. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . ose and hook and ladder companies were soon organ-ized and the fire department was in an efficient condition when theannexation to Niagara Falls took place The first newspaper published in this village was the Niagara CityHerald, the first issue of which appeared in October, 1855, under edito-rial and business control of N. T. Hackstafif. It was subsequently soldto C. B Gaskill, who discontinued it after a time. In 1870 A. G. Liscom established the Suspension Bridge 1873 he sold it to John Ransom, who greatly improved the paperand secured f
. Landmarks of Niagara County, New York; . ose and hook and ladder companies were soon organ-ized and the fire department was in an efficient condition when theannexation to Niagara Falls took place The first newspaper published in this village was the Niagara CityHerald, the first issue of which appeared in October, 1855, under edito-rial and business control of N. T. Hackstafif. It was subsequently soldto C. B Gaskill, who discontinued it after a time. In 1870 A. G. Liscom established the Suspension Bridge 1873 he sold it to John Ransom, who greatly improved the paperand secured for it a large patronage. Mr. Ransom was succeeded inthe publication of the paper by Liscom Brothers and they by S. , He was succeeded by the firm of Pomroy & Schultz (Will-iam F. Schultz). In June, 1897, Pomroy & Schultz sold the establish-ment to Edward T. Williams, the present proprietor. Edward T. Williams, editor and publisher of the Niagara Falls Jour-nal, is a grandson of John Williams, who came from Seneca county to. EDWARD T. WILLIAMS. 223 Pendleton soon after 1810, and later became a pioneer of Somerset,where he died in 1880. Abram C. Williams, son of John and father ofEdward T., was born in Pendleton and now resides in Somerset. Hemarried Augusta E., daughter of George K. Hood, an early settler ofSomerset and for several years a supervisor of that town. She diedabout 1877. Edward T. Williams was born on a farm in Somerset,Niagara county, April 30, 1868, and was early thrown, in a measure,upon his own resources. He attended the Somerset schools, the WilsonUnion School, and Cornell University, and when seventeen assumedthe management of his fathers farm. While yet a youth he began towrite for the newspapers, and in 1889 became connected with the staffof the Lockport Union and Niagara Democrat. About 1890 he wasmade city editor of the Niagara Falls Journal, and in January, 1892, wasappointed Niagara Falls correspondent of the BufTalo Courier, whichposition he hel
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