The Saint Paul globe., 1900-04-22
|MN1N0nS FRO" BMmIe Beginnings.

founding the banking institution of which
he is now the head. Besides. being gov
ernor of New York, he has. been minister
+ to France and vice president of the
United States.
The founder of the Ogden Mills family
In New York, Darius O.. Mills, is the
present owner of the Mills building, and
the father of Mrs Whitelaw Reid and
Of Mr.. Ogden Mills. Mr.. Mills began life
selling household goods from place to
place, in the interior of New York state
lie found this unsatisfactory, and start
ed for CALIFORNIA, arriving there just in
time to take the tide at it's food
AT first he was interested in the hard
ware business, selling picks to the min
ers, firearms to the desperadoes and rub
into railroadng,. in which he accumuat-
ed millions. which he returned to New
York to enjoy.
TRADED ON WATER FRONT.
The old New York Schermerhorn fam
ny traces back to an ancestor who is de-
1856 as Sam Schermerhorn ship chandler
13 Prince Thus for more than a nun
dred years the Schermerhorns have been
residents of New York, ante-dating the
Astors, the Delanceys, the Kanes, the
Lorlllards, the StuyveSantS and others
whose names are not to be found in this
first New York directory.
Sam Schermerhorn, the ship chandler,
was well known along the water front
q hundred and ten years ago. He was a
large, genial, whoie-souled man and
everybody called him Sam He was so
unpre tentious that he apparently made
no objection to thus being described in
the directory. AT his store, No. 13 Prince
street he sold taIlew dips, twine tar,
nails, soap and candles, and. there were
none better in the New York of those
days.
''One of the most curious trades which
has given leaders to New York society
is that Of halter. The late Arthur
TyrQC c fho T1rn aPV
Allister in being the leader of the 400,
and his sister, Miss Leary, was also
prominent in society. Their father sup
pied hats to a previous generation Of
New Yorkers, and had a shop near the
Astor house.
when Miss Fannie Work of this city,
married the brother of Lord Fernoy, she
hyphenated the name and called herself
Mrs. Burke Roche, though there is no
s'lch name in the peerage. Her husbands s
. name is J.. B. b. Roche Her sister is
Mrs. Cooper Hewitt, who also hyphen-
ated her name without apparent cause.
Their father is Frank Work, as genial
gentleman as ever set foot in the stock
exchange.
He began life In this city as dry
goods clerk, and he was a good one, too,
His ieve of horseflesh led to an acquaint-
ance with Commodore Vanderbilt, who
took fancy to him, persuaded him to
go into Wall street, and promised to
give him his brokerage business. Mr..
Work did so, and became millionaire
banker, and one of the most popular
men in Wall street, from which he re-
tired from active business years ago.
The Kings We're prominent in the COM
mercial life of New York century ago.
Francis King, in 1885, was an innkeeper
at 10 Front street, where he sold rum
and gin and musty ale. and gave accom-
modatiOnS to man and beast His inn was
popular resort for sailors, who there
found relaxation and the creature COM
forts.
John King at the same time was
tailor doing business at Sc Broad street.
He lived at Williams street, and an
other of the same name was in partner
ship with his brother Abram, as a gen
eral merchant. at s16 William street. The
Kings, taken altogether, did large bust
ness, dealing in everything from dry
goods to wet goods, and supplying
warmth for the inside as we'll as for the
outside man.
''There have been Posts In New York
from the time of It's earliest settlement,
and the Posts are prominent here ait the
present day. The earliest member of
this family of whom there is record was
Jonathan Post, who conducted a BUTCH
er shop at Cherry street. Butcher Post
sold tripe, pork and choice cuts of beef
to the New York swells Of century ago,
and he delivered his own meats at their
houses.
"He lived up stairs over his butcher
shop, and history records that he was
one of the first men every morning to
open his shop for, business in the city.
He lived to a good old age and left nu-
merouS descendants, who have intermar-
ried with other distinguished families.
1.-The Schieffelins are intermarried with
the Vanderbilts and with other families
prominent in New York society The
Schieffelin fortune was made in the
apothecary line of business. From
town street by the founder Of the family
the business has grown to large proper
tions, and is still conducted at the corner
everything from shaving soap to CORE
plasters is Sold