The Pomeroy Family

       Theodore Pomeroy was born in Utica on Jan 14, 1820 to Dr. Theodore and Mary Fuller Pomeroy. He attended Columbia College. After graduating Mr. Pomeroy studied law in the offices of Beardsley and Crafts. 

    Dr. Pomeroy and Thomas R. Walker assumed charge of an oil cloth factory after the founder J.D. Edwards was unable to pay back a loan to them. Mr. Walker left the business in 1854. The younger Theodore Pomeroy gave up his legal career and joined his father in the management of the factory. Dr. Pomeroy died in 1860. Theodore Pomeroy took over the factory after his father's death. The factory was located at the corner of Columbia and Cornelia Streets (they were demolished after he retired).

    Theodore Pomeroy married Mary Dutton (who died Nov 21, 1900) they had a son Theodore who died at the age of 10 on April 11, 1859; son George D; daughter Florence Evelyn.

    Theodore Pomeroy died at his home in the corner of Genesee and South Streets on July 4, 1897. 

    George D. Pomeroy was born on April 19, 1846. He worked with his father in the oil cloth factory. On November 1, 1871 at Christ's Church in Bridgeport Connecticut he married Julia Burritt (who was born on Aug 10, 1847 and died Jul 12, 1928). They had five children: William Dutton, Georgia (who married John E. Johnson or Johnston), Jane (who married Campbell E. Hodges), Theodora (who was born Nov 21, 1884; married Marcellus B. Holmes in 1909 and passed away on Feb 10, 1938) and Florence (who was born Jan 27, 1891 and died Feb 23, 1955). George D. Pomeroy passed away on Feb 20 1895.

    William Dutton Pomeroy was born July 30, 1874. He received a degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in 1895. During his time at Cornell he was a member of Sigma Phi Fraternity. William D. Pomeroy worked at Bullock Electrical Company in Cincinnati, OH. In 1907 he started work as works manager at Gould's Manufacturing Co in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1915 William Dutton Pomeroy was named General Manager of the company. He also had served as Vice President and a Director of the Company.

    William Dutton Pomeroy married Fannie McIntosh and they had two children William Dutton Jr. and Katherine. 

    William Dutton Pomeroy served on the Board of Education in Seneca Falls, he was also water commissioner. He was a director of Seneca County Trust Co. During World War I William D. Pomeroy was active in Red Cross, War Chest and Food Rationing work. He was a member of Pocahontas Lodge, F. & A. M.; Salem Town Chapter, R.A.M; and the Seneca Falls Country Club. 

    Sadly, in the summer of 1931 William Dutton Pomeroy suffered a nervous breakdown. He went to Clifton Springs sanitarium for treatment. He went back to work at the end of the year. After touring the plant on Jan 6, 1932 he took his own life. 

    Theodore Pomeroy and Mary and their children and some of their grandchildren are buried on Plot 35 lot 2273 at Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica, NY.

 


 

 



Location: 2201 Oneida St, Utica, NY 13501, USA

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