You've already mentioned some of the ones that first came to my mind: Congressman Zadock Pratt, potter Nathan Clark, Henry Meiggs, Thurlow Weed, Milton Hannibal Smith of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, and Maggie Newton Van Cott, the first woman licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal Church. New York State Governors Lucius Robinson and Washington Hunt were both natives of Windham. Francis Burns, the first African-American missionary bishop, was born in Albany County, NY but raised in Windham. He served in Liberia, Africa and died in Baltimore, MD. Rev. Levi L. Hill, who was born in Athens and preached in New Baltimore and Westkill, invented color photography. Levi and his brother, Robert, were also the publishers of "The Baptist Library," which I believe was the first magazine published in Greene County. They worked in Westkill, then moved to Prattsville after Col. Zadock Pratt provided them with a building, printing press, type foundry, and homes for their families. In 1859 brothers Alonzo and Boliver Newbury of Windham, and later of Coxsackie, invented a hand printing-press. In 1885 Jefferson Mead of Windham invented a carpet-stretcher. Author Clinton R. Seeley of Hensonville wrote the novel "Storm Fear". Actor Cornel Wilde starred in, produced and directed the movie based on this book. This was the first movie screenplay written by Horton Foote whose next movie project, "To Kill a Mockingbird," earned him an Oscar. Syndicated cartoonist Scott Adams, who created the comic strip Dilbert, hails from Windham. He was the first cartoonist to put his email address in a comic strip. Henry Fish of Windham started out as a photographer. After moving to Carpenteria, Santa Barbara County, CA, he began cultivating lima beans. In 1876 he founded the Fish Seed Company. Descendants of the Clarks, who were associated with Isaac Singer, donated property and continue to support the various foundations in Cooperstown, NY including the Farmers Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, as well as the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, MA. During my senior year of college I did my museum internship at the Clark Art Institute. US Secretary of War and US Secretary of State, Henry Lewis Stimson (1867-1950), was a descendant of Windham's first settler, George Stimson. As for scoundrels, we can omit Prohibition-era gangster Jack "Legs" Diamond. He was born in Philadelphia, PA and died in Albany, NY. He was only a part-time resident whose hideout was located in Acra. One vile creature we can't disown was Isaac Haight of Windham. He became a Mormon and took a leading role in the September 11, 1857, Mountain Meadows Massacre in which a band of about 120 emigrants on their way to California were murdered. Haight and his coconspirators intended to blame the Indians for the attack. Visit the Town of Windham Historical Society's Facebook page and become a fan. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Town-of-Windham-Historical-Society/46527396938?ref=ts

I agree Sue.  Perhaps some of the founders as well as the famous. Pam "The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way it's animals are treated." Mahatma Gandhi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sue Maxwell" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 2:37:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [NYGREENE] famous sons and daughters I have one thought; while the famous are always given note, it is often the unknown man or woman who holds down the homefront that makes a county, state and nation great. Perhaps some of these people ought to be included, too. I like that last story about someone who started with little and rose above his circumstances and contributed. Just a thought- Sue   ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I commanded the Civil War detachment and 1857 ceremonies at his grave, which is Jefferson Heights Cemetery, Catskill. I also gave a speech in his honor near the Cairo Alms House.

The only Greene County soldier to win the coveted medal during the Civil War. Seward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Cummings" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Sylvia, > Another prominent Greene County figure that has come to mind is > William Plimley ( Old Route 23 named in his honor ) > Plimley was a Catskill boy who for many years made his way by setting > type in the office of the Catskill Recorder. > Later, responding to his country's call, he enlisted in1862 in the town of > Cairo as a private in Co.K, 120th NYS Regiment . In a few months he was > promoted to sergeant. In 1863 he advanced to quartermaster sergeant and > won his 2nd lieutenant bars in the spring of 1864. For meritorious service > to his country he was promoted to1st lieutenant in the fall of 1864. > On April 2,1865, as a first lieutenant, William Plimley was awared the > Congressional Medal of Honor during the last battle on Hatcher's Run. > His outstanding gallantry and extraordinary heroism in the face of a > horrendous > fire from the enemy in a last ditch stand to hold his crumbling line > before > Petersburg - rallied his men to make a last successful charge. This broke > the back of the Confederate resistance and demoralized their great corp > when > A.P. Hill, their corps commander fell along with hundreds of his gallant > men. > After the war he became Department Chief of the Board of Elections for > the City of New York. He was the originator and for two years the > president > of the Greene County Society. In 1913 he died while at his job. > > Zeke > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:12 PM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > >> Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary >> on >> Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in >> knowing >> more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were >> inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like >> Henry >> Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous >> evangelist. >> >> Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? >> >> Sylvia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: > 1/22/2009 > 7:08 AM > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sylvia, Another prominent Greene County figure that has come to mind is William Plimley ( Old Route 23 named in his honor ) Plimley was a Catskill boy who for many years made his way by setting type in the office of the Catskill Recorder. Later, responding to his country's call, he enlisted in1862 in the town of Cairo as a private in Co.K, 120th NYS Regiment . In a few months he was promoted to sergeant. In 1863 he advanced to quartermaster sergeant and won his 2nd lieutenant bars in the spring of 1864. For meritorious service to his country he was promoted to1st lieutenant in the fall of 1864. On April 2,1865, as a first lieutenant, William Plimley was awared the Congressional Medal of Honor during the last battle on Hatcher's Run. His outstanding gallantry and extraordinary heroism in the face of a horrendous fire from the enemy in a last ditch stand to hold his crumbling line before Petersburg - rallied his men to make a last successful charge. This broke the back of the Confederate resistance and demoralized their great corp when A.P. Hill, their corps commander fell along with hundreds of his gallant men. After the war he became Department Chief of the Board of Elections for the City of New York. He was the originator and for two years the president of the Greene County Society. In 1913 he died while at his job. Zeke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:12 PM Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary > on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 7:08 AM

I'm always amazed at some of the women--such as Catharina Groat, mother of 14, or Minetta Irish, mother of 16 including 2 sets of twins. Such huge families must have taken a Herculean effort to manage! In a message dated 1/23/2009 2:38:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have one thought; while the famous are always given note, it is often the unknown man or woman who holds down the homefront that makes a county, state and nation great. Perhaps some of these people ought to be included, too. I like that last story about someone who started with little and rose above his circumstances and contributed. Just a thought- Sue ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De cemailfooterNO62)

I guess I must be dense ... These baptisms are not on the Greene website under baptisms for the people below in the Zion Lutheran Church. Did I do something wrong ? -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Athens Zion Lutheran Church - Roberts/Schermerhorn John, here's what's in the Zion Lutheran Church records 1790 - `850 - males only: Jacob Schermerhorn and Catharina, parents, Maria, child, b. 2.24, bap. 3.8.1790, sponsors: Caspar V. Husen and Maria, his wife William Schermerhorn and Mary Van Hoesen, Margaret, b. 10.17. bap. 11.9.1794, sponsors: Jacob G. Van Hoesen, and Elis. his wife John Schermerhorn and Hendrikje, parents, John, child, b. 2.3, bap. 6.7.1801, sponsors: Johannes Out and Elisabeth Henry Shermehorn and Maria, parents, Hilletje, child, b. 10.13., bap. 10.24.1802, sponsors: Parents John Schermerhorn and Hannah, parents, Jane, child, b. 12.18.1803, sponsors; Parents Henry Schermerhorn and Catherine, parents, Hetty, child, b. 12.5.1804, bap. 1.13.1805, sponsors: parents Henry Schermerhorn and mary, parents, John, child, b. 9.16.1805, bap. 2.10.1806, sponsors: Parents That's it in baptisms until 1850 Marriages Athens Zion Lutheran: 12.9.1794 - Henry Schermerhorn and Polly Van Valkenburg That's it. To my experience the Schermerhorns were not Lutherans. Originally Reformed Dutch. How do you know that John was born in French speaking Canada? Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott, John (IT)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Athens Zion Lutheran Church - Roberts/Schermerhorn > > Dear Sylvia - thank you for the extraction. The date and place are > indeed a real victory to me. > > I would be interested in any other Schermerhorns or Roberts b.m.d. at > the Zion Lutheran Kirk from 1790 - 1850 if any of these records might > exist. If not too much trouble. > > I don't think that John Schermerhorn or his wife probably Maria are > buried in Athens. > > In April 15,1812 Magadalene was baptized by the minister at the Trinity > Episcopal Church in Athens - the birth year of Magdalene Roberts is 1812 > and her birthplace is Athens. > > The only John Schermerhorn seems to be the one who married Henrietta Van > Hosen and had John and Maria in 1799/1800 at Athens but seems to have > had no more. I cant tell how long he associated with the Episcopal > Church ( if that is him and it seems to be him). The minister of the > Episcopal Church preached the sermon at the death of Mr. Schermerhord of > Athens at Hudson in 1816 - was this John ? We might never know unless it > was in a newspaper. > > John Roberts was born in French speaking Canada in 1810 - that a John > Roberts in 1820 is living 3 houses from John Schermerhorn @ Athens - > probably father of Magdalena that is interesting to me. I would ASSUME > that John Roberts was probably catholic and converted to marry > Magdalene. > > With kind regards, > > Jack Scott > Hanover,Pa > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 11:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Athens Zion Lutheran Church - > Roberts/Schermerhorn > > Hello John, yes indeed, in the Zion Lutheran Church in Athens records, > the > marriage is listed: > John Robberts and Magdalene Schermerhorn, married 3.17.1836, witnesses: > Peter Loving and Eliza Polley > > I do not see that this couple, or ineed any Roberts family member had > children baptised in this church. > > However, in the Coxsackie Reformed Church I see a James Roberts and > Dorty > Hoogteling who baptize a son John , b. 6.6.1808, in 1808. > > They also baptized: > Edward, b. 10.15.1803, in 1803 > Richard, b. 9.1.1805, on 11.1.1805, > Catherine, b. 4.16.1811, bap in 1811, > Peter, b. 7.7.1813, on 8.28.1813, > James, b. 3.28.1816, on 6.22.1816, > Storm Teunis, b. 1.1.1819, bap. 6.19.1819 > Jane, b. 6.25.1821, bap. 10.28.1821 > > This couple was married in the Coxsackie, RDC 5.11.1803. Both were from > Coxsackie. > > I see a John Robert and Phebe Bronk getting married 10.2.1830 in the > Coxsackie RDC. He was from Coxsackie, she from New Baltimore. > > The 1855 census shows: > In New Baltimore: > James Roberts, farmer, aged 48, 48 yrs in New Baltimore, b. Greene Co, > wife > Gertrude, aged 43, b. Albany Co, 24 yrs in New Baltimore, children: > John, > farmer 20, Abram, farmer 19, Adaline 13, Mary 11, Reuben 9, Augustus 7 > > In New Baltimore: > James Robert Jr (this may mean he was the younger of two James Roberts > in > the area, not necessarily father and son James), carpenter, aged 39, b. > Greene County, 39 yrs in New Baltimore, Sarah J, wife, aged 34, b. > Albany > Co, 15 yrs in New Baltimore, children: Susan Mary 14, Storm T. 10, James > H. > 6, Wingfield 4, Theresa 1, Dorothy, mother, aged 76, b. Greene Co, 76 > yrs in > New Baltimore > > In Coxsackie: > John Roberts, carpenter, aged 46, b. Greene Co, 46 yrs in Coxsackie, > Phoebe, wife, aged 42, b. Greene Co, 42 yrs in Coxsackie, children: > Elizabeth 16, Peter, carpenter 18, Sarah J. 13, Mary C 10, Benjamin 8, > Willard 6, James H. 4 > > There are other Roberts listed as well: > Tunis aged 36 and family in New Baltimore > Richard, aged 22, and Phebe A. aged 23, living with Benjamin > Houghtaling, > aged 29 > Peter, aged 43 and family in New Baltimore > Peter J. aged 24 living with John W. Wolf aged 39 > Isaiah, aged 53 and family in New Baltimore > Ezekiel, aged 39 and family in Cairo > Eliza, a widow, aged 65 and family in Cairo > Edward, aged 51 and family in New Baltimore > Edward, aged 28, and mother Sarah, aged 57 and brother Elisha, aged 18 > in > Coxsackie > > The 1850 census shows a number of Roberts families living side by side: > 685 759 Roberts Elias 71 farmer $1,500 NY > Roberts Sarah 58 NY > Roberts Elias 12 NY > Roberts Edward 24 laborer NY > Roberts Ellen 24 NY > Roberts Judson 3 NY > Roberts Elizabeth 3 NY > 686 760 Roberts Dolly 72 female laborer NY > Roberts Tunis 30 laborer NY > Roberts Jane 22 NY > Roberts Samuel P. 2 NY > Roberts Mary L. 2 m NY > 687 761 Roberts Edward 42 shoemaker $600 NY > Roberts Phebe 41 NY > Roberts Dolly M. 17 NY > Roberts Sara J. 12 NY > Roberts Jacob 9 NY > Roberts Margaret E. 8 NY > Roberts Charles 2 NY > Gadwin ? Peter 64 cooper NY > Houghtaling H. P. 26 shoemaker NY > 688 762 Roberts Isaih 44 farmer NY > Roberts Maria 37 NY > Roberts Henry 14 laborer NY > Roberts Elizabeth A. 13 NY > 689 763 Roberts James 39 carpenter $1,200 NY page 34 8/16/1850 > Roberts Sarah 38 NY > Roberts Susan M. 8 NY > Roberts Storham 4 NY > Roberts James H. 2 NY > Youmans Caroline 16 NY > 690 764 Roberts Peter 36 farmer $1,200 NY > Roberts Susan 33 NY > Roberts Mary J. 7 NY > Roberts Henryetta 5 NY > Roberts Elizabeth A. 2 NY > 716 791 Roberts John 42 farmer NY > Roberts Phebe 37 NY > Roberts Harriet 19 NY > Roberts Peter 13 NY > Roberts Elizabeth A. 10 NY > Roberts Sarah J. 7 NY > Roberts Mary C. 5 NY > Roberts Benjamin 2 NY > 649 720 Roberts James 42 laborer $200 NY > Roberts Gitty A. 40 NY > Roberts Adaline 8 NY > Roberts Mary 7 NY > Roberts Reuben 5 NY > Roberts Silvenus 2 female NY > > The Greene Co website shows a number of Roberts in the New > Baltimore/Coxsackie area www.rootsweb.com/~nygreen2 > > See > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/roberts_family_cemetery.htm > Therre are 187 "hits" meaning pages where the Roberts name shows up on > the > website. > > Good luck! > > Sylvia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott, John (IT)" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 8:16 AM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Athens Zion Lutheran Church - Roberts/Schermerhorn > > >> >> Greene Countyites .... a good new year to you. >> >> A researcher who has some access the records compiled by Kelly has >> indicated that in 1836 there was a marriage at this church of John >> Roberts and Magdalena Schemerhorn. >> >> Can anyone offer the specific record ?? I am very interested in this >> record - this appears to be my gr-gr-gr grandparents. >> >> Also, in Athens in the 1820 census there appears John Roberts with a >> son old enough to be the John Roberts father. I am now making a >> tentative link from father to son. >> >> There is a birth in Athens mentioned in the Trinity Episcopal Church > of >> Magdalena Schermerhorn Apr 15 ,1812 - I think this is my "Margaret >> Magdalena Schermerhorn b. Athens, NY ca. 1812 as daughter of John >> Schermerhorn and Maria/Mary as stated on her death certificate. >> >> Any helps with b.m.d in Athens of the Roberts family and the >> Schermerhorns still present is of interest. >> >> It appears to me that Magdalena Schermerhorn lived or was present in >> Athens from 1812 to 1836 and probably till 1850 - she may have gone > over >> to Hudson. >> >> The only other John Schermerhorn known to me in this time frame was > abt >> 1800 when two children were born to him and Hetty Van Hosen - namely >> John and Maria. >> >> Jack >> Hanover,Pa >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Sylvia, One who stands out in my mind, most worthy of mention, was Thurlow Weed. Born in Acra in 1797, his family moved to Catskill when Thurlow was 2 years old. Ill- fortune befell his father, and he spent much of his life one step ahead of debtors prison. At the age of 8, young Thurlow pumped a blacksmith's bellows "at 6 cents per day" to help avoid his fathers imprisonment. Through his own initiative, he worked hard. First in the blacksmiths shop, then as a tavern boy for Captain Baker in Jefferson, and eventually he secured a position as a journeyman printer. With a deep desire to succeed, Thurlow went on to start, and become editor of the Albany Evening Journal in 1830, and in this position, eventually became involved in state politics. Friend to great and the lowly as well - he quickly rose in political circles and was dubbed the "dictator" of NYS Whig and Republican politics. When the Civil War broke out in 1860, Thurlow Weed and the Honorable John Bigelow were instrumental in helping to secure and hold the neutrality of Great Britain. A strong supporter of Abraham Lincoln to the end, he ran adrift of the staunch Republicans when he called for a gradual implementation of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1867 he moved to NYC, and although still staying in politics, he never again sought a political office and eventually went into semi retirement. Born in near poverty, Thurlow Weed went on to become one of the most noted men of his time and died a millionaire in 1882. Zeke > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:12 PM > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > >> Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary >> on >> Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in >> knowing >> more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were >> inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like >> Henry >> Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous >> evangelist. >> >> Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? >> >> Sylvia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.12/1909 - Release Date: 1/22/2009 7:08 AM

Sylvia, My ancestor, Dennis S.( Schuyler) Stow, who was born in 1800 in Catskill, Greene County, has at least two inventions, one patented by the United States Patent Office. He moved to Cohoes, Albany County about 1847. (1). US Patent #6767- Dennis S. Stow, Cohoes, Albany Co., miter box, 10/2/1849 and (2). An invention praised by the New-York State Agricultural Society for the Year 1851-- "A Shingle machine, which cuts two shingles at the same time. " In " The History of Cohoes, N.Y." under death listings for 1863 on page 276; " Nov 23, in Troy, Dennis S. Stow, for many years a prominent inventor and resident of Cohoes, aged 63." I also have copies of two deeds in which Dennis S. Stow and several other men including Col. Zaddock Pratt bought land together under the name of the Prattsville Manufacturing Company in 1846 in Prattsville. Thanks, Nancy Downey ---- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvia Hasenkopf" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:12 PM Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary > on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have one thought; while the famous are always given note, it is often the unknown man or woman who holds down the homefront that makes a county, state and nation great. Perhaps some of these people ought to be included, too. I like that last story about someone who started with little and rose above his circumstances and contributed. Just a thought- Sue

Was his name John? The news reports I found all had "Frank." None gave his age. Can't find him (with either name) on the 1910 census. He should be an inmate, as he confessed at the start of 1910 and the execution was in 1911. Peggy On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Scott, John (IT) <[email protected]>wrote: > Would be nice to know which line John Schermerhorn came from who > murdered a governess ca 1910 - died in Sing Sing. the very first to be > electrocuted under the death penalty in NYS ( and it was made by > Stickley no less !). I am not sure Greene county would like this > distinction. ;) > Jack > >

How about the Moon family! They once had the Moon Dairy, Moon Oil Co., Moon Bus Co. A Moon was D.A. Greene County. Bob Carman

I've also heard that the guard who closed the switch to electrocute the Rosenbergs retired to Cairo soon thereafter. And don't forget 'Legs' Diamond. ~ Ron W ~ Be happy, all other alternatives are unacceptable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott, John (IT)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:56 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Would be nice to know which line John Schermerhorn came from who > murdered a governess ca 1910 - died in Sing Sing. the very first to be > electrocuted under the death penalty in NYS ( and it was made by > Stickley no less !). I am not sure Greene county would like this > distinction. ;) > Jack > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E. Larsen > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > How about Harry Croswell? He started out in Catskill. Eventually his > case set NY legal precedent! > Eleanor Larsen > On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > >> Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a >> documentary on >> Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in >> knowing >> more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were >> inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators >> like Henry >> Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the >> famous >> evangelist. >> >> Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? >> >> Sylvia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

And didn't the Dodge brothers come from Coxsackie? ~ Ron W ~ Be happy, all other alternatives are unacceptable. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Brady" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > Hi Sylvia, > > Isn't there a story in "History of Greene County" about the Singer Sewing > Machine Company? If I remember correctly, the financial brain behind the > firm was connected to Greene. > > If I was going to do the PBS thing I would use the hook of "Boom and Bust" > for Greene County. Biggest tannery. gone. Ship building. gone. Bricks. > gone. > Ice Houses. gone. Mountain Houses. gone. And yet, Greene keeps > re-inventing > itself. Lots of patents along the way. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary > on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Would be nice to know which line John Schermerhorn came from who murdered a governess ca 1910 - died in Sing Sing. the very first to be electrocuted under the death penalty in NYS ( and it was made by Stickley no less !). I am not sure Greene county would like this distinction. ;) Jack -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of E. Larsen Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 9:49 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) How about Harry Croswell? He started out in Catskill. Eventually his case set NY legal precedent! Eleanor Larsen On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a > documentary on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators > like Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the > famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

How about Harry Croswell? He started out in Catskill. Eventually his case set NY legal precedent! Eleanor Larsen On Jan 22, 2009, at 8:12 PM, Sylvia Hasenkopf wrote: > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a > documentary on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators > like Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the > famous > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

Zadock Pratt is in one of my lines. Someone told me you can find 3000 sites on him; also Judge Malbone Watson. I don't know if you would want to included my grandmother, Sylvia, since she was there in the summers, but she was quite famous. I havn't found the info yet, but her father, being the Mayor of Tannersville, in at least 1911 ( records burned) may have helped with the sewage system because of his connections in NYC. Sue Maxwell BTW- if you send me your address, I will send you an article of the article I wrote for the UGA genealogy magazine Crossroads.

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Jack, you make me blush! Thanks! Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott, John (IT)" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > Why Sylvia - you of course, for having the best website in the state of > New York. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a > documentary on > Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in > knowing > more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were > inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like > Henry > Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous > > evangelist. > > Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? > > Sylvia > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Folks, thanks so much for your insights! Nathan and Edward Clark were two I had thought of too, but I hadn't known about Edward's association with the Dakota - so cool! Perhpas you folks didn't know that Sterling Clark was a grandson, or possibly a great-grandson of Nathan Clark and he and his wife francine were great collectors of Art. The created the Clark Institute of Art in Mass. to house their collection. It's famous all over the world! http://www.clarkart.edu/ Sylvia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debra Winchell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > Jim, > > You have a good memory. I couldn't help looking them up in Rootsweb. > Edward C. Clark was Isaac Singer's financial partner. Edward was born 19 > Dec 1811 in Athens. His father Nathan Clark was a potter in Athens. > Edward > married Caroline Jordan who was from Hudson. Edward Clark was one of the > developers of the famous apartment building The Dakota in New York City. > > Debbie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Brady" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 11:36 PM > Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) > > >> Hi Sylvia, >> >> Isn't there a story in "History of Greene County" about the Singer Sewing >> Machine Company? If I remember correctly, the financial brain behind the >> firm was connected to Greene. >> >> If I was going to do the PBS thing I would use the hook of "Boom and >> Bust" >> for Greene County. Biggest tannery. gone. Ship building. gone. Bricks. >> gone. >> Ice Houses. gone. Mountain Houses. gone. And yet, Greene keeps >> re-inventing >> itself. Lots of patents along the way. >> >> Jim >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Sylvia Hasenkopf >> Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 8:13 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NYGREENE] Greene County famous sons (and daughters) >> >> >> Folks, I am liasing with a producer who is putting together a documentary >> on >> Greene county that will air on PBS in the fall. He is interested in >> knowing >> more about Greene County famous sons and daughters. Folks who were >> inventors, like William Bullock, printing press fame, innovators like >> Henry >> Meiggs, who built Chile and Peru's railways, maggie Van Coot, the famous >> evangelist. >> >> Any others you folks know about, that I should add to the list? >> >> Sylvia >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message