History of Fort Ann, (Washington County) New York United States of America

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John Henry Dolph, painter, was born at Fort Ann, N.Y., April 18, 1835; son of Osmond and 0live (Horton) Dolph. His first instruction in portrait painting was acquired from Allen Smith of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1870 he visited Europe; studied under Louis Van Kuyck in Antwerp, 1879-72, and in 1880 opened a studio in Paris, where he remained three years. On his return to the United States in 1883 he located in New York city. He was elected an associate of the National academy of design in 1877; Academician 1898, Society of American artists, 1879; a life member of the Lotus club and a member of the Salmagundi and Kit-Kat clubs. He won a wide reputation as a portrait painter, but attained especial success in the representing domestic animals. Among his more important paintings are: Knickerbocker Farm-Yard (1869); The Season of Plenty (1870); The Country Blacksmith (1870); The Horse Doctor (1873); The Pasture (1874); The Antiquarian (1875); A Gray Day on the Coast (1875); From the Horse Market (1876); Who Will Bell the Cat? (1877); Relic of the Battlefield (1878); The Rehearsal (1878); The Ante-Chamber (1881); Choice of a Weapon (1884); The Rat Retired from the World (1884); A June Day (1886); Cat and Kittens (1896). He died in New York city, Sept. 28, 1903.

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

Samson Mason, representative, was born in Fort Ann, N.Y., July 24, 1793; son of Haile and Hannah (Pierce) Mason; grandson of Samson (2d) and Hannah Haile (Hale) Mason, and a descendant of Samson (1st) and Mary (Butterworth) Mason. Samson Mason (1st) was a "Dragoon in Cromwell's Ironsides," came to Dorchester, Mass., in 1649, removed to Rehoboth in 1657, and was the founder of Swansea, Mass. He received his education in the public and law school at Onondaga, N.Y., was admitted to the bar and settled in practice in Springfield, Ohio, in 1819. He was prosecuting attorney for Clark county in 1822; a member of the state senate, 1829-31, and chairman of the committee that revised the statutes of the state in 1880, and was a candidate for presidential elector on the Clay ticket in 1832. He was a Whig representative from the tenth Ohio district in the 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th congresses, 1835-43; a representative in the Ohio legislature, 1845-46; U.S. attorney for Ohio during Fillmore's administration, 1850-53; a state senator, 1862-64; and a delegate to the Ohio constitutional convention of 1850-51. He served as captain, colonel, brigadier-general and major-general in the state militia. He was married to Minerva, daughter of Dr. William Needham of Springfield, Ohio. Of their children, Rodney, born Oct. 20, 1824, was a colonel in the civil war and became a resident of Springfield, Ohio; Emily, born Nov. 15, 1827, married Judge Daniel Haynes of Dayton, Ohio, and Gen. Edwin Cooley died in 1898. Gen. Samson Mason died in Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1869.

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