. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . mitted to the bar iii 185H: Teas member ofassembly, 1S62-6S, and secretary of state, 186^-05 :uias appointed attorney for the Nero York <2f= HarlemRailroad Co. in 1866, general counsel of the NewYork Central c^? Hudson River road on its organiza-tion in ISOfi, and second rice president of the road in1882 ; has been president of the Central-Hudson roadsince 188i). IROSWell p. jFlO
. The men of New York: a collection of biographies and portraits of citizens of the Empire state prominent in business, professional, social, and political life during the last decade of the nineteenth century .. . mitted to the bar iii 185H: Teas member ofassembly, 1S62-6S, and secretary of state, 186^-05 :uias appointed attorney for the Nero York <2f= HarlemRailroad Co. in 1866, general counsel of the NewYork Central c^? Hudson River road on its organiza-tion in ISOfi, and second rice president of the road in1882 ; has been president of the Central-Hudson roadsince 188i). IROSWell p. jFlOWer, recently governor ofthe Empire State, and otherwise distinguished inpublic life, was born in Jefierson county, New York,in 1835. He is of humble origin but of excellentstock, his English ancestors having settled in Con-necticut two centuries ago. When he was eight 20 .UEN OF XEir yORK—\ SECT/OX years old his father died, and Roswell was obligedto begin early in life his long career in the businessworld. Becoming a clerk in a country store whilestill a boy, he afterward worked in a brickyard andon a farm. Concurrently with all that, however, hewas getting an education by attending district. P. schools and the Theresa High School. Havinggraduated from this institution in 1851, he taughtschool for a while, boarding around with the pupils ;and afterward became a clerk in the post office atWatertown, N. Y. The salary was only $50 amonth, but he held the place six years, and in thattime contrived to .save $1000. Realizing that such a position would lead tonothing, Mr. Flower took his capital in 1860, andbought with it an interest in a jewelry business inWatertown, which he conducted successfully until1869. In that year he took u]) his residence in New-York city, and established a banking firm venture was entirely successful, and Mr. Floweraccumulated an am])le fortune. The firm is still in , though he ceased to be an active pa
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