Adrian Adelbert Schenck was born on 26. Mar. 1842 at Plainville, Onondaga County, New York. He was the son of
Dr. Benjamin Baird Schenck and
Harriet Sullivan. Adrian Adelbert Schenck married
Harriet Parthenia Robinson, daughter of
Horatio N. Robinson and
Emma Tyler, on 23. Oct. 1866 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Adrian Adelbert Schenck died on 25. Feb. 1909 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, at age 66. He was buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
Adrian Adelbert Schenck was born in Plainville, N. Y., March 26, 1842. His education was obtained at the Monroe Collegiate Institute, at Elbridge, N. Y., which at that time was an academy of very considerable reputation. After leaving Elbridge he went to Syracuse in 1864, entering the office of the Provost Marshal, where he remained until obtaining a position in 1865, in the canal office.
The next ten years were devoted to work in the offices of the Internal Revenue Service and County Clerk of Onondaga County. From 1876 to 1880 he held the important position of clerk of the courts. In 1880 he returned to the Revenue Service, being Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue for the Twenty-fifth District. This position he held until the election of Cleveland to the Presidency in 1887, when he resigned. During the sessions of the New York Legislature of i888 and 1889, he was clerk of the Committee on Cities of the Senate, spending four days each week in Albany. During these years he was prominent in politics in the Republican party, in whose tenets he was an uncompromising believer throughout his whole life.
On October 6, 1888, he was instrumental in the organization of the Engelberg Huller Company, becoming its first secretary and general manager, a position which he held continuously until his death, a period of over twenty-three years. The success which attended this organization was largely due to his efforts and he was rewarded by seeing it grow into one of the most stable and prosperous of the manufacturing industries of Syracuse.
After the marriage of Mr. Schenck and Harriet P. Robinson, a daughter of Horatio N. Robinson, LL. D., in 1866, they resided on Montgomery Street until May, 1869, when they removed to .a residence which they built at No. 8 Holland Street. In 1894 a second home was built at 615 Park Avenue.
Mr. Schenck was a member of the Central City Lodge No. 305, F. and A. M., of the Royal Arcanum and many other organizations. He was much interested in manufacturing and industrial questions and in 1907 and 1908 was the vice-president for the State of New York of the National Association of Manufacturers, the Board of Directors of which passed the following resolution:
At a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers, held at Niagara Falls, New York, on July ibth, 1909, the following minute was unanimously adopted and spread upon the records:
Resolved : That in the death of our honored Vice-President for the State of New York, Mr. Adrian A. Schenck, the association sustains a severe and deplorable loss.
The elevation of Mr. Schenck to the Vice-Presidency having taken place at the instance of the delegates of his State at the annual convention of 1907 and his r