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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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JOHN H. LASCELLES is the cashier of the Merchants’ National Bank of Dunkirk, and in this capacity has displayed more than usual ability. He is a son of Arthur and Ann (Tidyman) Lascelles, and was born in Dunkirk, Chautauqua county, New York, March 3, 1856. Arthur Lascelles is a native of England, from whence he came about 1850. He settled at once at Dunkirk, where he has lived ever since. He was a carpenter by trade and soon secured the position of master carpenter on the western division of the Erie railway, which he maintained for many years. He now resides in Dunkirk, and has retired from active business, having passed his sixtieth year. Mr. Lascelles is a democrat and has served in the council of this city. Mrs. Lascelles is also a native of England, and is yet living, aged about sixty years.

John H. Lascelles was reared in Dunkirk, and received his education at the public schools. He then obtained a place as clerk in a grocery store in Sinclairville, where he remained two years. Following this he took a position in the freight office of the Erie railway, and later was in the office of the division superintendent. He was there for a year only, and on May 11, 1874, he obtained a clerkship with the Lake Shore Banking Co., with which he remained until March 6, 1882, when the Merchants’ National Bank was opened and he came to them as cashier, which position of trust he has filled with fidelity.

In 1885 he was married to Annie Moran, daughter of James and Mary Moran, of Buffalo, his wife being a sister-in-law to Charles F. Bishop, the mayor of that city.

J. H. Lascelles is an active democrat and has been city treasurer steadily for eleven years. He has been actively identified with the politics of the city since becoming of age. He has served in the board of education, is a member of the Catholic church, and of the Young Men’s Association, of Dunkirk. He is recognized as a shrewd, astute business man, and is identified with every movement that will benefit the city of Dunkirk or advance its interests.

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This family biography is one of 658 biographies included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published in 1891. 

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