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

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 > >