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Beattie, John
Born of Scottish parents and raised among the Scotch Presbyterians in Washington County, New York. He was a missionary in Canada where he kept a journal of his daily life.
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Brower, Harmon W.
Clerk for Judge Haring of Johnstown for seven years, after which he settled on the home farm in Mohawk with his father. Died on June 21, 1846.
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Burt, David
Born November 7, 1777 in Longmeadow, MA. Moved to Schenectady where he managed a cotton mill and was instrumental in developing the railroad. He died on November 24, 1850.
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Craig, Andrew
Private in Captain Nathaniel Fisher, Jr.'s Company, 2nd Regiment, NY Militia. Became a teacher and died in 1821.
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Cuyler, Cornelius
Born in Albany, NY, in 1783. After graduating from Union College, Studied theology under Doctors Livingston and Bassett and was licensed to preach in 1808 in Schenectady. Became pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church in Poughkeepsie in 1809.
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Fonda, Jesse
Rev. Jesse Fonda was born in Watervillet, April 27, 1786. Elected a trustee of Queens College in 1814.
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Lansig, Cornelius DeRidder
Son of Abraham G. and Susanna Lansing. Born November 17, 1789 and died in September of 1850.
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Mabon, John Scott
Born in Bowden, Scotland, January 20, 1783. Came to America in July, 1795. Graduated Union College, 1806. Licensed to preach April 16, 1812. Became a Hebrew scholar and was Principal of the Academy in New Brunswick, NJ. Later principal of the Grammar School in Schenectady and a tutor in Union College. He died April 27, 1849.
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Myers, Matthew
A resident of Herkimer, NY, was a member of the Philomathean Society. Lieutenant Colonel, 40th Regiment, NY Militia during the War of 1812.
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Perlee, Edmund G.
Born in 1784 in Dutchess County, NY. From 1820 to 1822 he served Chenango County in the State Legislature and was again elected to the Assembly in 1832. A resident of Amenia, NY, he died in 1859.
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Spencer, John Canfield
Born in Hudson in 1788, and after graduating from Union College, studied law in Albany and admitted to the bar in 1809. He was appointed Secretary of State in 1839, and was made Secretary of War in 1841 and Secretary of the Treasury in President Tyler's Cabinet, in 1843. He died in Albany in 1855 and is buried in Albany Rural Cemetery.
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Thompson, William
Born in Stillwater, NY, on March 4, 1785. After graduating from Union College he entered the office of his brother James who practiced law in Milton, NY. He moved to Ovid, NY in 1812. He died on November 18, 1871.
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Van Vechten, Teunis A.
Born December 17, 1787, and died of consumption on April 3, 1811. A resident of Albany, NY, he was a member of the Philomathean Society.
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White, Thomas
Born in Argyle, NY. First regular pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Seneca, NY. He died in 1824.
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