Upper Montclair, N. J., 1924-....; born Ellington, 1885.
MERRITT STARR - Legal authority, author and editor of Chicago, where he started practice, 1882; author on Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln; born Ellington.
FINDLAY LAKE
ALVA J. BRASTED - Distinguished chaplain of the U. S. Army; born Findlay Lake, 1876.
FRED BRASTED - Attorney of Oklahoma and Texas; authority on legal aspects of gas and oil production; born Findley Lake, brother of Alva J. Brasted; home Fort Worth.
ANNE ABIGAIL KNOWLTON - Musician and teacher of Warren, Penn. and Jamestown, N. Y.; born Findlay Lake.
AMOS MADDEN THAYER - Federal judge in Missouri, 1876-1894; lecturer at Washington Univ., St. Louis; born Mina, near Findlay Lake, 1841.
FORESTVILLE
GEORGE ABBOTT - One of the most successful theatrical producers of New York; born Forestville, 1889.
MORTIER FRANKLIN BARRUS - Professor of plant pathology at Cornell University, 1914-....; born Forestville. 1879.
EMILY MONTAGUE BISHOP - Distinguished lecturer when Chautauqua institutes were popular throughout America; author of Seventy Years Young and other popular books; born Forestville, 1858.
GEORGE C. COOK - Naval commander; born Forestville, 1859.
JOHN BELMONT COOK - Baptist clergyman and educator; principal of the Vermont Academy, Bellows Falls, Vermont, 1923-....; born Forestville, 1879.
RICHARD DEWEY - Psychiatrist and educator of Chicago; professor at the Chicago Post Graduate Medical School. 1893-1909; born Forestville, 1845.
NATHAN EUSEBIUS WOOD - Baptist clergyman, author and educator; president of the Newton Theological Seminary, 1899-1909; born Forestville, 1819.
FREDONIA
CLARENCE CLOUGH BUELL - Many years on staff of the Century Magazine; wrote Battles and Leaders of the Civil War in collaboration with Robert Underwood Johnson; born near Fredonia, 1850.
EDWARD H. FREEMAN - Pianist and conductor of Muskingum College, New Concord, Ohio; born Fredonia, 1890.
GRACE E. McKINSTRY - Portrait painter of Washington, D. C., and Faribault, Minn.; born Fredonia.
JAMES WRIGHT PUTNAM - Buffalo neurologist and professor at the University of Buffalo; born Fredonia, 1860.
WILLIAM FRANCIS SHERO - Episcopal clergyman and educator; warden of Racine College, Wisconsin, 1908-16; author of several volumes on religious subjects; born Fredonia, 1863.
WALTER GOODWIN SWART - Mining engineer and executive of Babbitt, Minnesota; born, Fredonia, 1868.
ASHER CLAYTON TAYLOR - Professional soldier with commands in both the Civil and Spanish-American wars; retired with rank of brigadier general; born Fredonia. 1842; died, 1922.
SILAS MATTESON WEAVER - Many years judge of the Supreme Court of Iowa; born near Fredonia, 1845; died, 1923.
M. DEWITT WOODFORD - Prominent Ohio railway executive of the last half of the 19th century; born Fredonia, 1838; lived Cincinnati.
JOHN DUTTON WRIGHT - Eminent New York authority on problems of the deaf and specialist in eye and throat; inventor of auto-inspection laryngoscope; born Fredonia, 1866.
SHERMAN J. LOWELL - National farm leader; master of the National Grange; appointed to the Tariff Commission by Calvin Coolidge; born Lamberton, near Fredonia, 1858.
FREWSBURG
ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN - United States Commissioner of Education, 1906-11; chancellor of New York University, 1911-....; born Kiantone, near Frewsburg, 1861.
REUBEN E. FENTON - Governor of New York, 1864-68; born Carroll, near Frewsburg, 1819; lived Frewsburg; died Jamestown, 1885.
JAMES PARKER HALL - Professor of law at Leland Stanford and dean of the Law School, University of Chicago,1904-....; born Frewsburg, 1871.
HARVEY CORNELIUS HAYES - Physicist and oceanographer with United States Naval Research Laboratory, near Washington; born North Fenton, near Frewsburg, 1878.
LIDA BROWN McMURRY - Prolific juvenile author of Polo. Ill.; co-author of the Smith-McMurry Language Series; born Kiantone, near Frewsburg, 1853.
JAMES JEFFERSON MYERS - Distinguished civic leader of Cambridge, Mass.; born Frewsburg, 1842; died Cambridge, 1915.
JAMES BURTON REYNOLDS - Educator and civic leader of New York City; one-time secretary of the Republican National Committe; born Kiantone, near Frewsburg, 1861.
JAMESTOWN
EDWARD WELLINGTON BACKUS - Lumber merchant and business magnate of Minneapolis; born Jamestown, 1860.
EVERETT H. BAILEY - Banker and civic leader of St. Paul; born Jamestown, 1850.
ALFRED W. BENSON - U. S. senator from Kansas, 1906-7; born Jamestown; died Topeka, 1916.
S. MILES BOUTON - Foreign correspondent from Germany, both before and after the World War; author of books on Germany at various periods; born Blockville, near Jamestown, 1876.
C. VALENTINE BOYER - President of the University of Oregon; born Jamestown, 1880.
ISAAC EDDY BROWN - Nationally known Y.M.C.A. executive and author of Chicago; born Chautauqua County, 1849; died, 1917.
HORACE C. CARRELL - Chief of the Alkali and Chlorine sections during the World War; later manager of the Solvay Process, Syracuse, to time of his death; born Jamestown, 1873.
DWIGHT DICKINSON - Medical director of the U. S. Navy, retiring 1909 with rank of Commodore; born Jamestown, 1847; died, 1921.
WILLIAM FEATHER - Author and publisher of Cleveland; born Jamestown, 1889.
CROSBY FIELD - Chemist and manufacturer of California; born Jamestown, 1889.
ALVAH LYSANDER HAGER - Republican Member of Congress from Iowa, 1893-99; born Jamestown, 1850; died Des Moines, 1923.
FREDERICK P. HALL - Publisher, banker and industrialist of Jamestown; born near Jamestown, 1859.
GILBERT DENNISON HARRIS - Geologist and paleontologist; with U. S. and state geological surveys; professor at Cornell Univ., 1894-....; born Jamestown, 1864; home, Ithaca.
LOUISE EMOGENE HAZELTINE - Librarian at Jamestown, 1893-1906; principal of Library School, Univ. of Wisconsin, 1906-....; born Jamestown, 1868.
ALBERT COLE HOPKINS - Lumberman of Lock Haven, Penn.; member of Congress, 1891-95; born Villa Nova [Villanova], near Jamestown, 1837; died Lock Haven, 1911.
HARRY PRATT JUDSON - With Univ. of Chicago from 1902 as dean and president; born Jamestown, 1849; died, 1927.
WALTER HENRY KENT - Professor of chemistry at Drake Univ., Iowa, and at the Brooklyn College of Pharmacy; born Levant, near Jamestown, 1851.
WILLIAM HENRY KNIGHT - Well known author and lecturer on astronomy and on the geography of the Pacific Coast; born Harmony, near Jamestown, 1835; lived Los Angeles; died, 1925.
PERCY ALVIN MARTIN - Professor of history at Leland Stanford and authority on Spanish America; born Jamestown, 1879.
EARL BERTRAM NORRIS - Dean of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic; cited for distinguished service in the World War; born Jamestown, 1882.
ROGER TORY PETERSON - Artist specializing in the painting of birds; head of educational activities of the Audubon Society; born Jamestown, 1908; home New York City.
JAMES PRENDERGAST - Civic leader and donor of the Prendergast Public Library; born at Kiantone, suburb of Jamestown, 1848, grandson of James Prendergast, founder of Jamestown.
WILLIAM LYNN RANSOM - New York attorney and economist; author and civic leader; born Jamestown, 1883.
JOSEPHINE ADAMS RATHBONE - Instructor with Pratt Institute (Brooklyn) Library 1893-....; a leader of the library profession; born Jamestown.
LIONEL ROBERTSON - Chicago designer of furniture and lecturer on household art; born Jamestown, 1872.
JOHN McALLISTER SCHOFIELD - Famous Civil War general; Secretary of War in cabinet of Andrew Johnson; born Gerry, near Jamestown, 1831; died St. Augustine, Florida, 1906.
ELLIOT F. SHEPHERD - Founder of the New York Mail Express and of the New York State Bar Association; born Jamestown, 1883.
MELVIN OLIVER SWANSON - Engineer with the Tennessee Valley Authority, 1934-35; Chief Engineer Rural Electrification, 1935- ; born Jamestown, 1894.
DAVIS H. WAITE - A governor of Colorado; had been many years editor of the Jamestown Journal; born Jamestown, 1825; died Aspen, Col., 1901.
JOHN BARBER WHITE - Famous Kansas City lumberman; authority on conservation and the opening up of western lands; born Chautauqua County, 1847.
WILLIS RODNEY WHITNEY - Director of the Research Laboratory of General Electric at Schenectady, 1904-....; college lecturer; born Jamestown, 1868.
ERNEST R. WILLARD - Twenty years editor of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle; born Jamestown 1854.; died Rochester. 1937.
MAYVILLE
HORACE FORBES BAKER - Corporation attorney and director of Pittsburg; a civic leader of that city; born Mayville, 1878.
BELLE WEAVER COLE - Famous singer of the late 19th century; started career in New York, 1883, later making her home in London, England; made several concert tours around the world, including South Africa and Australia; born Mayville, 1905.
GEORGE WASHINGTON HUNT - Pioneer railroad builder of Oregon; born Dewittville, 1842, near Mayville; died Portland, Oregon, 1910.
FERNANDO JONES - Pioneer attorney and authority on real estate titles of Chicago; an influential civic leader; born Chautauqua County, 1820.
GLENN WILLIAM SCOFIELD - Jurist and political leader of Pennsylvania; served six terms in Congress, 1863-1875; born Dewittville, near Mayville. 1817; died Warren, Penn., 1891.
CLARENCE ALLEN VAN SLYKE - Secondary school educator and author of texts; headmaster at Corwall-on-the-Hudson; born Centralia, near Mayville, 1880.
PANAMA
FLOYD LAVERN DARROW - Juvenile author, specializing on introduction to science; on staff of St. Nicholas, 1927-32; born Niobe, near Panama, 1880.
JAMES H. McGRAW - New York publisher and business executive; a founder of the McGraw Hill Publishing Co.; born Panama, 1860.
ANDREW WELLS ROBERTSON - Manufacturer and business executive of New York City; chairman board of directors of the Westinghouse Electric, 1929- ; born Panama, 1880.
RIPLEY
JOHN BIDWELL - California Forty Niner; helped organize that state; Prohibition Party candidate for President, 1892; born on farm near Ripley, 1819; died 1900.
RICHARD THEODORE ELY - Professor of political economy at University of Wisconsin, 1892-1925; one of the leading American authorities on that subject; born Ripley, 1854.
AUGUSTUS STILES CARRIER - Presbyterian theologian and educator of Chicago; born Ripley, 1857.
CHARLES MANN HAMILTON - A state Republican leader; member of Congress, 1913-15; born Ripley, 1874; died 1919.
EDWARD CALEB RANDALL - Buffalo attorney and industrialist; essayist on subject of the future life; born Ripley, 1860.
ALEXANDER COCHRANE ROBINSON - Banker and industrialist of Pittsburg; born Ripley, 1864.
GEORGE FREDERICK SHAVER - Inventor and manufacturer of New York City; born Ripley, 1855; died, 1923.
SHERMAN
LYMAN BEECHER SPERRY - Physician and lecturer; appeared on Chautauqua and other platforms throughout the United States; born Sherman, 1841.
SILVER CREEK
HAROLD WILLIAM SANFORD - With Rochester Democrat and Chronicle since 1911; editor 1937-....; born Silver Creek, 1890.
JAMES ROBERT WILSON - Medical authority and educator specializing in pediatrics; formerly with Cornell Medical College and with Syracuse University; born Silver Creek, 1897; home Syracuse.
SINCLAIRVILLE
STEPHEN H. ALLEN - Prominent attorney of Topeka, Kansas; member of Kansas Supreme Court; born Sinclairville, 1847; died 1931.
STOCKTON
FORREST CRISSEY - Chicago journalist and author; many years on staff of Saturday Evening Post; born Stockton, 1864.
WESTFIELD
GEORGE EMERSON BREWER - New York surgeon and hospital consultant; born Westfield, 1861.
FRANCIS WILLIAM CRANDALL - Pittsburg banker and executive of the Mellon interests; major in First World War; born Westfield, 1889.
ROY FLOYD DIBBLE - On English faculty of Columbia and Hunter colleges; biographer of many colorful characters in American life, including John L. Sullivan; born Portland, near Westfield, 1887; died New York City, 1929.
DeAZRO A. NICHOLS - Editor, first with the agricultural press, later commercial editor of the Buffalo Express, retiring in old age to his farm in Westfield; born Westfield, 1828. A son, Brayton L. Nichols, has been editor of the Buffalo Sunday Express.
S. FRED NIXON - Many years a state Republican leader; speaker of the assembly, 1899-1905; born Westfield, 1860; died. 1905.
STEPHEN GIRARD NYE - Attorney and jurist of California, where he had extensive land interests; born Westfield, 1834; died, 1906.
EDWARD BEARDSLEY PARSONS - Public school educator of Brooklyn; born Westfield, 1862; died, 1922. A brother. Herbert Parsons, was also prominent in the public schools of Brooklyn.
WILLIAM LORENZO PARSONS - Jurist and political leader of Minnesota; born Westfield, 1858; died, 1939.
ALBERT E. PIERCE - Electric utilities magnate of Chicago and Warrenton, Virginia; born Westfield, 1880.
CLARA SACKETT - Painter of merit living in Florida; born Westfield.
JOHN SPENCER - Surgeon and instructor in medicine at St. Charles, Ill., and Chicago; surgeon in 9th cavalry in Civil War; born Westfield, 1821, where he practiced in later life.
HENRY DICE STOUT - Medical authority of Chicago and Jacksonville, Fla.; born Westfield, 1843; died, 1914.
UTLEY WEDGE - Chemist who has developed much that is new in oils and methods of reducing ore; home Paoli. near Philadelphia; born Westfield, 1863. Mr. Wedge rendered essential services in developing better methods of speeding production during the First World War and is said to hold 100 patents.
