Russell Jesse White (b. 1814) was a well-known physician in Buffalo, New York.
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Chandler Joseph Wells (1814-1887) was Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y. from 1866-1867.
Cabinetmakers -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Horace Utley (1810-1873) was a prominent cabinetmaker in Buffalo, New York.
Businessmen -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
S.S. Guthrie (b. 1819) worked in the mercantile and railroad businesses in Buffalo, New York.
James Tillinghast (b. 1822) was a businessman with interests in grain shipping via water and rail.
Robert G. Stewart (1808-1881) was a businessman who worked as a farmer, as a distiller, and had interests in the elevating business.
Pharmacists -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
William Henry Smith (1832-1879) was a pharmacist who operated a drug in Buffalo, New York.
August Rockwell (1822-1882) was a painter and artist who created portraits in Buffalo, N.Y.
John B. Skinner (1799-1871) was a well-respected lawyer and judge in Buffalo, N.Y.
J.F. Schoellkopf (b. 1819) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, N.Y. with a diverse group of business interests.
Contractors -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Henry Rumrill (1805-1890) was a prominent contractor in Buffalo, N.Y., and was tasked in charge of the building of over forty prominent buildings in the city.
Gerhard Lang (b. 1834) was a prominent brewer in Buffalo, N.Y.
Sheldon Pease (1809-1888) was a businessman in Buffalo, N.Y., with interests in shipping via rail and ship.
Politicians -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
James O. Putnam (1818-1903) was a politician and lawyer from Buffalo, New York. Putnam was a member of the New York State Senate from 1854-1855, U.S. Minister to Belgium from 1880-1882, and served as the Chancellor of the University at Buffalo from 1895-1902.
W.W. Potter (b. 1837) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, N.Y., and served as a surgeon for the Union during the Civil War.
Orson Phelps (1805-1870) was a businessman who was heavily involved in infrastructure development in Western New York.
George Palmer (1792-1864) was a businessman with interests in the leather and railroad industries.
John T. Noye (1814-1881) was a businessman with interests in grain shipping, and later flour milling, in Buffalo, N.Y.
A.C. Moore (1799-1883) was a real estate investor and philanthropist in Buffalo, N.Y.
Michael Mesmer (b. 1815) was a businessman with interests in grain, groceries, and cabinetmaking.
John B. Manning (1833-1908) was a politician who served as Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y. from 1883-1884, in the wake of Grover Cleveland's resignation.
John Lyth (b. 1820) was a businessman who manufactured tile and sewage pipe in a Buffalo, N.Y. factory.
Henry Kip (1818-1883) was a businessman who held administrative positions at Wells Fargo, American Express, and United States Express.
Sherman S. Jewett (b. 1818) was a businessman who operated a foundry business known as Sherman S. Jewett & Co.
Ethan H. Howard (b. 1810s) was a businessman with interests in dry goods and banking.
Daniel E. Bailey (b. 1820s) was a prominent shipbuilder and government contractor in Buffalo, New York.
George B. Gates (1812-1880) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, with interests in railroads and banking. He also served the city as Water Commissioner for many years.
Jerome F. Fargo (1820-1883) was a businessman with interests in trade and the elevating industry.
Publishers -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Robert Dick (b. 1814) was a publisher of Christian books and newspapers in Buffalo, N.Y., and served with the Union during the Civil War.
Thomas Clark (1821-1882) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, N.Y., with interests in the elevating business.
John Whipple Clark (1799-1872) was a physician and businessman who lived in Buffalo, New York.
Alexander Brush (1824-1892) was Mayor of Buffalo, N.Y. from 1870-1873 and 1880-1881. He also operated a brick-making factory for over twenty years.
S.N. Brayton (b. 1839) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, N.Y.
David S. Bennett (1811-1894) was a prominent politician from Buffalo, New York. Bennett served as a U.S. Representative from 1869-1871.
James Adams (b. 1823) was a businessman in Buffalo, N.Y., with business interests in the lumber and rail trades.
Charles C.F. Gay (b. 1821) was a prominent physician and surgeon in Buffalo, New York.
Lafayette D. McMichael (b. 1840s) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, New York. McMichael specialized in treatments for cancer and tumors, and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890 to open a sanitarium there.
O.H. Marshall (b. 1813) was a prominent attorney in Buffalo, N.Y.
Stephen V.R. Watson (1817-1880) was a politician who served in the New York State Assembly in the early 1860s.
George Howard (b. 1810) was a businessman with interests in the tanning industry.
J.K. Tucker (b. 1800s) operated a hotel in downtown Buffalo, N.Y. called The Tucker Hotel.
William W. Hammond (b. 1831) was Erie County Judge in the late 1870s and 1880s.
William C. Bryant (b. 1820s) operated a law office in Buffalo, New York.
Charles D. Norton (1820-1867) was a prominent attorney in Buffalo, New York. His son, Charles P. Norton, was Chancellor of the University at Buffalo from 1909-1920.
William H. Greene (1812-1882) was a prominent, well-respected lawyer in Buffalo, New York, and the State of New York as a whole.
Henry W. Rogers (1806-1881) was a lawyer in Buffalo, and served as the Collector of the Port of Buffalo from 1845-1849.
Stephen G. Austin (1791-1872) was a skilled lawyer who spent the majority of his adult life in Buffalo, New York.
Philander Bennett (1795-1863) was a prominent lawyer, judge, and businessman in Buffalo, New York.
Garrett C. Daboll (b. 1839) was a prominent dentist in Buffalo, New York.
U.C. Lynde (b. 1834) was a physician in Buffalo, N.Y., who also served as a surgeon during the Civil War.
Joseph C. Greene (b. 1829) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, New York.
Cornelius C. Wyckoff (b. 1822) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, New York, and served as a state delegate to the American Medical Association for several years in the 1870s.
S.F. Mixer (1815-1883) was one of the leading physicians in Buffalo, N.Y., and worked at Buffalo General Hospital from 1858-1874.
Gorham F. Pratt (b. 1804) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, N.Y.
Bryant Burwell (1796-1861) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, N.Y., practicing in the city for nearly forty years.
John E. Marshall (1785-1838) was a prominent physician in Buffalo, N.Y. and Erie County as a whole.
Charles E. Young (1816-1882) worked in the bookbinding and printing businesses in Buffalo, New York.
C.W. McCune (b. 1832) was a Buffalo, N.Y. publisher who was President of The Courier Company.
Journalists -- New York (State) -- Buffalo
Joseph Warren (1829-1876) was a well-known journalist and editor of political newspapers in Buffalo, New York.
Elam Richardson Jewett (1810-1887) was a publisher and businessman, who operated two Whig newspapers and a stationery business.
Edward L. Stevenson (b. 1806) was a businessman in Buffalo, N.Y., with interests in stagecoach and railway enterprises, and banking.
George W. Tifft (1805-1882) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, New York, with interests in lumber, shipping, coal, rail, and banking.
W.H. Glenny (1818-1882) was a prominent businessman in the mercantile trade, specializing in crockery.
Orrin P. Ramsdell (b. 1811) was a businessman in Buffalo, N.Y., dealing in wholesale boots and shoes.
Martin H. Birge (b. 1806) was a businessman who owned a factory that manufactured wallpaper in Buffalo, New York.
Edward Holmes (b. 1800s) was a businessman and inventor who worked in the barrel-making industry with his brother, Britain.
Britain Holmes (b. 1800s) was a businessman and inventor who worked in the barrel-making industry with his brother, Edward.
Joseph Firmenich (1828-1903) was a businessman who worked in the starch industry in Buffalo, N.Y.
Bronson C. Rumsey (b. 1800s) operated a tanning shop in Buffalo, N.Y., specifically taking over the shop following his father's (Aaron) retirement.
Aaron Rumsey (b. 1800s) operated a tanning shop in Buffalo, N.Y.
Abner Cutler (1802-1892) was a prominent cabinetmaker in Buffalo, N.Y., as he owned a firm that specialized in rolltop desks.
R.L. Howard (b. 1818) was a prominent businessman and leading employer in Buffalo, as he owned an Iron Works that employed 300 men.
Gibson T. Williams (b. 1813) was President of the Erie County Savings Bank, and had business interests in energy.
Alfred P. Wright (b. 1834) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, with financial interests in grain shipping and banking.
J.M. Richmond (b. 1830) was President of the Buffalo & Jamestown Railroad from 1871-1875.
James C. Harrison (1819-1882) was a businessman in Buffalo, who was best known for helping to grow trade on Lake Erie via shipping.
Moses Smith (b. 1824) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, with financial interests in banking and lumber.
William H. Abell (b. 1814) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, with financial interests in banking and shipping.
John F. Moulton (b. 1841) was a prominent businessman in Buffalo, with financial interests in energy and regional infrastructure.
Sheldon Thompson (1785-1851) was Mayor of Buffalo from 1840-1841, and was the first mayor voted for by the people of Buffalo.
Albert Ziegele (b. 1818) was a prominent brewer in Buffalo, N.Y., brewing the first lager in Buffalo.
George Urban (b. 1820) was one of the more prominent flour millers in 19th century Buffalo. Urban also served in administrative capacities for the Western Savings Bank of Buffalo.
Solomon Scheu (1822-1888) was the Mayor of Buffalo from 1877-1880. Scheu was also Inspector of State Prisons in New York from 1867-1873.
Sherman S. Rogers (1830-1900) was a prominent Buffalo lawyer. Rogers served on the Constitutional Commission of 1872-73, was a member of the New York State Senate in 1875-76, and unsuccessfully ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1876.
Joseph G. Masten (1809-1871) was the mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving from 1843-1844 and 1845-1846.
George Coit was one of the prominent figures in early Buffalo, and was the business partner of Charles Townsend. Townsend and Coit were two of, if not the first men in Buffalo that were wealthy.
Charles Townsend (1786-1847) was one of the leading figures in early Buffalo, having helped secure the funding to build a harbor for the city. Townsend was also the Judge of Niagara County from 1813 to 1826.
Samuel F. Pratt (d. 1812) was one of the first settlers of Buffalo, N.Y., and built the first large frame house in Buffalo.
Attorneys -- New York (State) -- Erie County
Henry F. Penfield (1785-1868) served as District Attorney of Ontario County from 1829-1832, and held large real estate interests in Buffalo, New York.
Farmers -- New York (State) -- Erie County
Charles S. Rich (1850-1883) was an active farmer and businessman in the Town of Holland, who died suddenly following a brief illness.
Doctors -- New York (State) -- Erie County
John McBeth (born 1822) was a practicing physician in the Town of Wales for over thirty years.
Businessmen -- New York (State) -- Erie County
Aaron Riley (born 1806) was a businessman, law clerk, farmer, and military leader in the Town of Aurora. Riley was the commander of three regiments in The Patriot War of 1837.
Jabez Allen (born 1808) was a doctor who practiced in East Aurora, N.Y. for a half century, beginning in 1834.
Benjamin Baker (born 1817) was a fruit farmer and prominent member of the Town of East Hamburg. Baker was Loan Commissioner of the State of New York from 1872 until at least 1882.
Elisha Smith (1792-1866) was one of the first doctors in Erie County, practicing in East Hamburg. He served on the New York State Assembly in 1837 and 1844, and was the supervisor of Hamburg for 17 years.
Millers -- New York (State) -- Erie County
Isaac Long (born 1821) was a miller and a prominent member of the Town of Hamburg. Long was also a director of the Bank of Hamburg and a Baptist.
Alfred Marvel (born 1820) was a businessman who worked in the lumber trade and built a cheese factory.
Ellery S. Allen (1826-1883) was a farmer, sawmill owner, and cloth manufacturer who was a prominent member of the Town of Elma.
Clark W. Hurd (born 1806) was a partner of J.B. Briggs in his sawmill business, and was a prominent member of the Town of Elma.
Joseph Benson Briggs (born 1812) was a prominent member of the Town of Elma, where he operated a sawmill.