Stories in Stones: Stories from Oneida County, NY Cemeteries

       William H. Tutton was born on December 17, 1831 in Bristol, England. He learned the trade of carriage painter. He came to Utica in 1851 where he became a collector for the Utica Gazette . In June 1855 he became a collector for the Utica Herald . In 1857 entered into an arrangement by which he was entrusted with the management of the circulation of the newspaper. He married Lena Eagers of Brooklyn. He passed away on December 4, 1883 in the Park Avenue Hotel in New York City. He is buried in Plot 32B Lot 1743 of Forest Hill Cemetery.

       Asaph D. Mather was born to Joshua and Cornelia Mather on March 16, 1823 in Schuyler NY. He left home at 21 and purchased a farm in Jefferson County, NY. He lived there for a year and came to Utica where in 1847 he formed a grocery business at the corner of Genesee and Bleecker Streets with his brother. They lived and ate there.       When the Civil War broke out Asaph D. Mather started making investments in Real Estate. Before the war ended he was wealthy. In 1866 he abandoned the grocery and in the same spot he started the private banking house of A.D. Mather and Co. At the time of his death on Apr 8, 1880, he perhaps was the largest owner of improved real estate in Utica. He is buried in Sec 37 Lot 1723 of Forest Hill Cemetery.    

       Charles Wells Wicks was born in Paris Hill to Charles Chidsey and Nancy Bicknell Wicks on December 16, 1861. In 1879 he graduated from Sauquoit Academy. He came to Utica that fall where he was employed in the wholesale grocery of Head and Winston for two years. He later worked a short while at Austin Nichols and Co in New York City.     In 1881, Charles W. Wicks started working at Roberts, Butler and Company ( a clothing company). After working in stock for two years he became a traveling salesman. When J. Milton Butler (who became head of the company after James Roberts passed away) died 1895 Mr. Wicks and his brother Russell H. took the business over and it became Roberts, Wicks and Company.        Charles resigned from Roberts, Wicks and Company in 1904 and went into the retail business with George H. Greenman on Franklin Square the firm was named Wicks and Greenman. In 1909 they sold it to the Talbot company of Bosto...

       Daniel C. Dye was born June 23, 1860 to Amassa and Caroline Hutchinson Dye in Rockwood, NY. H e studied medicine there. He graduated from the Department of Medicine and surgery of the University of Michigan in 1885.      The following fall Dr. Dye came to Utica. He also practiced in Cleveland, NY. He was house physician at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica from 1879 to July 1892. From July 1892 to until he retired in 1931 he was on the surgical staff of the Hospital. He was a member of the Oneida County Medical Society he was elected president of the society in 1896.     Other societies and associations Dr. Dye was a member of were: State Medical Society; Utica Medical Library Association; Utica Medical Club (which he helped organize); Association of Military Surgeons of the United States. For a number of years he was one of the ward physicians of Utica. Two different times (1908-09 and 1912-13) he was one of the school physi...

      Alonzo Bailey Walling was born in Glenville, Schenectady, NY on April 11, 1845. When he was young the family moved to Utica where his father W.B. starting working the carriage making industry at the corner of John and Catherine Streets. Alonzo was educated by a private tutor, at select schools, Utica Public schools, Whitestown Seminary, and graduated from Utica Academy. He went into the family business which became known as "Walling's Carriage Works". Mr. Walling married Bessie Cowley on Sept 12, 1866. They had two daughter Jessie and Leila.     He was a member of the Volunteer Fire Department for many years. First in Washington Engine No 7. and later as foreman of Active No 3. Mr. Walling was also a member of Utica Lodge, No 47, F.& A. M.; and Utica Chamber of Commerce from its organization.     Alonzo Bailey Walling served three years as supervisor for the Tenth Ward as a Republican. In 1878 he was a member of the Committee o...

       Richard Samuel Reynolds was born to Richard and Jane Benbow Reynolds on March 24, 1838 in New Hartford. He was one of 11 children. He graduated from Whitestown Seminary.       Richard Samuel Reynolds first worked in the telegraph business. He worked under a Mr. Reid who wrote the history of telegraphy in America. He later worked in Clyde and Fort Plain, NY.     In 1858 Richard Samuel Reynolds went west with John Butterfield. He first settled in Denver Colorado, which at the time was just a settlement with six log cabins. He then went to Julesburg, Colorado where he assumed charge of a telegraph station. After wards he moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas where he had charge of 400 miles of the overland stage route. Also for a year he worked as a placer mining for gold.      In April 1865 Richard Samuel Reynolds returned to Utica. In Utica Mr. Reynolds and his brother William H. started a company that manufac...

      Alexander T. Goodwin was born Aug 9, 1837 in Savannah, Georgia to Robert M. and Elizabeth Goodwin. His brother Ridgeley became a United States Senator from Maryland.     Alexander T. Goodwin graduated from Rutgers College. He came to Utica in 1858 and studied law in the law office of Conkling and Throop. A year later he was admitted to practice. Later he served in the Attorney General's office in Albany. Upon returning to Utica he was elected recorder as a Democrat. In 1877, overcoming a Republican majority in the county, he was elected a State Senator. In the 1880's he almost was elected County Judge. In 1890 he was elected Mayor of Utica. His popularity was so widespread that he became known as the Democrat of big majorities.      Alexander T. Goodwin with law partner with Dwight D. Porter and Joseph R. Ryan. In 1892 he moved to New York City.     Alexander T. Goodwin was a member of the Episcopal Church. He w...