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Vedder, Harrison Needham, Buffalo, son of Jacob Schermerhorn Vedder and Mary Ann Needham, was born in Buffalo.
N. Y., September 11, 1858. His maternal grandfather, Joseph Parsons Needham, came from Rochester to Buffalo about
1884, and for many years carried on a saleratus factory and afterwards a distillery and was one of the founders
of the Unitarian church. On his father's side he is of Holland descent. Mr. Vedder received a public school education
and when fourteen years old entered the insurance office of Capt. E. P. Dorr. Three years later he became a clerk
for the insurance firm of Smith, Davis & Clark and five years afterward became chief clerk for the Western
Elevating Company. In 1881 he formed a copartnership with Charles J. North, under the firm name of North &
Vedder, and engaged in the insurance business, which they still continue. This is one of the largest and best known
firms in the city and represents a number of the strongest insurance companies in the United States. Mr. Vedder
is a member and trnstee of the Buffalo Merchants' Exchange, a life member of the Buffalo Historical Society, an
organizer and for three years (1883-85) commodore of the Buffalo Yacht Club a member and past master of the Lodge
of the Ancient Landmarks No. 441, F. & A. M., a member of Adytum Chapter No. 235, R. A. M., and Hugh de Payens
Commandery No. 30, K. T., and a member and one of the board of governors of the Otowega Club. September 13, 1881,
he married Ida Elizabeth Loveridge of Buffalo, and they have one son, Harold Loveridge, born June 25, 1882.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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