History of Westchester County, New York, Volume 3. Группа авторов

and never met defeat in a single race. They achieved a national reputation, and in all the regattas, scull and barge races carried off the honors over skilled competitors. The first notable race which they won was held at the Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey, gaining two races in one day and carrying off the silver-service medal. The first race was an eight-oared-barge race, and the second was a four-oared-shell race, in which five crews Were entered. One of the most exciting races in which they participated was held at Bergen Point, August 29, 1871, their opponents being the Argonautas. Thousands of people witnessed the race, the greatest excitement prevailed, and large wagers were staked on the result. They made a mile and a half in seven minutes and ten seconds. After that race the members of the crew were the undisputed amateur champions of the country. In 1876 they won a victory in a regatta at Philadelphia, open .to all. In 1868 Mr. Fearon won the single-scull championship medal from the Hudson River Amateur Rowing Association, consisting of the flag and diamond medal. The flag had to be won for three successive years in order to hold it, and accordingly he won it in 1869 and 1870. This was a medal sought more than any other offered by the association, and the association entered their best man, Edward Smith, a nephew of the celebrated Josh Ward, who defeated the English champion. Mr. Fearon defeated Smith in three miles single by one-eighth of a mile, up to which time Smith had never met defeat. The race took place at Yonkers in 1882. In 1874, at Saratoga, in the intercollegiate single-scull races, Mr. Fearon's boats, which he had built himself, won all the races. Boat-racing was then one of the most popular sports of the time, and these events were frequently attended by twenty thousand people. Mr. Fearon, in all the many contests in which he has taken part, has never been defeated but twice — once by George Lee, a professional oarsman, now rowing in England, and the second time by Kennedy, of Bob Cook's crew, who rowed at the Centennial, in Philadelphia, in 1876. He has won about sixty medals in racing, and for many years hardly had an equal in the entire country.

       In May, 1864, Mr. Fearon was married, the lady of his choice being Miss Elizabeth H. Dingee, a daughter of Henry A. Dingee, of New York city. He was a native of Yonkers, and spent his last days here. His father was once the owner of Chicken island. Henry Dingee became the owner of extensive real-estate holdings in Yonkers, much of which is still in possession of his daughter, Mrs. Fearon. He was a very enterprising and successful business man and amassed a comfortable fortune. He died in New York city, at the age of sixty-eight years. To Mr. and Mrs. Fearon have been born five children: Mary Dingee, wife of Edward T. Howard, a resident of Yonkers; Jane A.; Henry, deceased; and two who died in infancy. The Fearon household is noted for its bountiful hospitality, which is enjoyed by the most prominent people of Yonkers. Mr. and Mrs. Fearon occupy a very enviable position in cultured society circles, and have the warm regard of a very extensive circle of friends. In Yonkers not to know the subject of this review is to argue one's self unknown. In all his social and business relations he is popular, and in private life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from kindness and geniality, deference for the opinions of others and true nobility of character.

      TRAVIS, HON. DAVID W.

       In the last half of the present century the lawyer has been a pre-eminent factor in all affairs of private concern and national importance. He has been depended upon to conserve the best and permanent interests of the whole people and is a recognized power in all the avenues of life. He stands as the protector of the rights and liberties of his fellow men and is the representative of a profession whose followers, if they would gain honor, fame and success, must be men of merit and ability. Such a one is Mr. Travis, who was admitted to the bar in October, 1847, and has since successfully engaged in practice in Peekskill, New York.

       He was born January 15, 1824, a son of David E. Travis, and grandson of Elijah Travis. His parents were highly respected farming people, and on the paternal side he is of English origin and on the maternal side of German descent. He was reared and educated in Peekskill, graduating at the Peekskill Military Academy. He married Miss Catherine M. Hunt, and, to them was born a daughter, now the wife of William H. Craig, who is a member of the health department of Peekskill.

       In early life Mr. Travis was a Whig, but on the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, and has followed its fortunes ever since. In 1854 he was called upon to fill his first office, that of justice of the police courts, but since then he has often been called into public life, and for three terms, in 1867, 1879 and 1880, he most ably represented his district in the state legislature. He has served on several commissions of appraisal in relation to the New York city water-works, and has always been found true and faithful to every trust reposed in him, whether in public or private life. As a lawyer he has won the admiration and confidence of all, for truth and right are the only motives which sway him, and his career has been most progressive and honorable. Many important trusts have been committed to his care, and the confidence, reposed in him has never been betrayed. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity.

      TUTTLE, JAMES A.

       This gentleman is one of the highly respected citizens of Katonah, Westchester county. New York, and belongs to that honored class of brave men who rendered valiant service to the Union in the dark hour of its peril when secession attempted to overthrow the republic that our forefathers had established. Mr. Tuttle was born September 11, 1842, and is a son of Hiram Tuttle, a native of Connecticut, born in 1811. Hiram Tuttle was a shoemaker by trade, and when a young man he married Miss Julia Field, by whom he had six children, three of whom are living,— Mary Marshall, of Bridgeport, Connecticut; Emily, of Peekskill, New York; and James A., whose name begins this review. Those who have passed away are Elizabeth, Addie Garrison and Charles, the last named having been accidentally killed by railroad cars.

       James A. Tuttle was educated in the public schools of Westchester county, and was still in his teens when the trouble between the north and south precipitated the country into civil war. A spirit of patriotism, however, was at once awakened within him, and on the 11th of September, 1862, he celebrated his twentieth birthday by enlisting as a member of Company F, Second New York Cavalry. He was in the service for three years, valiantly defending the old flag and the cause it represented. During the early part of his army life he was stationed with his command along the Potomac. Later on, during the Dahlgren raid in Virginia, he was taken prisoner and held as such three months. His whole service was marked by that promptness and fidelity which characterize the true soldier, and at the expiration of his term he received an honorable discharge.

       Returning home at the close of hostilities, Mr. Tuttle devoted his energies to slate-roofing, which business he still follows.

       He was married December 6, 1871, to Miss Matilda Brown, a daughter of Isaac G. and Catharine Brown, of Yorktown, and was one of a family of six children, namely: Phoebe Jane, widow of A. Gray and a resident of SingSing, New York; William Henry, also of SingSing; Lewis, a resident of Tuckahoe, New York; Margaret Reynolds, who makes her home in Croton, New York; Mrs. Tuttle, of Katonah; and Antoinette Taylor, of Newark, New Jersey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Katonah, and he belongs to McKeel Post, No. 120, G. A. R. , of which he formerly served as commander, while at the present writing he is filling the office of adjutant.

      MARTIN, CHARLES G.

       The subject of this memoir was one of the honored citizens of Mount Vernon, Westchester county, and had been identified with the industrial life of the American metropolis for a long term of years, winning success through his personal efforts and guiding his life according to the maximum principles of honor and integrity. He attained a venerable age, passing away in the fullness of years and honors. Endowed with the most sterling character, energetic, independent and vigorous in his intellectuality, he won for himself a place in connection with the valuable activities of life, and it is certainly incumbent that in this compilation be included a brief sketch of his career.

       Mr. Martin was a native of New Jersey, having been born in the historic old town of Perth Amboy, on the 26th of August, 1814, the son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Andrews) Martin. The father served in the war of 1812, and his death occurred about the year 1825. He left his widow with four small children and with but a modest patrimony. Mrs. Martin was a native of New Jersey, while the Martins were numbered