George Edward Lattimer

George E. Lattimer, well known among the younger business men of Buffalo, was born in that city thirty-three years ago. After attending the public schools of Buffalo until he was sixteen years old, he made an early start on his commercial career by engaging on his own account in the business of carting coal, ice, and sand. He supplied the sand for some of the largest buildings in Buffalo, and built up a flourishing business. Having shown so much ability while still in his teens, Mr. Lattimer developed even more rapidly with increased experience . He attracted favorable notice among the business men of the city; and one of them, William S. Grattan, was glad to form a partnership with the young man. In the spring of 1886, accordingly, the firm of Grattan & Lattimer was organized for the purpose of carrying on a business in general freight contracting. This venture proved successful from the beginning. Little else could have been expected in view of Mr. Grattan's broad business experience, Mr. Lattimer's special training in the carrying industry, and the excellent judgment of both partners. They were the first firm in Buffalo to contract with the railroads to handle their package freight, and they made such contracts with the Lackawanna, New York Central , and Lehigh Valley railroads. The firm employs at all times a large number of men, and in the busy season as many as a thousand are on its pay roll . At the time of the sound money parade in Buffalo in the presidential campaign of 1896, Mr. Lattimer marched at the head of 500 or more employees of his firm. Mr. Grattan has very important business interests outside of this concern, and necessarily leaves the management of Grattan & Lattimer affairs to the junior partner. As for personal qualities unconnected with business , reference may be made to Mr. Lattimer's great interest in horses. He has owned at different times some of the fastest trotters ever seen on the magnificent parkways of Buffalo. Early in 1897 he was one of the prime movers in the proposed speedway running along Scajaquada creek in the rear of the Buffalo State Hospital. Mr. Lattimer is a devoted Mason , and is a member of all the bodies of that order up to and including the 32d degree . He belongs to DeMolay Lodge, No. 498, F. & A. M.; Buffalo Chapter, No. 71 , R. A. M.; Lake Erie Commandery, No. 20, K. T.; Buffalo Council; and Ismailia Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He belongs likewise to the Masonic social organization called the Acacia Club. 

PERSONAL CHRONOLOGY- George Edward Lattimer was born at Buffalo June 19, 1864; was educated in the Buffalo public schools; engaged in a general carting business in Buffalo, 1880-86; married Annie Jones of Buffalo December 10, 1890; has been a member of the firm of Grattan & Lattimer, general freight contractors, since 1886. 

 The above bibliography was found in the following book: “The Men of New York: A Collection of Biographies and Portraits of Citizens of the Empire State Prominent in Business, Professional, Social, and Political Life During the Last Decade of the Nineteenth Century” G.E. Matthews & Company, 1898.