HISTORY OF STEUBEN COUNTY, NEW YORK. 



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for three years. Daring the year 1865 he associated with 

 him -in the law business James H. Stevens, Jr., a gentle- 

 man of fine legal ability. This firm has enjoyed a very 

 large law practice in this and surrounding counties during 

 the term of partnership, which still continues. 



In the year 1867, Mr, Hakes was appointed registrar in 

 bankruptcy for the Twenty-ninth Congressional District, 

 comprising the counties of Allegany, Steuben, and Chemung, 

 which office he now holds. He has been somewhat active 

 in political circles, and interested in questions affecting the 

 changes in our nation's history. He was originally a mem- 

 ber of the Whig party, and was a delegate to the Baltimore 

 Convention that nominated Bell and Everett for President 

 and Vice-President, since which time he has been a sup- 

 porter of the Republican party, and its representative of the 

 Twenty-ninth Congressional District of New York ; was a 

 member of the Cincinnati Convention in the year 1876 that 

 made Hon. Rutherford B. Hayes the Republican nominee 

 for the presidency of the United States. 



In addition to his professional and official duties. he has 

 been thoroughly identified with the growing interests of the 

 village of Hornellsville, and largely interested in real estate. 

 In 1873 he opened " Hakes Avenue," connecting Main 

 and Genesee Streets, and donated it to the village, and since 

 that time has purchased and improved that portion of the 

 village known as " Riverside," and opened and graded the 

 street called " Riverside Place," connecting Main with Elm 

 Street, where he has built several substantial and elegant 

 dwellins>:s, which are classed with the finest in the town. 

 Mr. Hakes has shown rare taste and mature judgment in 

 the prosecution of the enterprise at " Riverside," and within 

 a short space of time " Riverside Place" has become one 

 of the most delightful and attractive places for private resi- 

 dences to be found anywhere. Characteristic of Mr. Hakes 

 are his unyielding support of the right, his constancy of 

 purpose to accomplish successfully all matters intrusted to 

 his hands, — either professional or simply of a business nature. 

 His keen perception, sound judgment, strict integrity and 

 fair dealing have secured to him a large measure of success 

 and the confidence of the community. 



R. L. BRUNDAGE, ESQ. 



R. L. Brundage, Esq., settled in Hornellsville, as an 

 attorney and counselor-at-law, in 1846. He was born in 

 Sussex Co., N. J., in May, 1819. His parents came to 

 this county and settled in Bath in 1824, removing to 

 Greenwood in 1830. His father, Benjamin S. Brundage, 

 was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1846. 

 Mr. Brundage commenced the study of law with Hon. 

 John K. Hale, of Hornellsville, in 1840, and in 1846 was 

 admitted to the Supreme Court and to Chancery. In 1852 

 he was elected to the office of district attorney, and held 

 the office three years. He continued in active practice 

 until 1866, since which he has been employed as attorney 

 and claim agent for the Erie Railway Company. 



HON. JOHN K. HALE, 



who was for twenty years or more at the head of the 

 Hornellsville bar, was a native of the State of Maine. He 

 first settled at Addison, in this county, and came to Hor- 



nellsville in 1836. In 1856-57 he was a member of the 

 State Senate, and shortly afterwards removed to the West. 



THOMAS J. REYNOLDS, ESQ., 



for a time a member of the bar at Hornellsville, was one 

 of its most original minds, and a man of great native 

 talents, although of quite limited education. He settled at 

 Hornellsville in 1819. For a while he practiced in part- 

 nership with Hon. John K. Hale, and subsequently with 

 Mr. Brundage. During the later years of his life he 

 engaged successfully in farming and lumbering, and died 

 quite wealthy in 1867. 



Hon. Horace Bemis was born in the State of Vermont. 

 He read law in that State, and came to Hornellsville in 

 1850. In 1851 he was admitted to the bar, and has prac- 

 ticed in Hornellsville ever since. He has taken a promi- 

 nent part in poUtics. In 1863 and 1865, he represented 

 the Third Assembly District of this county in the Legis- 

 lature, and was chosen Presidential Elector on the Repub- 

 lican ticket in 1868. 



Hon. Harlo Hakes (See biography and portrait in 

 history of Hornellsville). 



James H. Stephens, Esq., a partner of Mr. Hakes, is 

 a native of the town of Dansville, and was born in 1827. 

 After finishing his academic education, he studied law at 

 the National Law School, Ballston Spa, Saratoga Co., and 

 with William T. Odell, and was admitted at Ballston, Jan. 

 5, 1852. He settled in Hornellsville as a lawyer, in 1853, 

 and has had a successful practice. 



I. W. Near, Esq , of the firm of Bonham, Near & 

 Piatt, Hornellsville, was born in Jeff"erson Co., N. Y., in 

 1835 ; studied law with Clarke & Colvin, of Watertown, 

 and was admitted in 1858. He began practice in this 

 county at Kanona, in 1859, and in 1865 removed to. Hor- 

 nellsville, where he has since practiced his profession. 



Hon. William Irvine, well known to the citizens and 

 bar of this county, began the practice of law in Corning, 

 about 1849. He was elected member of Congress, and 

 served during the years 1857-59. He was colonel of a 

 regiment of cavalry during the late war, and was appointed 

 adjutant- general in 1865. He now resides in California. 



Joseph Herron was a member of the bar of Corning 

 from 1847 to 1856. He was elected district attorney in 

 1854, and held the ofiice two years. 



John Maynard, a son of the late Judge Maynard, of 

 Auburn, came to Corning about 1850, where he practiced 

 law till he died, in 1865. He was elected district attorney 

 Nov. 7, 1856. 



Henry G. Cotton commenced the practice of law at 

 Centreville, in the town of Corning, and subsequently re- 

 moved to the village, where he was a partner of Hon. 

 Thomas A. Johnson, prior to 1841, at which date he re- 

 moved to Illinois (see biography of Hon. Thomas A. John- 

 son). 



John P. Shapley, Esq., succeeded Hon. Thomas A. 

 Johnson in the practice of law at Corning, on the election 

 of the latter as justice of the Supreme Court, in 1847. 

 Mr. Shapley died about 1850. 



Henry Sherwood, Esq., was another member of the 



