Genealogy Data Page 1039 (Notes Pages)

Genealogy Data Page 1039 (Notes Pages)

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Congdon, Hannibal (b. 25 DEC 1792, d. 27 APR 1875)

Census: Date: 1870
Place: Gates, Monroe, New York

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Congdon, Slyvester Laurentus Reverend (b. 26 JAN 1826, d. 27 MAY 1868)

Note: St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 21 - Chester A. Congdon of Duluth, Republican national committeeman from Minnesota, died at a local hotel here today (of heart trouble) after an illness of two weeks.

Chester A. Congdon, it was generally believed, was one of the richest men in Minnesota, not barring the estate of the late James J. Hill.
He was a native of Rochester, N. Y., where he was born in 1853. He practiced law in St. Paul from 1890 to 1892 when he moved to Duluth. He was heavily interested in iron mining, was first vice president of the American Exchange bank, Duluth, and a director of several northwest mercantile companies.

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Addison, Steuben, New York

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Adgate, Laura Jane (b. NOV 1828, d. 1901)

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Addison, Steuben, New York

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Rochester Ward 17, Monroe, New York

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Congdon, Laura Sophia (b. 15 FEB 1855, d. 22 FEB 1953)

Note: California Death Index, 1940-1997
about Laura Congdon Hebard
Name: Laura Congdon Hebard
[Laura Congdon Congdon]
Social Security #: 0
Sex: FEMALE
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1855
Birthplace: New York
Death Date: 23 Feb 1953
Death Place: Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Adgate
FATHER'S SURNAME: Congdon

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Addison, Steuben, New York

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Rochester Ward 17, Monroe, New York

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Fruit Valley, Klickitat, Washington

Census: Date: 1920
Place: Alhambra, Los Angeles, California

Census: Date: 1930
Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California

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Congdon, Chester Adgate (b. 12 JUN 1853, d. 21 NOV 1916)

Note: In the public schools of Elmira and Corning, New York, Chester A. Congdon acquired his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in the East Genesee Conference Seminary at Ovid, New York. His collegiate work was done at Syracuse University, from which he was graduated in 1875 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He studied law under the preceptership of Hiscock, Gifford & Doheny at Syracuse, New York, and in 1877 was admitted to the bar of that state. After admission to the bar in New York state, Mr. Congdon taught school for about a year in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, before he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1879, where he was admitted to the bar of that state and there established himself in the practice of law. On the 29th of September, 1881, at Syracuse, New York, Mr. Congdon was married to Miss Clara Hesperia, a daughter of the Rev. Edward Bannister, a clergyman of San Francisco, California, and to them were born seven children: Walter Bannister Congdon, Edward Chester Congdon, Marjorie, Helen, John, Robert, and Elisabeth Congdon.

In 1892 he moved from St. Paul to Duluth, becoming a member of the law firm of Billson & Congdon as the partner of William W. Billson. In 1893 they were joined by judge Daniel A. Dickinson and the firm style of Billson, Congdon & Dickinson was adopted. On the death of the judge in 1902 the surviving partners resumed their original title and thus continued until 1904, when both retired from active practice. In the meantime Mr. Congdon had extended his efforts to various lines of commercial, industrial and financial enterprise in his adopted city. He became a prominent figure in connection with the development of the iron and copper mining resources of the Lake Superior country and at the same time his advice and assistance were sought by many business and financial institutions on the directorate of which his name never appeared. He was general counsel of the Oliver Mining Company before its consolidation with other companies, now forming the United States Steel Corporation. He was also the president of the Chemung Iron Company and the Canisteo Mining Company, the vice-president of the American Exchange National Bank of Duluth and a director in the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, the Hedley Gold Mining Company, the Greene Cananea Copper Company, the Marshall-Wells Hardware Company, the Gowan-Lenning-Brown Company and various other banking, mining and jobbing enterprises which claimed his attention and profited by his cooperation and direction. He also became interested in agricultural pursuits, making extensive investments in farm lands in the northwest.

In May of 1905, construction of the family home began on the 14-acre tract of land along the shore of Lake Superior. It was to be named "Glensheen", with a hefty price tag of $854,000 (estimated $30 Million in today's dollars). Construction ended in February of 1908 - the family had moved in a few months prior. Features of the turn-of-the century mansion included hot water, electricity, and irrigated grounds from nearby Tischer Creek. Glensheen Historic Estate is now owned by the University of Minnesota-Duluth and is open to the public year-round for tours.

His life had been one of great activity and usefulness. He had been called to various offices of trust and responsibility, serving from 1881 until 1886 as assistant United States attorney for the district of Minnesota, as a member of the Minnesota house of representatives from 1909 until 1913, and from 1903 until his death he was a member of the Duluth charter commission. Minnesota in 1916 made him a member of the republican national central committee and his opinions carried weight in the councils of the party. He was a member of various professional, historical, scientific, social and fraternal societies and associations. He had membership with the Kitchi Gammi, Northland Country, Commercial and Duluth Boat Clubs, all of Duluth; the Minnesota Club of St. Paul; the Minneapolis Club of Minneapolis; the University Club of Chicago; the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; the Bankers Club of New York; the Commercial Club of North Yakima; and with various college fraternities, including the Upsilon Kappa, Psi Upsilon, Theta Nu Epsilon and Phi Beta Kappa. A contemporary biographer has said of him: "Those who really knew Mr. Congdon found in him a man of tender heart and warm, human sympathies. His philanthropy was general and quite well known, although he sought to keep it under cover and shrank from publicity in this regard. He was a close student of government and state policies, a foe of waste and inefficiency, a friend of political progress as he saw it, a champion of clean public life and sound government. He was always the good citizen, eager to have his part in every forward movement in directions that he judged to be wise."

Chester Adgate Congdon, lawyer and capitalist, who first visited the Yakima
valley in 1887 and made investment here in 1889, was born in Rochester, New
York, on the 12th of June, 1853, his parents being Sylvester Laurentius and
Laura Jane (Adgate) Congdon. He was descended in the paternal line from James
Congdon, a Quaker, who came from England about 1640 and settled in Rhode Island,
becoming the founder of the family in the new world. The line of descent comes
on down through his son John, John (I), John (III), and his second wife, Dorcas
Huntley, and through Hannibal and Mary (Satchwell) Congdon, who were the
grandparents of Chester A. Congdon. The latter's father was a minister of the
Methodist church.

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Addison, Steuben, New York

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Duluth Ward 1, Saint Louis, Minnesota

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Duluth, Saint Louis County, Minnesota

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Congdon, Albert S (b. 4 DEC 1857, d. 16 SEP 1942)

Note: ALBERT S. CONGDON.
ŹMany tangible evidences of the public spirit and the business ability of Albert S. Congdon have been cited. These two qualities are inseparable in his makeup and his efforts have been a most valuable element in the development and improvement of the Yakima valley as well as in the promotion of his individual fortunes. He holds large property interests, including fruit lands, and he is still president of the Yakima Valley Canal but to a considerable extent has retired from active business.

Mr. Congdon was born in Rochester, New York, December 4, 1857, and was a son of Sylvester L. and Laura (Adgate) Congdon. The father, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, passed away in 1868, while the mother survived until 1901. They had a family of six children, of whom three died in infancy. Of the others Chester, who was born June 12, 1853, departed this life November 21, 1916, and Laura is the wife of George Hebard, living in San Gabriel, California.

ŹThe other, member of the family is Albert S. Congdon of this review, who after acquiring a high school education entered Syracuse University of New York, from which both he and his brother were graduated. The brother, Chester Congdon, was a prominent attorney of St. Paul and Duluth, Minnesota, and became a multimillionaire through operations in the iron and copper fields.

In 1889 the two brothers came to Yakima and Chester Congdon assisted in the survey for the Sunnyside Canal but did not built it. He was, however, the builder of the" Yakima Valley Canal in 1889 and both Chester and Albert S. Congdon purchased large amounts of land, the former making investments until he had acquired over nine hundred acres of highly developed land, while Albert S. Congdon also became the owner of several hundred acres. The latter owned a large part of the land that is now the site of the city of Yakima. They together plotted what the Capitol addition is now and their efforts have resulted in the development of the city and the valley.

In 1914-15 Chester Congdon built what is known as Congdon's Castle of over eighty rooms. It is built of native Yakima stone quarried within a few miles of Yakima, near the Painted Rocks, and is one of the most beautiful structures, of the west. Albert S. Congdon is still president of the Yakima Valley Canal and is the owner of large fruit interests in the valley, together with a most beautiful residence in Yakima. His investments in this section of the state are very large and important. He is one of the directors of the Ontario Land Company, of which he is the local manager, and he owns large tracts of land in the valley besides much valuable city property.

In 1893 Mr. Congdon was married to Miss Winfred Newcombe, of Traverse
City, Michigan and their children are Shirley and Dorothy. Mr. Congdon belongs to the Masonic fraternity and has taken the degrees of the Lodge of Perfection and has attained the eighteenth degree in the Rose Croix Chapter and the thirty-second degree in Oriental Consistory at Spokane.

Washington Death Index, 1940-1996
about Albert S Congdon
Name: Albert S Congdon
Date of Death: 16 Sep 1942
Place of Death: King
Age: 85
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Gender: Male
Certificate: 885