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Archibald Bain, born 1819. died in BAIN 1891. was a resident of the town of Argyle, Washington county, New York, and of Greenwich, where he died. He was a carpenter and wheelwright. and worked at his trade in both towns. He was a great lover of music and possessed consid- erable vocal talent. He taught singing classes and was leader of the United Presbyterian Church choir. He married Ann Eliza, dangh- ter of Robert and Isabella ( McKinley) Kel- lev. Children : 1. Belle M., born December, 1859: married Dr. James A. Smallie. 2. Wil- liam Henry. of further mention.
(II) William Henry, only son of Archibald and .Ann Eliza (Kelley) Bain, was born in Argyle, Washington county, New York, April 2, 1861. Ile was educated in the public schools of Argyle. He came to Canajoharic, Montgomery county, when about sixteen years of age, and entered the high school in that vil- lage, graduating in the class of 1878, the first graduate of the school and the only one grad- uated that year. He entered Eastman's Busi- ness College at Poughkeepsie and was gradu- ated, class of 1879, leading the class of one
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hundred students and being eight points ahead of his leading competitor. After leaving East- man's he taught the public school at Galway for one term. Then he returned to Canajo- harie, where for eighteen months he was drug clerk. He formed a connection with the Reed Manufacturing Company and until 1887 was secretary and treasurer of that company. Next he formed a partnership with Mount A. Yates. and as Yates & Bain conducted a retail coal business for six years. In 1893 he purchased his partner's interest and operated the coal yard alone until 1907, when he disposed of his entire interest. In 1899 he was appointed postmaster of the village of Canajoharie by President McKinley. In 1903 he was reap- pointed by President Roosevelt, who again conferred the honor in 1907. He is an active worker in the Republican party, and a lead- ing member of the Dutch Reformed church, in which he holds the office of deacon. He mar- ried, September 21, 1887. L. Katherine, daugh- ter of Adam Smith, born March 17, 1826. died July 23, 1901 : married. September 15. 1859, Catherine Van Slack (or Slyck), born June 22. 1834. died May 1, 1886. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: I. Elizabeth, born July 16, 1860 ; a graduate of Vassar College class of 1881 : married Burton K. Yates: children: i. Sheldon Smith, born March 14, 1887: gradu- ate of Yale University, class of 1910: ii. L. Katherine, born August 30, 1889, senior at Vassar College. class of 1911. 2. L. Kathe- rine, born January 7, 1862 : graduate of Vas- sar College, class of 1884. married William Henry Bain. 3. Margaret, born February 23. 1864, died April 27. 1879. 4. George How- ard. born September 20, 1865. died March 18. 1903: graduate of Yale University, class of 1887. married, February, 1895. Tille Elliott : child. Lillian, born March 20, 1896. 5. John, born July 28, 1867. died May 23. 1870. Chil- dren of William H. and L. Katherine Bain : I. Margaret K., born December 31. 1890. 2. Therese Sterling, born April 8. 1893.
COMBES John Combes, great-grandfa- ther of Charles Isaac Combes. married Hattie - and had seven children: John (2). William, Peter, James, Phoche, Leah and Isaac. John (2) was a farmer and an carly settler in the Mo- hawk Valley.
(II) Isaac, youngest child of John and Hat- tie Combes, was born December 3, 1807. died October 10. 1869. He was educated in the public schools, was reared on the farm, but preferring a mercantile life settled in Fulton- ville, New York, in 1837, where he was in the grocery business until 1852, locating in Glov-
ersville in the same line of business, later add- ing dry goods to his line. lle was also en- gaged in manufacturing. On February 13, 1855. he was appointed postmaster of Glovers- ville, holding that position until May 30, 1861, when he was succeeded by Elisha L. Burton. He was a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Congregational church. He married Eliza Ann Burton, born July 10, 18II. died 1895, daughter of Nathan and Eleanor (Con- over) Burton, of Charlestown, Montgomery county, New York. Nathan Burton was born May 1, 1764. Children of Isaac and Eliza A. Combes: 1. Henry Bekdling, born and died 1833. 2. Mary Eleanor, born March 20, 1835. 3. Eustatia F., born January 13, 1837. 4. Elisha Burton, of whom further. 5. William Henry. born November 30. 1841 : married Me- rita Hedge and had a son George L., who mar- ried Madge Mason ; children : John, born 1904, and Winfield H. 6. Charles I., born 1843, died 1863. 7. Eliza Ann, born 1845. died 1847.
( III) Elisha Burton, son of Isaac and Eliza Ann ( Burton ) Combes, was born October 23, 1839. He was educated in the public schools, and early engaged in the grocery business as a clerk for his father, being so engaged all his active years. He married Mary Elizabeth Kennedy, born June 18. 1839. daughter of Ly- sander, born 1807. died 1895, and Elizabeth (Allen ) Kennedy, born 1801, died 1900, granddaughter of Daniel and Lucinda Ken- nedy, who had seven children : Lysander, Pal- mer L., Daniel Lorain, Susan, Harriet, Nancy and Esther.
Daniel Kennedy was a merchant of Johns- town until his place of business was destroyed by fire, when he engaged in teaming from Fonda. delivering goods from the railroad to interior towns. He was a deacon of the Bap- tist church and a Democrat. Lysander, eldest son of Daniel Kennedy, was a farmer of Ful- ton county, owning a farm of four hundred acres. Hle was a school trustee, a member of the Methodist church, and a Democrat. He married Elizabeth Allen and had ten children : Catherine, Daniel, Lucretia, Landon, Mary Elizabeth, who married Elisha Burton Combes, John Henry, Margaret, William Henry, Daniel and Sarah Jane. Children of Elisha Burton and Mary Elizabeth Combes: I. Anna E .. born October 10, 1869: married, October 21. 1892, Eugene D. Smith. 2. Charles Isaac, of whom further. 3. Harry, born November 26. 1874: married Anna Baker.
(IV) Charles Isaac, eldest son of Elisha Burton and Mary Elizabeth ( Kennedy) Combes, was born in Johnstown, New York, May 14, 1871. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and at Gloversville Academy,
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where he was graduated. After completing his studies he entered the printing office of the Gloversville Leader in 1888 where he learned the trade of a printer and became familiar with every detail of a newspaper printing office. He later formed a partnership with William B. Collins, the owner and proprietor of the Leader, continuing until 1902 as Collins & Combes. In January, 1903. they formed a corporation and purchased the Johnstown Re- publican, publishing both the Leader and the Republican until 1908 when a transfer of stock was made, Mr. Combes becoming owner of the Republican and Mr. Collins continuing the Leader. The Republican was originally started in 1838 by Darius Wells and has passed through many changes; it is Repub- lican in politics, publishes a daily and a weekly edition, and is an acknowledged influence in Fulton and adjoining counties. Mr. Combes is a charter member of the Johnstown Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. His clubs are the Colonial of Johnstown and the Eccentric of Gloversville. He married, June 3, 1902, Katherine S., daughter of J. C. Allen.
The first account we have DORRANCE of the Dorrance family in America tells that on April 17, 1723, the people of Voluntown, Connecti- cut, gave Rev. Samuel Dorrance a call to preach the Gospel at a salary of "£60 per year for the present and £50 in such species suit- able to promote his building and settling." On the same day a number of persons "as a special token of their love and goodness" pre- sented Rev. Dorrance with "five thousand shingles, three pounds money in shingle nails, five pounds in work, three pounds in boards and plank, two hundred clapboards, breaking up two acres of land, a cow and a calf." The Voluntown church was the first, and long the only Presbyterian church in Connecticut. The adoption of the Westminster Confession by the new church caused immediate rebellion, and a determined effort was made to prevent the ordination of Rev. Dorrance. These pro- tests, in part, made to the council quotes : "We protest against settling Mr. Dorrance because he is a stranger and we are informed he came out of Ireland, and we do observe that since he has been in town the Irish do flock to town and we are informed the Irish are not whole- some inhabitants and upon this account we are against settling Mr. Dorrance, for we are not such persons as you take us to be, but desire the Gospel to be preached by one of our own and not by a stranger, for we cannot receive any benefit for neither soul nor body
and we would pray him to withdraw himself from us." The council took all day to hear the case which they decided for both parties. The good minister, however, was ordained December 23, 1723. He is found in the ministry of Voluntown in the year 1760, and drawing a salary of £300. He died Novem- ber 12, 1775, at the age of ninety. Two of his sons, John and George, settled in the Wyom- ing Valley, Pennsylvania. George was lieu- tenant-colonel of militia and third in com- mand of the battle of Wyoming, where he was wounded, and on July 4, 1778, slain by his In- dian captors. His descendants have been in- fluential citizens of the valley, where they fig- ure largely in political, financial and military records. . Through the intermarriage of the Dorrance and Fox families, the family line can be traced to 1653 in Massachusetts, and 1723 in Connecticut. A connection cannot be made between Alexander, of Hampton, Con- necticut, and Rev. Samuel, but there is no doubt he was a great-grandson. Another in- termarriage was with the McBurneys of county Antrim, Ireland. Eliza McBurney was a daughter of James, of the north of Ire- land. She and two brothers came to America. Eliza married James A. Dorrance, while the brothers cannot be definitely traced. One of them, Thomas, enlisted in the Union army and died in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1862. The other, James, went west and died in Elko, Nevada. The Young family is also one of the old and prominent Troy families. The family in Troy was founded by James Alex- ander Dorrance of New England birth, and early of Hampton, Connecticut.
(I) Alexander Dorrance was born in Con- necticut, died at Chaplin, Connecticut, Sep- tember II. 1870. He was a shoemaker of Hampton. He married, April 25, 1825, Mary Lucretia Fox, born at Woodstock, Connecti- cut, November 16, 1801, and accidentally killed by being thrown from her carriage while returning from church, September 9, 1849. She was a daughter of William and Mary (Coburn) Fox, of Woodstock, Con- necticut, and a lineal descendant in the seventh generation from Thomas Fox, the immigrant ancestor, who was of Cambridge, Massachu- setts, in 1638, and one of the original pro- prietors of that town then called Newton. They resided at Woodstock, Connecticut, for about ten years after marriage, then at Can- terbury and Scotland of the same state. Later they returned to Hampton, where Mrs. Dor- rance was killed. Children: 1. James Alex- ander, see forward. 2. Abby Caroline, born at Woodstock, Connecticut, April 18, 1829; married George Mason Holt, November I,
&. Dorrance
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1854, and had issue: Helen Cornelia, Mary Louise and Frank Henry. 3. William Friend, born at Woodstock, May 10, 1832; removed to California, where he engaged in the sad- dlery and hardware business. 4. Francis Au- gustus, born at Woodstock, June 29, 1836, died June 23, 1870: he was a member of the firm of A. W. Prentice & Company, the old- est hardware business in Norwich, Connecti- cut. and held many offices of trust in public and private life ; he married Mary T., dangh- ter of Amos WV. Prentice, September 11. 1858, and left a son Amos Prentice, born August I, 1865. 5. Mary Eleanor, born at Canterbury, June 4. 1839, died July 3. 1839. 6. Mary Re- becca, born at Scotland, Connecticut, Septem- ber 19, 1840: she was finely educated and fol- lowed the profession of teaching until her marriage. December 5. 1867, to George Clary, M. D., son of Rev. Joseph Clary. Dr. Clary was a graduate of Dartmouth College, and Yale Medical School. He served as assistant surgeon of the Thirteenth Regiment, Con- necticut Volunteers, in the civil war, and at the close of that conflict settled in New Brit- ain, Connecticut, where he engaged in the practice of medicine : children : Eliza P., Ma- bel. George Bancroft and Harriet Dorrance.
(II) James Alexander, eldest child of Alex- ander and Mary Lucretia (Fox) Dorrance, was born at Woodstock, Connecticut, March 26. 1826, died in Troy, September 6. 1905. He was educated in the public schools, and in 1847 settled in Troy, New York, and was a clerk in that city for several years. On Feb- ruary 27. 1864, he began business for himself, opening a shoe store in Troy on that date that prospered and grew until it ranked as one of the largest and best of its kind in the city. He continued alone at the head of his business until 1881, when his son, William J., was ad- mitted a partner, and the firm became J. . 1. Dorrance & Son. He was a devoted member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church of Troy. which he served faithfully as member and official for over half a century. He did not take an active part in public affairs, his business, church and home claiming his great- est interest. He married, December 31, 1850. Eliza McBurney, of Troy, born in 1829. died July 12, 1909. Children, all born in Troy : I. Mary E., September 22, 1852; married, June 16. 1875, George A. ITuestis, of Troy, later of Kansas City, Missouri, where he died, leaving children. Eliza D. and Edna H. Hues- tis. 2. William James, see forward. 3. Fran- ces, March 20, 1863. 4. Jessie A., October 20, 1872.
(III) William James, only son of James Alexander and Eliza (McBurney) Dorrance,
was born in Troy, New York, August 17, 1854. He was educated in the public schools of Troy, and when a young man entered the store of his father as clerk. In 1881 he be- came associated with him as partner and after his death became the responsible head of the business which he yet retains. Ile has been one of Troy's successful business men, and has served the city well in public office. From 1887 until 1893 he was a member of the school board, served for twenty years in the fire de- partment, a member of Trojan Hook and Lad- der Company No. 3. as election inspector, and in other city business he has always borne his part of public duty. He is a member of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, and in political preference is a Republican. llis fraternal connection is with the Knights of Maccabees. He married, November 24, 1881, Mary A., daughter of James J. and Elizabeth (Hicks) Young, of Troy. Children : 1. Frank Young, born at Troy, August 27, 1882: was educated in the Troy public schools, entered Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, from which he was graduated, class of 1906. 2. Jessie Elizabeth, born at Troy, October 20, 1890; educated in Troy public schools, and is a graduate of North Adams, Massachusetts, Normal School.
John Sheldon, an inhabitant SHELDON of Providence, Rhode Island, was born in England, in 1630, died in 1708. He settled at Providence. where he was a tanner. He was deputy in 1702. He deeded his homestead, March 20. 1708, to his son Nehemiah on condition that he would maintain his father the remainder of his life. He married, in 1660, Joan Vincent, who died in 1708. Children: I. Timothy, born March 29, 1661, died 1744: married Sarah, daughter of Alexander and Jane ( Hol- brook ) Balcom ; children: Martha, born May 5. 1687 ; Timothy, March 1. 1689: Samuel, January 29, 1601 : Mary, August 1, 1003. 2. John, of further mention. 3. Mary, died April 28, 1735: married, January 12, 1688, Stephen, son of Stephen and Sarah (Smith) Arnold: children : Stephen : Philip, born Feb- ruary 12, 1693 : Edward : Phoebe, born March 5, 1695: Sarah: Penelope, born 1701 ; Sa- vana, born 1703. 4. Nicholas, died November 23, 1747 : married Abbie Tillinghast, born March, 1674, daughter of Purden and Lydia (Taber) Tillinghast : children : Mary, Nicho- las, Joseph, Abigail, Lydia. 5. Nehemiah, born 1672. died 1754: married Rachel Mann, born April 15, 1679, daughter of Thomas and Mary ( Wheaton ) Mann : children : Abraham, Philip; Mary, married, December 18. 1721, William Rhodes ; Rachel, born 1705, married,
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March 6, 1728, Pearnot Packer ; Wealtherm, married, June 6, 1731, John Williams.
(II) John (2), son of John (1) and Joan (Vincent) Sheldon, was born in Rhode Island, died at Pawtucket, that colony, Au- gust 16, 1741. He was a tanner and cord- wainer. He married and reared a family of eight children: 1. Roger, married Mercy ---. 2. Jolin (3). 3. William, of further mention. 4. Edward. 5. Patience, married Thornton. 6. Deliverance. 7. Eze- kiel, married Joanna 8. Sarah.
(III) William, son of John (2) Sheldon, was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, about 1710. He married Rebecca Rhodes, 1737. Children : I. Deliverance. born 1740, mar- ried Nathan Jillson. 2. Robert, born 1741, married Hill. 3. Roger, born 1745, was of Cumberland, Rhode Island. 4. Wil- liam, born 1747, was of Cumberland, Rhode Island. 5. Benjamin, born 1750, settled at Unadilla, New York. 6. Jolin, see forward. 7. Rebecca, born 1754, married John Phillips. 8. Susanna, married Nathan Jillson. 9. Anna, married Potter, of Cranston, Rhode
Island. 10. Mercy, married Randall. II. Daughter, married Ezra Dav.
(IV) John (3), son of William and Re- becca (Rhodes) Sheldon, was born in Rhode Island, 1752. He settled in the northern part of Adams, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. He married Abigail Phillips, a descendant of John of Duxbury, 1638. They both lived to a great age, and are buried in North Adams, Massachusetts. Children : Elizabeth ; Na- than, of further mention ; Naomi, married An- thony Sheldon, of Adams, Massachusetts; Amasa ; Roby, married Dyer Eaton : Salome, married Harrington ; John, Hezekiah, Daniel, Abigail, Patience. Ann. These can- not be given in the order of birth.
(V) Nathan, son of John (3) and Abigail ( Phillips) Sheldon, was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, 1775, died January 29, 1862. He married Hannah , who died January 1, 1835, aged sixty years. Children : Lorenzo, see forward : Lucy, Electa and Mary. (VI) Lorenzo, son of Nathan and Hannah Sheldon, was born at North Adams, Massa- chusetts, September 6, 1808, died there Feb- ruary 15, 1895. Ile married (first ) Amarillis Wilbur, born in the same town, died at Adrian, Michigan. Married (second) Electa C. Parker, daughter of Oliver Parker, of North Adams, born March 20, 1821, died Sep- tember 13, 1897. Children by first marriage : John and Mary. Children by second mar- riage: Charles Albert, see forward; Sylvia, died August, 1902; Iva; J. Warren; Lewis, drowned; John, born 1858, married Mollie
Claybel, had son Frank E. ; Mary M., unmar- ried.
(VII) Charles Albert, son of Lorenzo and Amarillis (Wilbur) Sheldon, was born Octo- ber 29, 1842, at Adrian, Michigan, died De- cember 20, 1881. He married Eliza Mary Dunham, born May 21, 1846. at Savoy, Mas- sachusetts. Children : I. Charles, died in infancy. 2. Fred Charles, see forward. 3. Adelaide, married Frank Hartley Brown; children : Donald Sheldon, born August 24, 1904 : Ramona Adelaide, born June 19. 1906; Margaret Elizabeth, born January 18. 1909. 4. Gertrude Eliza, married Fred E. Clark- son.
(VIII) Fred Charles, only son of Charles. Albert and Eliza Mary (Dunham) Sheldon, was born at North Adams, Massachusetts, June 27, 1871. He was educated in the pub- lic schools, and as soon as his education was finished he began work in a shoe factory, working his way up to the position of foreman of a department. He then formed a partner- ship with Edward Pratt and represented the firm, carrying a line of shoes made by the Pratt factory. In 1900 he removed to Gran- ville, Washington county, New York, where he purchased a slate quarry and began the manufacture of roofing slate and other slate products. He faced almost insurmountable obstacles, but with courage and perseverance overcame them all and became the largest sin- gle producer in the entire district. His inter- ests are now merged in a single corporation, the Sheldon Slate Company, of which he is president. He has other business interests of importance. He is a director of the Farmers' National Bank of Granville, New York, and in civil affairs trustee of the village corpora- tion. He attends and supports the Episcopal church, and is a Republican in politics. He married, February 8, 1899, Bertha Genevra, born August 21, 1877, daughter of Leonard C. and Hannah Eliza (Rogers) Thorne.
LIPES The Lipes family of Cobleskill, New York, while not long settled in that town are of a German an- cestor that early settled in the country. The record deals largely with the present genera- tion, Henry, father of Dr. M. D. Lipes, who was a resident of Kendallville, Indiana. He was born April 26, 1840: married Sylvia Barbour, born July 7, 1843. Children : I.
Estella, married (first) Clare Mesereau ; chil- dren : i. Bessie, married Ward Crane, and has George, born September 7, 1907, and Ward (2) born August 15, 1908: ii. Genevieve : iii. Ilelen ; Estella married (second) Harry Gif- ford. 2. Harry J., born in Chicago, Illinois,
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December 29, 1871 : a practicing physician of Albany, New York; married. January 22, 1897, Lulu Sagendorf, born November 4. 1870. daughter of Ilarmon Sagendorf, born July. 1840, married. December 19, 1868, Ra- chel Barmer, born May 12, 1850 ; Harmon was a son of George and Catherine Sagendorf; Ra- .chel Baumer was a daughter of John and Ma- ria ( kilmer) Baumer, and a granddaughter of George and Rachel (Stoneman) Baumer. Dr. Harry J. and Lulu Lipes has a daughter Caroline E., born November 14. 1898. 3. Myron D., of further mention. 4. Robert, a practicing physician; married Lillian Ford, and has Robert (2).
(II) Myron D., son of Henry and Sylvia ( Barbour ) Lipes, was born in Kendallville. Indiana. He was educated at Richfield Springs high school, graduating in 1894. He entered Syracuse University, taking the course in 1896-97, and finishing his studies there with a special course in medicine 1898- '90. He was graduated M. D. from Balti- more Medical College, 1901. He first began practice at Howes Cave, New York, in 1901, where for two years he did a general prac- tice in medicine and surgery. In 1903 he lo- cated in Cobleskill, New York, where he is now in general practice, well established and popular. For five years he has been coroner, is ex-president of the County Medical Society, and a member of the State Medical Associa- tion. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to Cobleskill Lodge. Free and Ac- cepted Masons, T. L. Lewis Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, and Albany Council. Royal and Select Masters. He is also affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a past grand, and is a Knight of Pythias. He married, August 28, 1901, Carrie West- fall, born August 22. 1873. daughter of Adam M., born June 8, 1846, and S. Esther ( Bent- ley) Westfall, born March 28. 1851, grand- daughter of John Andrew and Catherine ( Miller) Westfall. Adam M. Westfall had two children, Carrie, wife of Dr. M. D. Lipes, and Floyd B., born October 6, 1875. married Alice May - and has a daughter Mil- dred. born May 8, 1907. Dr. Myron D. and Carrie Lipes have a son Henry, born Septem- ber 8, 1902.
(VIII) Jolin, son of Ambrose WILTSIE (q. v.) and Magdelena (Mil- ler) Wiltsie, was born on the old Wiltsie homestead in South Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, and died on his own farm in that town, July 26, 1863. IIc was an energetic farmer and capable man of business, ranking with the prosperous men of
his town. He was a member of the Dutch Re- formed church, and a Republican in politics. lle married, in Bethlehem, Hannah Ilicks, of Dutchess county, daughter of one of the old families in that section. She was a devout church woman: her death preceded that of her husband. Children: Caleb; John: Am- brose, of further mention : Ilannah: Marga- ret : Julia. Other children died in infancy ; those mentioned grew to maturity and most of them married.
(IX) Ambrose, son of John and Hannah ( Hicks) Wiltsie, was born in the town of Bethlehem, Albany county, New York, near the South Bethlehem railroad station, in 1847, and died on his own farm in the same town April 2, 1867. at the age of twenty years and six months. He was a farmer, and possessed elements of character that promised a suc- cessful future when his life suddenly termi- nated. He was a member of the Methodist church, and married, in Bethlehem, Mary K. Shaffer, born in that town in 1847, who sur- vives him and continues to reside on the farm left her by her first husband. She married (second) Henry Rupert, born in Germany, who came to the United States early in life and settled in South Bethlehem, where he died leaving : Walter, Israel, Anna, Catherine and Mamie. Ambrose and Mary K. (Shaffer) Wiltsie had two children: John A., of fur- ther mention ; and George, born July. 1866, a carpenter and farmer of South Bend; mar- ried Ada Robertson, widow of Barnet Ten Eyck, child. Charles : by a second marriage he has Rupert. Pearl, Blanche and Florence. Mary K. (Shaffer) Wiltsie, is a daughter of George Shaffer, born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1838. He was educated in the State Church government schools (Lutheran) and grew up a farmer. Ilis brother Henry, who had previously emigrated to the United States, returned to his native town and by his persuasions induced George Shaffer to accom- pany him to the United States. Before leav- ing. Henry Shaffer married Mary Ringle, his brother George having married three years before her sister Margaret. They all came to the United States in 1845. landing in New York City, where George Shaffer remained. Henry and his wife continued their journey northward, finally settling in the town of Bethlehem, Albany county, New York. George Shaffer remained in New York City about one year, and then removed to the town of Ballston, Saratoga county, New York, where he remained until 1857, when he joined his brother in Bethlehem. Here he purchased a farm which he cultivated successfully until his death in February, 1902. His wife died
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