. Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . nstantly augmented respon-sibilities to which he has proved equal. He is a son of William and Mary (Keating) Synan, both natives ofcounty Limerick, Ireland. William Synan came in 1857 to Pittsfield,\\here he was employed for many years by the Boston and Albany Rail-road Company. He died in 1874. Of his children, two daughters be-can;e teacliers in the Briggs school. A son, James W. Synan, also for atime in the employ of Prince & Walker, subsequently rendered efficientservice as tax coll
. Historic homes and institutions and genealogical and personal memoirs of Berkshire County, Massachusetts . nstantly augmented respon-sibilities to which he has proved equal. He is a son of William and Mary (Keating) Synan, both natives ofcounty Limerick, Ireland. William Synan came in 1857 to Pittsfield,\\here he was employed for many years by the Boston and Albany Rail-road Company. He died in 1874. Of his children, two daughters be-can;e teacliers in the Briggs school. A son, James W. Synan, also for atime in the employ of Prince & Walker, subsequently rendered efficientservice as tax collector of Pittsfield, and has been actively identified withDeiTK craric party work, a member of ward and city committees, dele-gated to numerous conventions, and candidate for representative to thelegislature for the fourth Berkshire district. He is now sales agent forthe Triumph Voting Machine Company, Pittsfield. The Messrs. Synanmentioned in this brief narrative were alike in demonstrating a superiorcapacity for usefulness and in winning the confidence of the communityas men of business Captain Israel C. Weller. BERKSHIRE COUNTY 343 CAPTAIN ISRAEL CASEY WELLER. Captain Israel Casey ^Aeller, who was a \-eteran of the civil war,formerly connected \\\Xh the noted Allen Gnards that went ont fromPittsfield, ^^lassachusetts. in 1861, was horn at Eowlers\il]e. Livingstoncounty. New York, January 21, 1840, a son of Eliakim and Ada (Pow-ell) \\>ller. Eliakim \\eller (father) was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts,where he spent his early life and attended the public schools. He sub-sequently learned the tanning trade. Shortly after his first marriagehe took up his residence in Eowlersville, New York, where he was bothfarmer and tanner, and a few years later went to ^lichigan, being oneof the first settlers of the ttwvn of Constantine. Returning east he re-located in Fowlers^•ille, where he became engaged in the boot and About 1858 he returned to Pittsfie
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