Rensselaer County
Biographies


This page was last updated 11 April 2008.

If you have a biography of someone connected with Rensselaer County and would like to contribute it to the Rensselaer County GenWeb site, please e-mail Lin Van Buren. You may submit the biography by e-mail, or if you have a webpage containing the biography, I can link to it.

Most of the biographies presented here come from Nathaniel Bartlett Sylvester's History of Rensselaer County, New York, With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Men and Pioneers (Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880). Not all of the biographies in this book have been typed, however, so if you find on the list below the name of someone you're interested in but the name hasn't been linked, send an e-mail to Debby Masterson requesting a copy of the biography, along with your snail-mail address, and either she'll scan it and e-mail it to you or she'll photocopy it and snail-mail it to you for the cost of photocopying and postage.

For a list of prominent citizens of Troy and Rensselaer County prior to 1925, click here.


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ABBOTT, Royal ALDEN, Gen. Alonzo ALLEN, Dr. Charles S.
ALLEN, Col. Joseph H. ALLENDORPH, Lewis W. ANDREWS, Samuel M.
ANDREWS, Simeon E. ANTHONY, Jesse B. ARCHIBALD, John
ARMSTRONG, Dr. Asher ARMSTRONG, J. P. ARTHUR, Pres. Chester A.
ARTHUR, Mrs. Mary McElroy . .

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BAILEY, Chester BALL, Hon. Levi Chandler BARTON, William
BAUCUS, Frank M. BAY, Charles Ulrick BEACH, William Augustus
BEARDSLEY, Samuel BIRD, Hon. John BISHOP, Dr Gertrude Anna GOEWEY
BLATCHFORD, Thomas, A. M. BLISS, Howard F. BLISS, William Metcalf
BLOOMINGDALE, William BLOSS, Dr. Richard BOLTON, Samuel
BONTECOU, Dr. Reed B. BOSWORTH, Benjamin BOWMAN, Charles Calvin
BRATT, Nicholas BREESE, Abram BRINSMADE, Dr. Thomas C.
BROWN, Abel BROWNE, Irving BUEL, Hon. David, Jr.
BUELL, James BULKLEY, Cassius E. BULLARD, Gen. Edward Fitch
BULLOCK, Lewis BURDEN, Henry BURDICK, Warren R.
BURTON, Dr. Matthew H. BUTTON, William Pitt BUTTS, Judge Elihu

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CARMICHAEL, Dr. Eber W. CARPENTER, George Washington CARPENTER, Sylvanus
CARPENTER, Ensign Thomas CARR, Brevet Maj.-Gen. Joseph B. CARROLL, John W.
CARY family CHAPMAN, Robert J. CLARK, Hamilton
CLARK, Otis G. CLEMINSHAW, Charles CLOUGH, Moses T.
CLOW, Daniel CLOWES, Thomas CLUETT, Ernest Harold
CLUETT, George B. CLUETT, William COLBY, John H.
COLEMAN, Rev. I. B. COLEMAN, Thomas COLLAMER, Jacob
COLLYSON, John L. CORLISS, John M. CORNELL, Gerothman W.
CORNING, Erastus COTTRELL, Thomas COTTRELL, William L.
COWEE, Arthur CRONON, Edward CURTIS, Abraham

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DAVIS, Kenneth M. DERRICK, Richard C. DICKERMAN, Jarius
DOTY, Samuel DOUGLAS, Stephen Arnold .

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EATON, Amos

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FELLOWS, John R. FERGUSON, Fenner FERRIS, Enoch
FILE, Hiram FILKINS, Albert FITCH, Hon. John
FLAGG, John FLAGG, John Lamson FORSYTH, James
FRANCIS, John M. FREAR, William H. FREEMAN, Jonathan W.
FRY, John W. FRYER, J. N. FURSMAN, Edgar Luyster

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GIFFORD, Ira M. GILBERT, Liberty GILBERT, Uri
GOEWEY, Dr Gertrude Anna (Mrs BISHOP) GOODRICH, Joseph GOULD, George
GRAVES, Timothy GREEN, David H. GREEN, Hannibal
GREENE, David Maxon GRISWOLD, Hon. John Augustus GURLEY, William

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HALE, Dr. Moses HALL, Daniel HALL, FitzEdward
HANTHORN, George HARDER, Frank P. HART, Richard P.
HARTHORN, Thomas W. HASTINGS, Clifford C. HAVERMANS, Father Peter
HAYNES, William Elisha HAYNES, William H. H. HEARTT, Jonas C.
HEMSTREET, Charles A. HENDERSON, James HERNE, James A.
HIDLEY, Joseph Henry HOAG, Alvin T. HOGEBOOM, Dr. James
HOGEBOOM, Dr. James L. HOLLISTER, William H., Jr. HORTON, Charles B.
HOTCHKIN, Albert L. HOUSE, Edward O. HUBBARD, Dr. George H.
HUBBARD, Lucius Frederick HUBBELL, Dr. Charles L. HUFF, George B.
HULL, Dr. A. E. HULL, Alexander H. HULL, Nelson
HUMPHREY, Frederick HUNTINGTON, Samuel Gray HUSTED, Jesse B.

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INGALLS, Judge Charles R. INGALLS, Charles Russell

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KARNER, John C. KELLOGG, Eli Davenport KELLOGG, Giles
KELLOGG, Giles B. KELLOGG, Justin KEMP, William
KENT, Moss KING, Harvey J. KINNEY, Lewis
KNICKERBOCKER, J. I. KNICKERBOCKER, Milton KNOX, John LeGrand

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LAMPORT, William Henry LANE, Aaron LANE, Derick
LANE, Jacob Lansing LANSING, James LAPE, Thomas
LEVERSEE, Derrick V. LINK, Burrell B. LOCKE, Sylvanus D.
LOHNES, George W. LOMAX, Dr. Joseph D. LOUDON, Dr. John
LOVELAND, Charles A. . .

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MACARTHUR, Charles L. MAMBERT, Mrs. James MANN, Francis Norton
MARCY, William Learned MASON, Jared D. MASTERS, Mehitable
MAXON, Austin C. MCCARTHY, Peter MCCHESNEY, Edward
MCCHESNEY, Sylvester MCCLELLAN, George MCCLELLAN, Hon. Hugh Wilson
MCCLELLAN, Robert Henry MCCLELLAN, Dr. Samuel MCCONIHE, Isaac
MCCONIHE, Hon. Isaac, LL. D. (1787-1867) MCCONIHE, Gen. John MCCONIHE, Gen. Samuel
MCCONIHE, Mrs. Sarah Strong MCCOY, Walter Irving MCELROY, Mary
MCLEAN, Dr. LeRoy MILLER, Justus MILLER, Col. N. S.
MOFFITT, Hosea MOSES, Anna ("Grandma Moses") MOSHER, George A.
MOSHER family MURPHY, Hon. Edward, Jr. MURPHY, Hon. Edward, Jr.
MYERS, Stephen . .

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NALLE, Charles NOBLE family NORTH, John Wesley
NORTON, John Thomas . .

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OLIN, Abraham Baldwin

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PALMER, George William PALMER, John PARMELE, Dr. Francis B.
PARMENTER, Franklin J. PARMENTER, Jerome B. PARSONS, Andrew
PAWLING, Col. Albert PECK, Eleazer A. PECK, Joel B.
PENNIMAN, Ebenezer Jenckes PLUMB, Henry H. PRESCOTT, Ebenezer
PRUYN family . .

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QUACKENBUSH, Peter

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REED, George L. REYNOLDS, E. C. REYNOLDS, Elijah
REYNOLDS, Gideon REYNOLDS, Dr. H. M. REYNOLDS, Moses
REYNOLDS, Rodin C. REYNOLDS, Captain S. E. REYNOLDS, William W.
RILEY, C. W. RIPLEY, Thomas C. RISING, Charles H.
ROBBINS, Amatus, M. D. ROBERTS, James L. ROBERTSON, Anna Mary ("Grandma Moses")
ROBERTSON, Gilbert, Jr. ROGERS, Harper ROUSSEAU, Dr. Alexander
ROUSSEAU, Henry . .

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SCRIVEN, Clinton W. SCRIVEN, William H. SEYMOUR, David Lowery
SEYMOUR, William P. SHARPE, Buddington SHEPARD, Henry Vail
SHERWOOD, John Emory SHIRLAND, William H. SILLIMAN, Robert Davis
SINGER, Isaac Merritt SKILTON, Dr. Avery J. SMITH, Harvey
SMITH, Levi SMITH, Z. Z. SNYDER, Stephen and Peter
SNYDER, William J. SPAFFORD, Horatio Gates SPALDING, Rev. Nathan G., A. M.
SQUIRE, Dr. John STEVENS, Ebenezer STEWART, Philo P.
STILES, Robert B. STONE, Charles STONE, George Albert
STRAIT, E. Smith STRAIT, Dr. George W. STRONG, Henry Wright
STRONG, Col. Latham C. . .

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TAYLOR, Dean Park THOMAS, Burton E. THOMPSON, George S.
THOMPSON, Isaac G. THOMPSON family THORN, Dr. James
THURMAN, Richardson H. TIBBITS, George TIBBITS, George M.
TIBBITS, William B. TILLINGHAST, Charles W. TOWNSEND, Martin I.
TOWNSEND, Rufus M. TWINING, Frank B. TWOGOOD, John E.

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VAIL, George VAIL, Henry VAN ALSTYNE family
VANDERCOOK, Simon VAN RENSSELAER, Stephen VAN SCHOONHOVEN, Jacob L.
VERITY, Oliver B. VIRGIL, Captain Ebenezer H. .

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WALSH, James Lucey WARD, Dr. R. Halsted WARREN, Moses
WARREN, Hon. Perry WARREN, Walter Phelps WARREN family
WEED, Henry E. WEST, Abram WHITMAN, Peter D.
WHITON, Dr. Henry B. WIETING family WILLARD, Mrs. Emma
WILLARD, John D. WILSON, Charles WILSON, Lorenzo
WILSON, Samuel ("Uncle Sam") WINEGAR, Adam WOOD, Walter A.
WOODHOUSE, John WOODWORTH, John Spencer WOOL, Maj.-Gen. John E.
WOTKYNS, Dr. Alfred . .

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YOUNG, William H.



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