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The Munsell Arms, Shield: Argent, a chevron between three maunches, sable. Crest : (Ist) on a chapeau gules, turned up ermine, a falcon rising proper: (2nd) a cap of maintenance, enflamed at the top, proper.
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Mottoes : Quod vult valde vult, and Honor- antes me honorabo.
(I) Thomas Munsell was born about 1650, and it is probable that he came from England to New London, Connecticut, about 1680. His name first appears on record there in 1681, and in 1683 he resided on the Great Neck at that place. He wrote his name Munsell, Mon- sell, Munsel and Muncil. He had a wife named Lydia, and died at the place mentioned, in 1712. Children: 1. Jacob, born New Lon- don, Connecticut, about 1690, see forward. 2. Elisha, born New London, Connecticut, about 1700. 3. Mercy. 4. Deliverance.
(II) Jacob, son of Thomas and Lydia Munsell, was born in New London, Connec- ticut, about 1690. In 1723 he resided at Wind- sor, Connecticut, and then moved to the east side of the river. Eight years later he was ferryman between the North, or Scantic, Par- ish and Windsor, and he petitioned the legis- lature for a license to keep accommodations and strong drink for travelers. On August II, 1741, he signed a petition to the Congrega- tional church. He married (first), at New London, Connecticut, in 1713, Sarah, daugh- ter of John and Abigail Calkins. She died about 1716, leaving no children. He married (second), at Windsor, Connecticut, February 15, 1718, Phebe Loomis, born in 1697, daugh- ter of Joseph and Lydia (Drake) Loomis. Children : 1. Calkins, born Windsor, Connec- ticut, June 12, 1718; married there, May 19, 1743, Mary Booth ; eight children; died May 21, 1758. 2. Thomas, born April 9, 1720, died April 17, 1720. 3. Mercy, born February 9, 1721, died young. 4. Elisha, born Windsor, Connecticut, September 15, 1723; see for- ward. 5. Jonathan, born Windsor, Connec- ticut, October 7, 1725; married there, about 1746, Hannah Pasco; seven children; died August 13, 1787. 6. Mercy, born February 20, 1728. 7. Gurdon, born Windsor, Connec- ticut, April 26, 1730 ; married there, November II, 1751, Lucy, daughter of Jonah and Rachel (Brown) Stiles; seven children; died about 1760. 8. Jacob, born Windsor, Connecticut, April 21, 1732; married (first), January 2, 1751, Sarah Bancroft ; nine children ; married (second), about 1786, Sybil Ellsworth; no children ; died about 1790. 9. Joseph, born September 28, 1734. 10. John, born Windsor, Connecticut, September 5, 1736; seven chil- dren. II. Desire, born Windsor, Connecticut, September 5. 1741 ; married there, July 22, 1764, Isaac Rockwell; died August 19, 1782. (III) Elisha, son of Jacob and Phebe (Loomis) Munsell, was born in Windsor, Connecticut, September 15, 1723. On Jan- uary 6, 1778, he petitioned the general as-
sembly of Connecticut to make an allowance to him because of the loss of his son, Joel, a revolutionary soldier, who was ordered under the command of General Horatio Gates, and while stationed in Albany contracted such a severe case of smallpox that he died Novem- ber 23, 1777, eighteen days after his arrival home, and his father, aged and with a large family to support, had been put to consider- able expense to secure medical attention and the attendance of nurses. Elisha Munsell died November 22, 1803. He married, December 27, 1750, Kezia Taylor, of Windsor, Connec- ticut, born October 23, 1726, died April 8, 1784. Children: 1. Hezekiah, born December 7, 1751, died young. 2. Hezekiah, born Wind- sor, Connecticut, January 17, 1753; see for- ward. 3. Joel, born July 8, 1755, died No- vember 23, 1777. 4. Miriam, born January 15, 1757, died young. 5. Naomi, born April 3, 1758; married Jonathan Button. 6. Bathsheba, born December 6, 1760, died July 10, 1791. 7. Kezia, born October 17, 1763, died April 9, 1789. 8. Miriam, born Windsor, Connecti- cut, January 17, 1767; married there, 1786, James Wolcott ; three children. 9. Ruth, born October 15, 1769, died young.
(IV) Hezekiah, son of Elisha and Kezia (Taylor) Munsell, was born in Windsor, Con- necticut, January 17, 1753, baptised by Rev. Timothy Edwards. He was in the revolution- ary army much of the time from April, 1775. to November, 1780. He married at Windsor, Connecticut, January 24, 1777, Irene, born July 14, 1755, daughter of Moses and Anna (Stiles) Bissell, and with her resided at East Windsor, Connecticut, on a farm of one acre, purchased from his father, on January 16, 1776, for two pounds ten shillings; died there, April 14, 1844. Children : 1. Hezekiah, born September 17, 1777 ; married, September, 1814, Mary Hull; four children; died. Hoo- sic, New York, April 16, 1858. 2. Irene, born Windsor, Connecticut, February 21, 1779; married, 1797, Martin Green, son of Ashabel and Grace (Grant) Green; seven children ; died October 3, 1869. 3. Joel, born in 1781, died same year. 4. Joel, born in East Wind- sor, Connecticut, January 14, 1783; see for- ward. 5. Ezra, born Windsor, Connecticut, March 27, 1785 ; married Chloe, born in 1785, daughter of Daniel Squires; three chil- dren. 6. Timothy, born Windsor, Connecti- cut, July 1, 1787 ; married there, in 1812, Abi- gail, daughter of Elijah Sadd ; seven children ; died August 12, 1839. 7. Luke, born East Windsor, Connecticut, June 4, 1790; married, December, 1822, Eliza, born August 13, 1801, daughter of A. Sneed; ten children; died Jef- fersonville, Indiana, June 18, 1854. 8. Elisha,
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born East Windsor, Connecticut, March 13, 1793 ; married (first) October 30, 1817, Mary, daughter of Thomas Hurd, of Northfield, Massachusetts, died in 1830, five children; married (second), Swanzey, New Hampshire, September 8, 1834, Lucy C., daughter of Joel and Lydia (Combs) Sibley ; six children ; died Swanzey, New Hampshire, June 27, 1869. 9. Kezia, born February 15, 1796. 10. Laura, born Windsor, Connecticut. April 29, 1798.
(V) Joel, son of Hezekiah and Irene ( Bis- sell) Munsell, was born in East Windsor, Con- necticut, January 14, 1783. He was a plow and wagon-maker. He removed to North- field, Massachusetts, in 1806, where he pur- chased a plat of ground in 1809, and within a year had established a flourishing manufac- tory. These predecessors of the iron or steel plow were made from wood, and are at this day to be found preserved as curios in many museums of antiquities, while the wheels made at his place are displayed as models of dura- ble workmanship. He removed with his wife and eldest daughter to Albany, in 1846, where luis oldest son resided and had prepared a sub- urban home for him. He died in Auburn, New York, April 3. 1865, and was buried in Albany. He married, May 5, 1807, Cynthia Paine, born in Tolland, Connecticut, August 24, 1782, died Albany, July 12, 1864. All their children were born in Northfield, Massa- chusetts. Children: I. Joel, born April 14, 1808; see forward. 2. Cynthia, born June 29, 1810. 3. Son, born August 30, 1812, died October 25, 1812. 4. Cyrus, born January 10, . tional Observer, published by Solomon South- 1813; married, Charlestown, New Hampshire, wick. January 1, 1828, found him a journey- man printer two days of the week on the Ma- sonic Record and also helping Mr. Denio at spare moments. Meanwhile he was printing, editing and distributing from door to door his own news sheet, The Albany Minerva, of which he issued eight numbers. He now de- voted much time to collecting papers and bind- ing them, doing job work for various news- papers, and was away some time seeking jour- neymen in Northfield, Hartford and New Haven. With a little spare time at the latter place, he attended lectures and read useful works in science and literature. January 21, 1839. Diantha A., daughter of Alpha Huntoon, of Unity, New Hampshire ; children : i. Russell, born Charlestown, New Hampshire, June 19, 1840, married, July 3, 1865, Mary A. Moore; ii. Willard Alpha, born Auburn, New York, March 17, 1858, died there March 22, 1862; iii. Homer Joel, born Auburn, New York, June 4, 1859. 5. Luke, born October 27, 1816; married, Boston, Mas- sachusetts, June 26, 1851, Margaret Ann, daughter of William and Mary Johnston, of Bremen, Maine; died Boston, July 13. 1875; children : i. Frederick William, born June 16, 1853, died Springfield, Massachusetts, July 27, 1864; ii. Albert Henry, born January 6, 1858. 6. Elijah Bisbee, born September 21, 1819; married, September 9, 1846, Martha Ann, daughter of James Covel; died, Hart- ford, Connecticut, June 26, 1882; children : i. Franklin Eugene, born Manchester, Connecti- cut, April 3, 1849; ii. Anna Gertrude, born Vernon, Connecticut, March 23, 1852. 7. Mary Edwards, born November 11, 1822; married, May 20, 1851, Henry Sutliff ; child :
Charles Henry, born Belvidere, Illinois, April 25, 1853.
(VI) Joel (2), son of Joel (I) and Cyn- thia (Paine), Munsell, was born at North- field, Massachusetts, April 14, 1808. No one ever has or can gain a greater height of re- spect in Albany than Joel Munsell achieved by his own efforts and in his own quiet, pains- taking, laborious way, as historian, genealo- gist and publisher. He was unpretentious in his manner of living, and retiring of nature, withal his fellow citizens considered him in their front rank, and though a poor man in comparison with his friends, his intelligence counted for far more than their opulence, so that his name will linger while that of the great and successful merchant will be entirely forgotten. His parents had gone from Hart- ford, Connecticut, to Northfield before his birth, and it was at that place he spent the first seventeen years of his life, attending the local school of the town and also assisting his father in his trade of wheelwright. But it was in 1825 that his natural bent was given freer rein, when he became an apprentice in the printing office of the Franklin Post and Christian Freeman, published at Greenfield, nearby. In December of 1826 he had changed to another office in the village; but his next employer, John Denio, took him to Albany in May, 1827, to be his clerk in a book store. He preferred, at that time, to be engaged in the making of books rather than the selling of them, and secured employment on the Na-
In 1834 he was associated with Henry D. Stone in the publication of The Microscope, and this lasted three years, when he had saved a sufficient sum to enable him in October, 1836, to open for himself a job printing office, at No. 58 State street. He had at last found his true bearings, where his skill and intelli- gence might expand as he desired they should, and as a result "Joel Munsell, the printer," be- came known all over the United States. It is peculiar that in becoming, through his print-
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ery, the friend of the historian, student, gen- ealogist and chronicler of events, he was to reap so great a success that everything put forth by his shop trebled in value as time went on, and by 1900, or hardly a score of years after his death, such volumes as he had issued at a dollar had increased in value to from three to eight dollars. In the year 1900 his "Memoirs of Madame Reidesel," printed in ordinary fashion and bound plainly in cloth, could not be secured to supply the demand of the trade at eight dollars, and one of the vol- umes of his "Collections" was quoted locally at twenty-five dollars. This shows with what perspicuity he selected works for publication, which many another would have deemed un- important. A list of the books and pamphlets issued from his press would make a volume in itself, and had he lived to reap the benefits of this phenomenal advance in trade, he would have bequeathed riches to his family.
The first work compiled and published by him was called "Outlines of the History of Printing," issued in 1839. But it is as a his- torian of the city that Albanians look up to him. He is remembered by everyone as the greatest recorder of local events, and were it not for his patient efforts, but poorly remu- nerated, there would be a dearth of printed material about the past of Albany. At this day it is an ambition of every household to possess a set of his ten little volumes inscribed "An- nals of Albany," which he began in 1849 and completed in 1859. The text runs as a diary and carries the reader back a hundred years by the compilations therein under the caption, "Notes from the Newspapers." His "Collec- tions on the History of Albany," four volumes, were issued between 1865 and 1871, and every- body wonders how he found the time to pre- pare them in conjunction with the work of his printery. They are exceedingly valuable for reference and are frequently quoted. An- other similar work and monument to his in- dustry is "The Every Day Book of History and Chronology," compiled by him, and pub- lished in two 12mo. volumes in 1843. Begin- ning with that year he prepared and issued annually "Webster's Annual Almanac," start- ed in 1784 by Charles R. Webster, continued up to the present, since his father's death, by Charles Munsell. Many of his publications were put forth at a pecuniary loss to him ; but he never refused to print what appeared to him to be a valuable manuscript because of a forecast "it wouldn't pay," and this unselfish zeal has led to the preservation of an abund- ance of historic material now of rare value.
Mr. Munsell's endeavors in the field of local journalism include Albany Minerva, 1828; a
daily campaign paper edited by the Hon. Dan- iel D. Barnard, 1840; The Lady's Magasine and The Northern Star and Freeman's Advo- cate, in 1844; The Spectator, edited by Rev. Dr. William Buel Sprague, in 1845; The Guard, an Odd Fellows' paper, edited by C. C. Burr and John Fanner; and at various times, The New York State Mechanic, The Unionist, The State Register, The Typogra- phical Miscellany, The New York Teacher, The Morning Express and The Daily States- man. He also took great interest in and for three years published The New England His- toric-Gencalogical Register, of Boston. He published ten volumes of valuable historical matter in limited editions upon excellent paper, quarto size, entitled "Munsell's Historical Series."
Mr. Munsell was a founder of The Albany Institute, constant in attendance, reading be- fore that body a number of papers of great concern, and was through forty years its treas- urer. During forty-three years he was a faith- ful supporter of the Lutheran church and its trustee for over twenty years.
He was affectionately liked by all who had the honor of associating with him. In stature he was slight, and in expression decidedly cheerful, although possibly he enjoyed no oth- er pleasures than his arduous work. In con- versation he frequently was jocose and facetious. His manner was always quiet and unobtrusive. He was made an honorary mem- ber of many societies, each of which bodies sent delegates to attend his funeral, when worn out by excessive and constant work he ceased from his labors. He died January 15, 1880, at his residence, No. 59 Lodge street, Albany, New York.
Joel Munsell married (first) at Albany, New York, June 17, 1834, Jane Caroline Bigelow, born in 1812, died in Albany, June 17, 1854, by whom four children. Married (second) at Albany, September 11, 1856, Mary A. Reid, born in 1822, daughter of Alexander Reid, of Montreal, Canada, by whom six children, the ten children born in Albany, New York. Children: I. William Augustus, born May 25, 1835; see forward. 2. Anna Caroline, born August, 1839; died Al- bany, June 16, 1840. 3. Julia Annie, born February 13, 1850; see forward. 4. Charles, born December 29, 1852; see forward. 5. Frank, born June 19, 1857; see forward. 6. Jessie, born January 2, 1859; see forward. 7. Sarah, born February 10, 1861, unmarried, residing in Albany, New York, in 1910. 8. Minnie, born December 9, 1862; see forward. 9. Laura, born March 15, 1866; married, Jan- uary 16, 1895, Dr. William Tremain, of Rome,
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New York, no children. IO. Emma, born June 14, 1868; married, Albany, October 19, 1897, Robert A. Hevenor, of Chicago, Illinois, no children, both residing in Chicago, in 1910.
(VII) William Augustus, son of Joel and Jane Caroline (Bigelow ) Munsell, was born in Albany, New York, May 25, 1835, and died in Norwood, Ohio, February 23, 1898. He married (first), Albany, September 22, 1856, Maria Beers, by whom two children; married (second), in Albany. April 29, 1868, Lizzie Evans, born in Gloucestershire, England, July 27, 1849, daughter of Thomas and Ann Evans, and by this second wife he had five children. Children : 1. Jennie Caroline, born in Albany. August 31, 1857. 2. Alice, born in Albany, 1859. 3. William Sellew, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 27, 1869. 4. Charlotte Lucille, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 27, 1872 ; married, at Wequelonsing, Michigan, July 31, 1899, Theodore Pflueger, of Cincinnati, Ohio, by whom one child, Theodore Carlisle, born in Norwood, Ohio, September 24, 1900. 5. Jack- son Armstrong, born in Bond Hill, Ohio, De- cember 13, 1873 ; married, at Cincinnati, Feb- ruary 14, 1899, Marie Kirkup, by whom four children : i. Robert Kirkup, born Cincinnati, September 29, 1899; ii. Jackson Armstrong Jr., born in Norwood, Ohio, January 19, 1901 ; iii. Mary Lucille, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 7, 1902; iv. James William, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 30, 1904. 6. Albert West, born in Bond Hill, Ohio, March 24, 1877; married, Batavia, Ohio, June 24, 1902, Edith Mann Frazier, born Avondale, Ohio, June 25, 1879, by whom four children : i. Al- bert Frazier, born in Wheeling, West Vir- ginia, May 10, 1903 ; ii. John Richard, born in same place, July 21, 1905 ; iii. Stephen Evans, born in Detroit, Michigan, November 17, 1907; iv. Edith Frazier, born in Detroit, De- cember 23, 1909. 7. Edward Thomas, born in Bond Hill, Ohio, June 13, 1881.
(VII) Julia Annie, daughter of Joel and Jane Caroline (Bigelow) Munsell, was born in Albany, New York, February 13, 1850. She married, Albany, August 28, 1871, William Turner Jr., son of William and Eliza (Ram- sey) Turner of Albany. He died, Albany, February 28, 1885. Children: I. Grace E., born Albany, August 10, 1872, died in Al- bany, March 13, 1875. 2. Adelaide E., born Albany, October 23, 1874. 3. Jessie E., born, Albany, March 20, 1877, died, Albany, October 12, 1888.
(VII) Charles, son of Joel and Jane Caro- line (Bigelow) Munsell, was born in Albany, New York, December 29, 1852. He continu- ing his father's establishment with his brother,
Frank, for some time, conducted afterwards a book bindery and yearly brought out the "Webster Almanac," which had been started in the year 1784, as his father had done before him, since 1843. He married, in Albany, Sep- tember 7, 1876, Sarah C., daughter of Samuel and Mary Ann (Anthony) Knower. She was born in Albany, July 4, 1857, died in Al- bany, February 15, 1888. Children, born in Albany : 1. Harriet Edith, June 24, 1878. 2. Grace Huested, July 19,. 1880. 3. Alice Mary, March 10, 1883, died in Albany, September 12, 1887. 4. Elizabeth Evelyn, September 26, 1885, died in Albany, September 15, 1887.
(VII) Frank, son of Joel and Mary A. (Reid) Munsell, was born in Albany, New York, June 19, 1857. He continued his fa- ther's business as book publisher and binder. He married, Albany, June 8, 1880, Mary Sprague, daughter of John Danforth and Sa- rah Jane (Smythe) Houghtaling, of Bath-on- the-Hudson (Rensselaer, New York). She was born at Johnstown, New York, May 17, I861. Children : I. Claude Garfield, born, Rensselaer, New York, January 18, 1881. 2. Idell Lillian, born, Rensselaer, June 25, 1882; died, Rensselaer, February 26, 1884. 3. Ethel Lelah, born, Albany, October 11, 1884; mar- ried February 19, 1906, Henry T. de Rivera, by whom two children : Ethel Munsell de Ri- vera, born New York, June 11, 1907, and Catharine Ward de Rivera, born New York, June 1, 1909. 4. Irma, born in Albany, March 20, 1888. 5. Danforth Houghtaling, born in Albany, April 13, 1890.
(VII) Jessie, daughter of Joel and Mary A. (Reid) Munsell, was born in Albany, Jan- uary 2, 1859. Her education was received at the Albany Female Academy. She married, Albany, May 10, 1887, Dr. Charles Mortimer Culver, son of Cyrus Lee and Mary Ann (Bul- lock) Culver. He was born in West Troy, New York (Watervliet), September 28, 1856. (See Culver VIII). Children : 1. Cyrus Lee, born Schodack, New York, May 26, 1888. 2. Mary, born, Albany, New York, January 29, 1895.
(VII) Minnie, daughter of Joel and Mary A. (Reid) Munsell, was born in Albany, New York, December 9, 1862. She married, Al- bany, February 25, 1891, Frank Crary Fer- guson, of Albany. Child: Guy, born in Al- bany, December 22, 1894.
The family name, Cameron, CAMERON is believed to have been de- rived from the Gaelic and Welsh word "Cam," meaning crooked or winding, combined with the word "sron," a nose,-therefore, a crooked or hooked nose,
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which was doubtless a characteristic of those who were first given the name.
(I) James Cameron, the first of this family line to come to this country from the Scottish Highlands settled at once in the "highlands" of New York state, or the Adirondacks, the particular locality now included in Warren county, where he acquired land and com- menced lumbering in the forest wilds.
(II) Rev. John Cameron, son of James Cameron, entered the ministry, and officiated in the northern part of New York. He mar- ried Julia Hodgson, and had a son named James.
(III) Hon. James (2) Cameron, son of Rev. John and Julia (Hodgson) Cameron, was born near Warrensburg, New York, October 8, 1794, died at the same place, July 10, 1858. He married, September 27, 1818, Dinah Co- man, of Warrensburg, born there, August 30, 1800, died at that place, April 6, 1892. Her father was Isaac Coman, and her mother was Dinah (Rice) Coman. Children : Mary Ann, born November 12, 1819, died February 20, 1896; John A., born November 14, 1821; Charles R., born June 5, 1824; Silas H., born December 25, 1826; died September 16, 1893 ; James W., born February 13, 1829, died June 2, 1903; Truman Daniel, born January 9, 1832, see forward; Martha, born April 8, 1834; Adelia, born January 8, 1837, died June 26, 1903; Helena, born February 27, 1839; Madison, born October 27, 1841; Arabella Louisa, born November 14, 1845.
(IV) Truman Daniel, son of Hon. James (2) and Dinah (Coman) Cameron, was born near Warrensburg, Warren county, New York, January 9, 1832, died, Albany, Febru- ary 20, 1898, his late place of residence being "Noremac," situated on the Western Turn- pike but a short distance to the west of the city of Albany. He stood among the promi- nent business men of the city where he had spent the greater part of his life, and which became the home of his family and descendants of the three last generations. He came to Albany in his boyhood in order to obtain an education superior to that of his native place, and entered the State Normal College. After his graduation, he was appointed an instructor in the Albany Academy, as the acquisition of knowledge and again bestowing it upon others had a fascination for him. Here he gave in- struction in fitting youths for college through- out seventeen years, and many are the promi- nent citizens of Albany who owe a degree of their ability in the professions to his prover- bial thoroughness. The close confinement of the schoolroom impaired his health, and he consequently resigned in 1867 to found what
in time developed through his energy into an extensive and prosperous lumber business, both wholesale and retail, which he conducted in the western part of the city, then growing rapidly, with an office located at the corner of Lexington and Washington avenues, rather than among the scores of dealers in the north- ern end of the city, known as the famous "Lumber District." The outdoor life did much to strengthen his physique, and having purchased a beautiful country place, "Nore- mac," on property formerly owned by Mr. Billings P. Learned, he obtained great en- joyment there, in view of the Helderbergs, and recovered his health. He was a devout attendant of the First Presbyterian Church, of which for many years he was a ruling elder, and was a most thorough Bible scholar, de- vout not alone in his way of living at home, but actively giving instruction in the Sunday school. In every religious work of his con- gregation he was enthusiastically diligent, and took considerable pleasure in frequent attend- ance upon the sick of his circle of acquaint- ances and of the church, in fact, he led a prac- tical Christian life, living day by day what many another would simply preach. He was generous, kind and affectionate, and on all worthy occasions most helpful to his fellow- men. Mr. Cameron married, at Albany, April 20, 1854, Elizabeth Flagler, born in Cherry Valley, New York, March 27, 1830, daughter of Daniel Flagler, born in Dutchess county, New York, 1780, died in Grovenor Cor- ners, Schoharie county, New York, 1854, and Sarah (Ward) Flagler, born in Dutchess county, died in Grovenor Corners, Schoharie county, New York, 1842. Children: I. Em- ma Elizabeth, born Albany, September 21, 1857. 2. Frederick W., born in Albany, June I, 1859, see forward. 3. Livia Griffin, born in Albany, December 11, 1861 ; married Dr. Reuben D. Clark, secretary New York state board of agriculture, April 18, 1892; one child, Reuben D. Jr., born Albany, June 3. 1894. 4. Edward Madison, born in Albany, October 7, 1864, see forward. 5. Leroy Learned, born in Albany, January 19, 1869, died in Albany, August 4, 1896.
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