Official Record of the Niagara Falls Memorial Commission, in Succession to the William B. Rankine Memorial Commission (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Official Record of the Niagara Falls Memorial Commission, in Succession to the William B. Rankine Memorial Commission Two facts stand out prominently in the lives and affairs of men, as respects their fellow men. One is that it seems to be necessary for a considerable period of years to elapse before their characters and works arc fully appreciated, and the other is that it is usually many years after their death before their neighbors and friends pay appropriate tribute to their memories. To a considerable extent this is true in the cases of the men whose memories are now being honored by the people of Niagara Falls and the State of New York by the erection of monuments bearing their names, in front of the Niagara Falls, New York, city hall. Upon these monuments are to be placed the names of 10 men who, during a period of 122 years have resided in Niagara Falls and brought distinction to themselves, their city, their State and, in several instances, their country. In three instances these men lived and wrought in Niagara Falls before the present generation came upon the scene. Judge Augustus Porter was the first and, in fact, he was the great grandfather and the great great grandfather of representatives of his family who arc now leading factors in this community. He located here in 1805. Another instance was his brother. General Peter B. Porter, who, although closely associated with him from the first, resided at Black Rock, Buffalo, for many years and did not locate in Niagara Falls until he built the mansion on Falls street. later called the Prospect Park House, in 1840, he dying in 1844. The third was Judge Samuel DeVeaux, our first merchant and the founder of DeVeaux College. Seven other men, making a total of 10, which the Niagara Falls Memorial Commission in Succession to The William B. Rankine Memorial Commission, created in 1924, has decided to especially honor, have lived here within the memory of all residents of Niagara Falls in the past 30 years, except Jacob F. Schoellkopf, who resided in Buffalo, but had great interests here since 1877 and died in 1899, less than 30 years ago. The remaining six men were William B. Rankine, Hon. Arthur Schoellkopf. Hon. Peter A. Porter, Hon. Thomas V. Welch. Hon. W. Caryl Ely and Colonel Charles B. Gaskill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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