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Wallace Darrow was born June 10, 1827, at Plymouth, Connecticut. When a young man he moved to Rochester, New York, and with his brother established a large book and publishing business. He was a member of the city council of Rochester, and first lieutenant of a local battery of the National Guard, and served as such when this organization was mustered into the United States service during the Civil war. He was married October 10, 1856, to Ellen L. Paine, daughter of Colonel Nicholas E. Paine.

Three children were born as the result of this union, — Walter Nicholas Paine Darrow, Ethel Abby Darrow and Lillian Sprague Darrow. About 1870 Wallace Darrow moved to New York with his family and engaged in the surgical-instrument business for about fifteen years, when he disposed of his interest and moved to Yorktown in Westchester county, where he has since resided, and for a number of years he was connected with the Putnam branch of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. His grandfather was Titus Darrow, a soldier of the Revolution and war of 1812 from Connecticut, and his great-grandfather was Elisha Blackman, who also did considerable fighting in the Revolution and during the colonial wars previous.

Walter N. P. Darrow was born in Rochester, New York, February 18, 1863. He entered the College of the City of New York in 1879, and left during his junior year to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. He was appointed by Waldo Hutchins, who was at that time the member of congress from Westchester county. He graduated in 1886 with a class standing of twelve in the largest class that was ever graduated at that institution. He was appointed a second lieutenant in the Fourth United States Artillery and served at several posts on the Atlantic coast, being two years at Fortress Monroe, Virginia, where he graduated at the United States Artillery School for officers. He resigned his commission October 26, 1891, to engage in business in Columbus, Ohio, where he has since resided. He was married September 23, 1890, to Miss Mary Neil, daughter of William A. Neil of Columbus, Ohio. Since leaving the regular service he has served in the National Guard of Ohio as captain of a light battery, lieutenant-colonel of the Fourteenth Infantry, and as colonel of the First Regiment of Light Artillery. He is a member of the Society of the War of 1812, Sons of the American Revolution and the Loyal Legion.

Ethel Abby Darrow was born in New York city June 4, 1871, and died there February 1, 1875.

Lillian Sprague Darrow was born at Yorktown November 8, 1876. She was educated at Drew Seminary, Carmel, New York, and was married November 4, 1897, to William Fields Beal, of Boston, Massachusetts, where she has since resided. They have one child, a son, James Hamilton Beal, born February 4, 1899.