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