History of Pompey, (Onondaga County) New York United States of America

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Sara Jane Lippincott, author, was born in Pompey, N.Y., Sept. 28, 1823; daughter of Dr. Thaddeus and Deborah (Baker) Clarke of Lebanon, and Brooklyn, Conn., and of English and Huguenot ancestry. She was educated in the High school of Rochester, N.Y., and in 1843 removed with her parents to New Brighton, Pa. She wrote at an early age poems which appeared in newspapers and magazines under her own name, and in 1844 she became a regular contributor to the New York Mirror under the pen name of "Oraee Greenwood." She was afterward a frequent contributor to the Home Journal, the National Era, Godey's Ladies' Book and Graham's Magazine, and to the Saturday Evening Post. As the correspondent of the National Era and Saturday Evening Post she resided in Europe, 1852-53. On her return she was married to Leander K. Lippincott of Philadelphia, and with him established The Little Pilgrim, which she edited for twelve years. During the civil war she engaged as a public lecturer and reader to raise money for the disabled soldiers and their families, also visiting and reading to the soldiers in camp and hospital. She served as a special Washington correspondent for the New York Tribune during the Grant administrations, and for several years later filled a similar position on the New York Times?writiug from Washington, Chicago, Colorado, Utah and many points on the Pacific coast. She then sent two series of letters from Europe. She contributed to several English journals and periodicals, including the Household Words and All the Year Round of Charles Dickens, who was her personal friend. Mrs. Lippincott resided in New York city, 1888-92, and in Washington, D.C., 1892-1900. She is the author of: Greenwood Leaves (1850); History of my Pets (1850); Poems (1851); Recollections of my Childhood (1851); Haps and Mishaps era Tour in Europe (1854); Metric England (1855); Forest Tragedy and Other Tales (1856); Stories and Legends of Travel (1858); History for Children (1858); Stories from Famous Ballads (1860); Stories of Many Lands (1867); Stories and Sights in France and Italy (1868); Records of Five Years (1868); New Life in New Lands (1873); Heads and Tails (1874); Victoria, Queen of England (1884); Stories for Home Folks (1885); and Stories and Sketches (1893). Her Washington political correspondence, and letters from European capitals, which she pronounced her best literary work, were not republished, and her popular lectures never appeared in print.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Philip Van Ness Myers, educator, was born in Tribes Hill, N.Y., Aug. 10, 1846; son of Jacob and Catharine L. (Morris) Myers. He attended Gilmore academy, Ballston Spa, N.Y., was graduated from Williams college, A.B., 1871, A.M., 1874, and studied at Yale law school, 1873-74. He was principal of Pompey academy, N.Y., 1869-70, and of Naples academy, N.Y., 1870-71. He was married at Pompey, N.Y., in 1875, to Ida Cornelia Miller. He was president of Farmers (later Belmont) college, Ohio, 1879-91, and was elected professor of history and political economy at the University of Cincinnati, in 1891. He was made a member of the American Historical association about 1885. The degree of LL.B. was conferred on him by Yale university in 1890, and that of L.H.D. by Miami university in 1891. He is the author of: Remains of Lost Empires (1874); Ancient History (1882) ; Medi?val and Modern History (1885); General History (1889); History of Greece (1895), and Rome, Its Rise and Fall (1900).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Charles Mason, jurist, was born in Pompey, N.Y., Oct. 24, 1804; son of Chauncey and Esther (Dodge) Mason; grandson of Jonathan Mason, and a descendant of Capt. John Mason, 1635. He was graduated first of his class at the U.S. Military academy and brevetted 2d lieutenant of the corps of engineers, July 1, 1829. He served at the Military academy as principal assistant professor of engineering, 1829-31, and resigned from the army, Dec. 31, 1831. He studied law in New York city and was admitted to the bar in 1832. He practised law at Newburgh, N.Y., 1832-34, and in New York city, 1884-36, and was acting editor of the New York Evening Post, 1835-36. He spent the winter of 1836-37 at Belmont, Wis. Ter., and in February, 1837, took up his residence at Burlington, which was included in Iowa Territory in 1838. He was married, Aug. 1, 1837, to Angelica, daughter of Hezekiah Gear of Pittsfield, Mass. He served as district-attorney of Des Moines county, Wis. Ter., and as one of Governor Dodge's aides, 1837-38; and was appointed chief justice of the supreme court of Iowa Territory by President Van Buren, July 4, 1838, retiring May 16, 1847. He was appointed attorney for the state of Iowa by Governor Hempstead in 1847, to bring suit against the state of Missouri in the U.S. supreme court to define the boundary line between the two states. He prosecuted this to a final determination in 1850 and obtained a decree in favor of Iowa. He was one of the three commissioners selected by the state legislature to draft an entire code of laws for the state, which was adopted in 1851. He was judge of Des Moines county court, Iowa, 1851-52; U.S. commissioner of patents by appointment from President Pierce, 1853-57; and a Commissioner to adjust the extent of Des Moines river land grant, 1858-59. He resumed practice at Burlington, Iowa, in 1858; was a member of the board of education of the state of Iowa, 1858-59, and in 1860 removed to Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the firm of Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, patent attorneys, 1861-81. He was nominated for governor of Iowa by the Democratic party in 1861, but declined, and was appointed by the legislature of Iowa commissioner to control a state war fund of $800,000. He was nominated for governor a second time in 1867, and was defeated. He was a delegate from Iowa to the Democratic national conventions of 1864, 1868, and 1872, and was chairman of the Democratic national central committee during those years. He was president of the Burlington & Missouri River railroad, Iowa, and of the Peoria & Quawka railroad, Illinois, 1852-53. He published several pamphlets on financial subjects. He died near Burlington, Iowa, Feb. 25, 1882.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Frank Hiscock, senator, was born in Pompey, Onondaga country, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1834; son of Richard and Cynthia (Harris) Hiscock. His father, a farmer, was a native of Pompey, N.Y., and of New England ancestry, and his mother, born in Preble, Cortland county, N.Y., was of New York ancestry. Frank was educated at Pompey academy and was admitted to the bar in 1855. He began practice in Pompey, N.Y., and was district attorney for Onoudaga county, 1860-63, and a member of the state constitutional convention of 1867. He represented his district in the 45th, 46th, 47th, 48th and 49th congresses, 1877-87, and was elected to the 50th congress, but before the meeting of that congress he was elected by the legislature of the state, Jan. 20, 1887, a U.S. senator to succeed Warner Miller, whose term expired March 3, 1887. He was chairman of the Quadro-Centennial select committee and of the committee on organization, conduct and expeditions of the executive departments, and a member of the coast defence, finance, interstate commerce and patent committees and of the select committee on the President's message transmitting the report of the Pacific railway commission. His term as U.S. senator expired March 3, 1893, and he engaged in the practice of law in Syracuse and became a director in the Syracuse savings bank, the State Bank of Syracuse, and the Trust and Deposit company of Onondaga. He was also a member of the Union League and Republican clubs of New York city and of the Syracuse club. He was married, Nov. 22, 1859, to Cornelia King, of Tally, N.Y.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor