Adee, a respected citizen, and oue of the members of the old ' family of Adee, long settled in the township. Mr. ^ Adee was lor many years identified with some of the ! largest financial institutions in New Y'ork. He was a director of the Equitable Life In>.urance Company, and for a long time vice-president of the Bank of ! Commerce. Near by are the Dominick Lynch, Francis Morris and Van Schaick places, all now the prop- ' erty of the Havemeyer family and Mr. John Morris. Mr. John Morris is the son of the late Mr. Francis Morris, an English gentleman who came to this country many years ago, and who, besides being prosperous in business, was a successful breeder of the thoroughbred race-horse. In the immediate vicinity, fronting on Pelham Bay, is the residence j of Miss Catharine Lorillard Woolfe, whose power to do good to her fellow-creatures is only surpassed by her judgment, discretion and generosity. The grounds are adorned with rare shade-trees, green- , houses and graperies, and, though rarely at the pat- I ernal mansion, the town claims her as a towns- ; woman, and finds in her a worthy successor to her ' father, the late John David Woolfe. '

On the Neck road is also the Van Schaick homestead, whose owners some years since left by his will a sum of money to found a free library and readingroom for the township. This building is on the road near the Episcopal Church in the village. Driving towards the village on the Neck road, one passes the old Carter mansion, the Turnbull place and the Cemetery of St. Raymond (Roman Catholic), and near by is the former residence of William H. Bowne, now deceased, who, with his family, have for generations been identified with the town.