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