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  <pin lat="43.12951900000000" lon="-77.63938100000000" filters="War, The Revolutionary War" image="https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/3x2/1300/20150406145944-dos-donts-taking-perfect-linkedin-profile-picture-selfie-mobile-camera-2.jpeg" name="George Gordon" summary="Gordon, George C., president of the First National Bank of Brockport, was born in Rushford." content="Gordon, George C., president of the First National Bank of Brockport, was born in Rushford, Allegany county, July 1, 1849, and his father, Luther Gordon, was a native of the same place. The grandfather, John, came from Cavendish, Vt., about 1809. In 1809 John G. visited the site of Rochester, but not liking it, settled in Rushford. Luther Gordon, the second son, formed a partnership with Samuel White in the furnace business, during which he invented the Genesee Plow. Disposing of the furnace business, he afterwards erected a large store at Rushford and engaged in general merchandise and the buying and shipping of stock. In 1856 he bought the lumber business of Boswell, Walker &amp; Hood at Brockport, and in 1858 erected the family residence, to which he removed his family a year later. For some time he gave his attention to the lumber business, buying large tracts of western lands, mostly in Michigan. In 1863 he organized the first National, Bank of Brockport, and was elected president, which office he held to the time of his death, March 26, 1881. He married Florilla Cooley of Attica, Wyoming county, who died in 1869, leaving one son, George C. The latter was educated at Brockport College, and finished with a business course in Rochester. In 1874 he married Ida M., daughter of Thomas C. Hooker, and they have these children: Luther, George C., jr., William H., Frederick H., Thomas C., of whom William H. died in infancy. In 1881 our subject was elected president of the bank, which office he now fills, having begun his banking experience with Waters, Bishop &amp; Co. In June, 1863, he was assaulted by thieves, thrown into the vault, and when aid reached him life was nearly extinct. Mr. Gordon is the leading business man of his town, and interested in all that tends to its advancement."/>
  <pin lat="43.12948300000000" lon="-77.63939300000000" filters="War, The Revolutionary War, War of 1812" image="http://static2.businessinsider.com/image/5899ffcf6e09a897008b5c04-1200/.jpg" name="Alonzo  Raymond" summary="Raymond, Alonzo B., was born in Chenango county, July 18, 1819." content="Raymond, Alonzo B., was born in Chenango county, July 18, 1819. His father, Alphius, was born in Massachusetts, and married a Miss Daniels. They first settled in McDonough, Chenango county, but in 1830 came to Monroe county and settled in the town of Byron, and later in Parma. Alonzo B. was educated in the common schools and is pre-eminently a self-made man. At the age of nineteen he began teaching school, and continued for four years; was engaged in the mercantile business at North Parma, Spencerport, and Adams Basin for about twelve years, after which he confined himself to dealing in produce. In the spring of 1860 he was appointed pastor of the Universalist Church at Portage, Wyoming county, remaining in the ministry four years, after which he again engaged in the produce business and has so continued. In 1843 he married Elizabeth A., daughter of Samuel Wyman, and their children are A. Clayton, attorney at Detroit, Mich., counsel for the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railroad; and George H., of Buffalo. Our subject is one of the representative men of the town."/>
  <pin lat="43.12948500000000" lon="-77.63933700000000" filters="War, The Revolutionary War" image="https://www.lawlogix.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/LW-603-p28-partner-profile.jpg" name="Holmes Daniel" summary="Holmes, Daniel, was born in West Bloomfield, September 11, 1828, a son of Daniel, sr., a native of Massachusetts. " content="Holmes, Daniel, was born in West Bloomfield, September 11, 1828, a son of Daniel, sr., a native of Massachusetts, who, with his father, Alpheus, came to Ontario about 1811, among the pioneer settlers of that town. Daniel, sr., served in the war of 1812, and was at the burning of Buffalo by the British. He married Susan Stuart. Daniel, jr., was educated at Brockport Collegiate Institute in 1846, and was graduated from Yale College in 1848, after which he taught school in Woodford county; Ky., for two and a half years, spent a year in Canandaigua as professor of Latin, and then began the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in 1852, and married Mary J. Hawes of Brookfield, Mass., the well-known writer of fiction. Our subject has served in various positions of public trust and responsibility, and is regarded as one of the cultured and intelligent men of the town."/>
  <pin lat="43.12944000000000" lon="-77.63927700000000" filters="War, War 12" image="https://www.fotkaplus.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/carousel-profile-4.jpg" name="Dorwain Richards" summary="Richards, Dorwain, was born in Fulton county, N. Y., March 11, 1844." content="Richards, Dorwain, was born in Fulton county, N. Y., March 11, 1844, a son of Rev. William I. Richards, a native of Vermont, who came to Monroe county in 1860, and settled in the town of Clarkson, where he bought a farm, and remained to recover his health. In 1863 he resumed his labors in the ministry, which were continued up to the date of his death in 1875. Dorwain Richards was educated in the public schools, to which he has added by reading and close observation. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 140th N. Y. Vols., and participated in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mine Run, and the Wilderness, receiving an honorable discharge in 1865 at the close of the war, returning to the farm, where he remained till 1875. He then came to Brockport, and entered the employ of D. S. Morgan, remaining till 1888, then established his present business, carrying a, full line of fire, life, and accident insurance, and deals also in real estate. In 1868 he married Jane E. Moore, and their children are Mrs. Mabel B. Mitchell, and Jessie G. Richards."/>
  <pin lat="43.12945000000000" lon="-77.63924000000000" filters="Plants" image="https://maxpull-tlu7l6lqiu.stackpathdns.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/zone-9-lilac.jpg" name="Lilac" summary="Lilacs have a deep rooted history originating in ancient Greek mythology. " content="Lilacs have a deep rooted history originating in ancient Greek mythology. It was said that Pan, the god of forests and fields was hopelessly in love with a nymph named Syringa. One day he was pursuing her through a forest and, afraid of his advances, she turned herself into a lilac shrub to disguise herself."/>
  <pin lat="43.12946500000000" lon="-77.63931000000000" filters="Plants" image="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/05/41/12/054112201b64997b770cab1fdc371c48.jpg" name="Lilium" summary="Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers." content="Lilium (members of which are true lilies) is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from bulbs, all with large prominent flowers. Lilies are a group of flowering plants which are important in culture and literature in much of the world. Most species are native to the temperate northern hemisphere, though their range extends into the northern subtropics. Many other plants have &quot;lily&quot; in their common name but are not related to true lilies."/>
  <pin lat="43.12950200000000" lon="-77.63939000000000" filters="Plants" image="https://foodtoglow.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/img_20150316_175315.jpg" name="Garlic" summary="A number of different plant species of the genus Allium are known as wild garlic." content="A number of different plant species of the genus Allium are known as wild garlic. Wild garlic is also a common name for plants in the genus Tulbag."/>
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